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has_alter_ego: Yet another seed data solution
I just started has_alter_ego, a project which allows to specify seed data and automagically propagate changes to it into the database. You can learn more about it on its github page.
Twitter's open source cacheing library for ActiveRecord
GitHub page here.
Mapping the Ruby on Rails worldwide community and their needs
A very simple poll to define some basic informations about the worldwide Rails community. I’m trying to provide this way a better content to the Rails community :) You can answer it here.
Rails 3 - Building a Blog - Part 1: Test Setup & Generators
I just started a new series on TeachMeToCode.com demonstrating how to build a blog on Rails 3. [more inside]
rake-deploy
rake-deploy Git-only, relase history, shared directory and with hooks deploy system.
BohConf 2010: A Retrospective
A little late, but we thought it would be interesting and helpful to share our experiences organizing BohConf, the official unconf of RailsConf 2010. Thanks to all those who attended!
In depth look at Radiant's Page#find_by_url
I’ve written up some details about how Radiant manages finding content and how you can override that behavior for your own needs. There’s a quick summary at the top of the post if you’re in a hurry.
rake-hooks after and before hooks for each task
I just launched rake-hoos, to add and after and before hooks to each task.
Integrating Rails with Twitter
Check out how you can easily integrate Twitter with a Ruby on Rails application on this blog post. It also comes with an example application that can be accessed here!
Combining show_for and stonewall
I put together a simple plugin called show_for_stonewall and just put a quick blog post about using it. [more inside]
RoundHouse - Rails Hosting Support just launched!
If you need help supporting a Rails app or managing servers, we’re starting a service with a pool of experts to help you get great sysadmin support: RoundHouse. Please read our announcement and take a look!
Code Reading Capistrano's internals
I’ve started off this week’s Code Reading series on Capistrano with a in deep look into how it converts the cap deploy command into a deployment recipe. If you’ve never looked at the internals of Capistrano, I’d recommend looking all the work it does behind the shell.
Design Patterns in Ruby: Abstract Factory
I just posted an article about Abstract Factory, the first pattern we see in the series “Design Patterns in Ruby”.
Frank 0.3.0 static site non-framework
Frank 0.3.0 is ready. Some pretty nice features in this release. We added META data, a new way to handle layouts, current_page variable, lorem field replacement text, and the auto refresh helper that will completely change your life. `gem install frank’ and enjoi.
Design Patterns in Ruby: Introduction
With this post I would like to start a serie of articles concerning the description of the most common design patterns and how these can be applied with the Ruby language.
Rake Tasks 102
This is a follow up post to Rake Tasks 101. In the 101 post we created Rake tasks, setup dependencies and made our tasks reusable by passing in parameters. In Rake Tasks 102 we’ll be building on those practices, interfacing with a Rails environment and leveraging the cron to automate our Rake task.
I’ve got a sizable commute, so I’ve ...
I’ve got a sizable commute, so I’ve taken to downloading conference videos and converting to MP3 to play in the car. Most work reasonably well as speech-only, I’m finding. In hopes of helping others, I’m posting them here.
Calling a JRuby method from Java
Here’s an example of calling a Java interface method implemented in JRuby from Java
RubyKaigi 2010 Conference Registration now open
RubyKaigi 2010 —August 27th through 29th, 2010 @ Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan — is now open for registration. [more inside]
Authlogic, RSpec and :priority_record=>nil... wtf.
I think Authlogic is great. I think RSpec is great, but did I ever give myself a confusing error.
business_seconds gem - extensions for business time
I created gem business_seconds. It enable calculate business seconds between two times. It dependend on business_time gem.
John Muhl is added to the Radiant CMS core team
There’s a quick post about it on the Radiant blog.