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Devise RPX Connectable
I just launched Devise RPX Connectable. Use RPX services and Devise to authenticate your users using Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Google, MySpace, OpenID… Compatible with Rails 2/3/ActiveRecord/Mongoid.
Cinch: The IRC Microframework
Version 0.1 of Cinch IRC Microframework has been released today. [more inside]
Isy framework
I wrote another 4 articles about Isy: Isy – Components, Isy on Pivotal Tracker, Isy – What about the URLs and Isy – Internationalization
Facebook Connect with Facebooker
I just posted an up-to-date Facebook Connect tutorial using the Facebooker plugin in Ruby on Rails.
Rails Google Sitemaps on Heroku
Ever wanted to create a google sitemap for your rails app on heroku? Then check out this blogpost on getting round the read-only filesystem.
Existential Authorization
Rails plugin for doing super easy authorization:Existential
Rails, DB2 and the Enterprise
A few thoughts about Rails and the Enterprise world.
Throwing out code
Ever get stuck writing something that you know is just plain wrong? Throw out the code and start over!
Rack::Recaptcha Middleware Released!
Drop this Rack middleware in your web application to enable CAPTCHA verification via Recaptcha API. Check out the Github Repo or the gem page.
using git bisect
I just found a short article on using git bisect.
Tickle me pink!
A neat time approximation gem Tickle by the same people that do Todopia.com
Ruby Tweets!
A writeup on the art of getting Ruby scripts down to Twitter size. (I.e., less than 140 characters.) You’d be surprised what can be packed into a tweet.
Rails Test Prescriptions Beta on sale.
The first beta of Rails Test Prescriptions by Noel Rappin is available from Pragmatic. Follow the book’s progress and keep up with related stuff at http://www.railsrx.com. Thanks!
tomk32-flickr_fu 0.3.3 released
If you request a few extra fields for your flickr photos and notice that the flickr_fu gem does an api call for every single photo, then release 0.3.3 might just be the right thing for you. [more inside]
OAuth2 Gem
We just released the OAuth2 Gem to connect to OAuth 2.0 providers (right now, that means Facebook’s new Graph API).
Padrino 0.9.10 Just Released!
Padrino is a ruby web framework built upon the excellent Sinatra Microframework. Brand new 0.9.10 version containing added features, bug fixes and speed optimizations. Read about all the latest changes or get started by reading our guides, viewing our screencast, or checking out the github repo for more information!
[ANN] resque-exponential-backoff v0.1.1 released
I just released resque-exponential-backoff v0.1.1. A Resque plugin, to add retry/exponential backoff functionality to your Resque jobs.
[ANN] Free Sinatra Course
To celebrate the release of Sinatra 1.0, RubyLearning.org has announced a free, online “Introduction to Sinatra” course. The course starts on 15th May and runs for a week. The course is restricted to only 30 participants, on a first-come-first-served basis. If interested, create an account on RubyLearning.org and email your registered email id to satish [dot] talim [at] gmail.com
ActsAsTextcaptcha
I just launched ActsAsTextcaptcha, it provides spam protection for your Rails models using logic questions from the excellent Text CAPTCHA web service.
Interview with Dave Thomas (Pragmatic Programmers)
I talked to Dave Thomas of Pragmatic Programmers about building code better, his books (the PickAxe book and the Pragmatic Programmer), and learning new programming languages. We also talked about entrepreneurship.
Mandelbrot Set ...in 134 Characters
Code golf is not generally the best use of Ruby, but when I saw my Mandelbrot fractal generator was less than 400 bytes, I decided to squeeze the program down into a single tweet.
Code Metrics with Metric Fu
There’s a new video up at teachmetocode.com about measuring your code’s maintainability with metric_fu.
Rails Dispatch Week 3 is live: ActionMailer!
New post and screencast, by Mikel Lindsaar over at RailsDispatch—check it out!
Using Personal Projects for Learning
Some thoughts on how to use personal projects to keep learning from getting boring, and to make yourself a better programmer. All IMHO of course, suggestions and comments appreciated.
Shindo testing framework for Ruby.
Shindo is a depth first testing framework that is written in ~200LOC. It is fast and has an interactive mode. Checkout this screencast for a demo.