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Polymorphic support added to Searchlogic
Support for calling conditions off polymorphic relationships was added to Searchlogic.
Head First - OO Analysis & Design third chapter review in Ruby code
Check out the third chapter of the book review I’m working on regarding O’Reilly’s Head First - Object Oriented Analysis and Design. All native Java code translated to Ruby.
Quick and Dirty Twitter keyword monitoring
I have been trying to tackle this for a couple of days now and finally managed to do it. I needed something to keep me posted on some twitter posts and found out that there were some Apps on AppStore that would charge you .99 EUR per keyword. Nah. I Installed Prowl for USD 2.99 instead so I can get any notifications I can take, straight from a Ruby daemon. Then I just deployed this to a server… Thankfully we have such great gems as ruby-prowl and tweetstream and it made my life a lot easier when putting this project together. Yes, it’s dirty but may be helpful to some other Ruby folks so here you have it - intweet.
ActiveRecord roadmap: new and deprecated methods
Rails Core Team member Pratik Naik outlined the roadmap for ActiveRecord.
gem install svnignore
git style ignores for those still using subversion: http://github.com/shuber/svnignore
Metaprogramming with ERB
I just launched meta_erb_exploring. An example of using erb as a system template for make metaprogramming template in ruby. In this example i have create a setter and getter methods that can be add to an instance o class object.
Next in the Rails/Merb Merge Series: Rails Core!
Check out the latest post in Yehuda’s series on the Merge progress, a year later.
On Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
I wrote up a post on our experiences using EC2 spot instances, with rubber and resque helping out on the backend.
Multi-level menu DSL for Rails
Mmmenu is a Rails plugin that provides a nice DSL for creating multi-level menus.
New Ruby Gem for the Tropo Web API
I just launched the tropo-webapi-ruby for Tropo.com. Provides voice, SMS and IM integration to Sinatra and Rails apps.
Getting Up To Speed With Rails 3
This is an in-depth post an actual upgrade and deployment of a production app using Rails 3. There are a couple new ideas and techniques here plus brief coverage of all the issues encountered, and finally a list of the best links on the topic of Rails 3 for further reading.
MockSMTP.app - a nice way to do email testing on Mac OS X
MockSMTP.app is in my opinion a very useful application to test emails locally. It simulates a SMTP and offers a way to browse email accounts graphically. Comes with tips to configure ActionMailer.
LA Ruby Conference - February 19-20, 2010
The second annual LA Ruby Conference is coming up in 29 days. Get away and enjoy some Southern California sun and lots of ruby goodness.
DB2 support for Ruby/Rails turns 2.0
The API development team just released a major version of the ibm_db gem, which includes ActiveRecord support for parameterized queries.
Yet another Ruby/Rails related weblog
I just launched my new weblog mainly about rails and it’s ecosystem. For the record, it’s Octopress powered (based on Jekyll)
"Agile Development with Ruby" course at Vilnius University
I’m sharing my experience at “Agile Development with Ruby” course that I delivered at Vilnius University.
Securely store information in URLs with UrlStore
Encode click-tracking or payment requests with secure hashing (Rails cookie-store style) simple as UrlStore.encode(:cliked=>’bottom-right’) <-> UrlStore.decode(params[:data]), try the secure url store Rails-plugin/Gem.
Notes from the field upgrading to Rails 3
Notes from an upgrade to Rails 3 which also happens to be a working Rails 3 site.
WebMe 0.4
Just launched WebMe 0.4. This is very easy to use app for converting a project’s README file into a fancy project website. Use the site as is or use it as a starting point for building a better site. It supports a number of features including a pluggable template system. Check it out. Also, for a short time there’s a small bounty for new templates that make the current lot look like amateur hour.
Jekyll on Heroku
I wrote this post about how I publish my Jekyll blog on Heroku. Give it a look if you are a fellow Jekyll publisher.
Sinatra pluggable apps: Sinatra Pages
A couple of days ago, I published on Github my first pluggable app called “sinatra-pages”. This is the first of many that I’ve in mind. In the meantime, I would like to read your comments or suggestions and critics! Rock On!
Authlogic_RPX 1.1.1 gem now available with identity mapping
Authlogic_RPX is a gem that lets you easily support multiple authentication schemes in Rails without really having to think about it (Facebook, twitter, OpenID, Google, Yahoo! etc etc etc). The latest update includes an identity mapping feature.
Head First - OO Analysis & Design second chapter review in Ruby code
Check out the second chapter of the book review I’m working on regarding O’Reilly’s Head First - Object Oriented Analysis and Design. All native Java code translated to Ruby.
Ruby Singleton Pattern
Ruby Singleton Pattern and usage example with Twitter gem to collect your friends timeline.
Rails Bugmash summary by Santiago Pastorino
Santiago Pastorino shares his first Bugmash experience.