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iPhone App
Ruby API Lookup has just released. It allows you to easily browse or search the Ruby Core and Ruby Standard Library RDoc documentation on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Date and Time validation for Rails 2.x with validates_timeliness
For those who need flexible date and time validation in Rails 2.x with I18n support you now have validates_timeliness. Its been around for a while but I thought I better pimp it.
<a href="http://genlinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/ajax-image-galleries-rubyonrails.html">AjaxEffect</a>
Are u looking for something like image slideshow in rubyonrails,then u can try with lightview which comes with prototype framework or u can go for Phatfusion which come with mootools. [more inside]
The Call for Papers is now open for Euruko 2009!
The Call for Papers is now open for Euruko 2009!.
Blog post on teaching blind people Ruby and Programming
Ideas on how to get blind people excited about learning ruby and programming.
Get the Merb eBook for Free
For a limited time, RubyLearning is offering its Introduction to Merb eBook for free. Hurry.
Can YOU help promote Ruby and RubyLearning?
Yes, you can. All it needs is a minute of your time and the will to help promote the Ruby programming language world-wide. Read how you can do it.
validates_as_hostname_label
Easily validate your users’ custom subdomains.
3 tips on how to become a better ruby programmer
How to become a better ruby programmer. My article is good for newbies, but maybe also for some of the journeymen out there.
BrightBox Releases New Passenger Ubuntu Package; Starts Sale
John Leach of Brightbox (Rails hosting company) has announced the release of a new Ubuntu package for Passenger & Apache. I’ve used it on my Linode (sorry BB!) to get a Rails stack up and running in a few minutes. BrightBox has also announced the start of a 50% off sale for the rest of January - good if you need Rails (and other Rack-based frameworks?) hosting in Europe, I’d say.
Validating Non-ActiveRecord Models in Rails
Neeraj has put together a cool demonstration of validating non-ActiveRecord models (but using AR validations) in Rails. This could be very useful!
On Ruby Interview about Sequel
My interview with On Ruby was just posted.
git ready: git tips for the noob to the guru
Need a daily git fix? Learn a little bit about git and how to harness its awesomeness at
Getting Started With Rails Testing Guide Is Now Available
I’m pleased to announce that the getting started guide, conveniently titled “Getting Started With Rails Testing” is now available for download at the Rails Prescriptions site. It starts with an empty Rails application and walks through the first couple of feature additions, adding tests for controllers, models, views, and basic security. Download, read, enjoy, tell all your friends, let me know what you think.
How to protect downloads but still have nginx serve the files
An article on using X-Accel-Redirect to send files using nginx while still controlling authorisation within Rails
hattr_accessor - attributes for your hash
Allows you to define attr_accessors that reference members of a hash. See for more information.
Webbynode Beta Re-open. We're taking more Beta Testers.
Big news! Beta Registrations have re-opened. Better hurry, spots are being taken fast. Sign up at Webbynode
Web Scrapers with the upcoming scRUBYt!
There’s been another bundle of changes added to the latest edge version of the scRUBYt! web scraping toolkit. This article is likely to be the last in the introduction to web scraping series. Next will be getting into the nitty gritty with more complicated data manipulation within the scraper, and the new and very exciting scRUBYt! plugins.
Rails, meet Drupal
If you’ve been considering integrating (or replacing) your Drupal application with a Rails application, then Drupal Fu may come in handy.
Two great screencast sites for learning Ruby on Rails
Just wanted to pass on two sites that I have been utilizing for learning different aspects of Ruby on Rails. Learning Ruby On Rails, one step at a time
Have fun with Ruby and Shoes
After the runaway success of the first two batches of Ruby with Shoes, RubyLearning has just announced the third batch with an early bird offer. You will have fun all the way solving the new exercises with Shoes!
The power of JRuby
It’s true that I’m not the qualified guy to talk about Java’s power,as it has been 2 years since i last practiced it, but i feel like i have to communicate my thoughts to the people that didn’t give JRuby a trial yet, and why they should do so. If you never worked with Java before, then don’t panic, cause in these article i would list several reasons why JRuby is so powerful even if you don’t know anything about Java. So let’s start…
New gem for graphing gem dependencies: Gemviz
Gemviz is a new gem available on RubyForge. It takes as a input a list of gem names and outputs a graph per gem of each gem’s dependencies as reported by gem dep [gem_name], including a transitive reduction. See <a href=http://davidrupp.blogspot.com/2009/01/gem-is-born-announcing-gemviz.html>the official announcement</a> for more details.