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Padrino is a full-stack web framework wrapped around Sinatra
Padrino is a modular ruby web framework built upon the excellent Sinatra Microframework. Padrino was created to make it fun and easy to code more advanced web applications while still adhering to the spirit that makes Sinatra great! It provides a full set of standardized view helpers, an enhanced router, i18n localization, a Django-esque admin interface, generators, mountable applications and much more. Get started by reading our guides, viewing our screencast, or checking out the github repo for more information!
Red Dirt Ruby Conference Program and Early Bird Registration
Red Dirt Ruby Conference, May 6th and 7th, 2010, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Rails Coach Interview with Chad Fowler - Part 2
I interviewed Chad Fowler (this is part 2 of the interview). We talked about challenging yourself by finding things that make you uncomfortable and how that makes you better. We also talked about the tools and processes we use to generate good code and what good code is.
Pivotal Pulse and Integrity integration
Here’s a quick writeup for how to make your Integrity instance play nice with Pivotal Pulse.
Introducing Rails Routes TextMate bundle
I just launched Rails Routes TextMate bundle that helps navigating to action or view for any named route (things like new_publisher_magazine_photo_url). Check out GitHub repo for installation info and blog post for introduction and yada yada.
Like rats deserting the good ship Merb - introducing merb-to-rails3 railtie
If you’re migrating Merb applications to Rails3 or you’re about to start doing that then make sure you check out a helper library we’ve written recently called merb-to-rails3 which will ease the (small) pain of the migration.
Grep in Ruby – A powerful Enumerable method
I just post a new blog about Grep method in Ruby. @zigzagchen Next time when you come across some situation need to use “select + map”, maybe you could keep “grep” in your mind beforehand.
RubyKaigi 2010 (Japan's Ruby Conference) is open for talk proposals
RubyKaigi 2010 is the premiere Ruby conference in Japan. This year’s RubyKaigi will be from August 27-29 at Tsukuba International Conference Centre (the venue of RubyKaigi 2008”), just outside of Tokyo proper. RubyKaigi 2010 is open for talk proposals until April 28th. Talks on any topic related to Ruby are welcome: RubyKaigi 2010 Call for Presentation Proposals. RubyKaigi 2010 is also seeking “sub-event” organizers: RubyKaigi 2010 Call for Sub-Event Proposals.
twitter_connect makes twitter oauth like facebook connect
I just released twitter_connect gem. It popups a window to authenticate twitter oauth, like facebook connect, which is especially suit for the application in iframe or you don’t want user leave your website. There is also a demo, check it here
Play! Framework....Rails for Java is finally a reality
Thought I’d share my thoughts on play! with you. I have around 10 years exp with Java, and around 4 with Ruby/Rails. I love Rails, but it does cause heartburn at times. The inability to easily track behavior definition, especially when plugins and Rails itself monkeypatches things, can make life difficult.
Following Pivotal Tracker projects with Kilt
Kilt is a Rubygem to follow Pivotal Tracker projects. I explain the motivations in this post.
Everything There is to Know About Routes in Rails 3
Guest community contributor Rizwan Reza has put it all together and posted on the Engine Yard Blog.
ActiveHelper - helpers with proper encapsulation, delegation, interfaces and inheritance!
ActiveHelper is a generic framework for writing clean helpers with defined interfaces. It is geared towards usage in frameworks like Rails, Merb, Sinatra or your own project. Check out my introducing blog post and yada yada.
Check your scripts with jslint on rails
Learn how to check JavaScript code with JSLint in your Rails projects. Useful and highly recommended!
Rails + RightJS = Love
The right-rails (RightJS for Rails) plugin has seen some major updates recently, time for some brainwash from the author of RightJS.
Grow your app from seeds
Use rails database seed rake task to instantly add data to your development db, it helps spot design and user flow issues quickly.
Using Ruby To Solve Towers Of Hanoi Iteratively And Recursively
We can demonstrates the value of recursion by using Ruby to solve the Towers of Hanoi puzzle both iteratively and recursively. As a side-effect this shows how much more expressive the solution can be when done in Ruby.
Jquery Full Calendar with Rails
Jquery Full Calendar provides a full-sized, drag & drop calendar. I decided to give it a try and utilize its hooks for user triggered events within our Rails application. Find more information about this small project here
(My) RSpec best practices and tips
After a year using RSpec, I’m happy to share “(My) RSpec Best Practices and Tips”. I hope this will help you make your specs easier to maintain, less verbose, more structured and covering more cases. Your comments are very welcomed! :)
Ruby Class Variables and Inheritance
A humble attempt to present both the class-variable inheritance gotcha in ruby, as well as several ways around the problem depending upon your needs (mutable or non-mutable class attributes).
Devise + Imap = perfect for internal apps
Devise is a relativly new authentication framework for rails, using Warden (rack based authentication) and engines to create a flexible and fully featured setup for all sized apps. But what if you are building an app to be used internally in your office/organisation and you don’t have access to an LDAP server? Instead of recreating the wheel, use Devise with Imapable to create a simple shared authentication solution.
Your 12 Minutes of Apotomo - new weekly tutorial series on stateful ruby widgets launched!
Apotomo brings stateful components to Ruby and Rails. Finally we started a tutorial series showing all the bits and pieces of widget implementation, event triggering and handling, AJAX page updating and component-oriented architecure.
rack-legacy: A rack handler to run PHP/CGI alongside a Ruby/Rails App
A new rack module for running old legacy PHP/CGI code alongside your new shiny Ruby/Rails code. Ideal for development environments where you don’t want to install and setup and full Apache stack just to hack on a bit of code. A simple use Rack::Legacy::Php, 'public' and your Rack-based app will now be executing PHP out of your public directory and all you have to do is rackup your app. For Rails it is config.middleware.use Rack::Legacy::Php, Rails.public_path and now you can just ./script/server and you are done.
Rubinius in the Rough: High Performance Ruby
James Pitt takes a simple look at Rubinius for a high performance Ruby implementation. Read here