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How named_scope works
named_scope is widely used but is still understood in terms of how it works. Read this article to understand the gut of named_scope.
Developing Cocoa Applications Using MacRuby
The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) website is now featuring an article about MacRuby, titled Developing Cocoa Applications Using MacRuby, which will introduce you to MacRuby and guide you through the process of writing a Cocoa application with it.
Red gets and update to version 4
Red, the Ruby to Javascript syntax transliterator just got updated to version 4.0 and is now a full Ruby runtime for the browser. It runs Ruby code through a compiler and turns it into javascript that runs on top of a native port of the Ruby core classes. Give it a try!
Barduino - The drink serving robot built with Ruby
Barduino was introduced at the Orlando Ruby Users Group meeting last night. It’s a bar monkey implementation using an Arduino microcontroller, programmed with the Ruby Arduino Development framework and controlled with a Ruby DSL; Barduino-tender.
Rails TakeFive with James Elwood of Geezeo.com
FiveRuns has posted this week’s Rails TakeFive featuring James Elwood of Geezeo.com, sharing his thoughts and experiences with FiveRuns and Rails. Check it out here!
How to clone a server for testing purposes
This article describes how to clone a production server and turn it into a staging server in just a few steps.
Dorothy: A Z-Machine interpreter library
Dorothy is a new Z-Machine library written in C and Ruby. There’s more info about Dorothy – and a demo webapp – at http://ifrotz.org.
handling uris
Boring URI handling made a little bit less boring. Blog Post and Gist
Service Merchant: Billing Module for your SaaS web application is here
ServiceMerchant is a Ruby library that takes care of recurring billings and subscriptions of your SaaS application. It sits on top of well known library ActiveMerchant and gives you the variety of choice among payment providers. See http://servicemerchant.org for details
Babylon: Determine the language of a text
Babylon provides an eay way to determinate a text’s language using the Google AJAX Language API via John Nunemakers HTTParty gem. Just download the gem via: gem install babylon and read the Readme file or the docs for further information.
Merb.vim
If you are a Vim user, you may be interested by the Merb plugin for Vim.
Walk-Through Test Coverage
Generate test coverage data one file at a time using a walk-through test coverage task.
ImageTooth: Produce odontograms from Ruby (teeth diagrams)
ImageTooth is a library that provides programmers and users a simple way to generate images for odontograms from Ruby programs. You can choose between PNG and JPEG output.
Pacecar
Pacecar is a collection of useful named_scopes for your ActiveRecord projects. Similar to the excellent utility_scopes gem, but broader in… scope.
Rails helper for testing access control with RSpec
A helper for testing access control with RSpec - built to simplify the testing of controller actions that need restricting.
Little Known Ways to Ruby Mastery by Stuart Halloway
The Path to Ruby Mastery Interview Series by Ruby Masters, provides guidance to and answers questions confronting Ruby beginners from across the globe. Today, Stuart Halloway reveals his secrets!
Code-O-Lanterns: What Scares You?
I put together a few code themed carving files for the Mac OS X screen saver Jack-O-Lantern from the guys at Killer Robots. Also included are some desktop files for those on Windows. Taking Code-O-Lantern requests.
"We ain't got no RSpec" - The Birthday Regift
“We ain’t got no RSpec” - It’s the gift that keeps on giving; but this time it’s being regifted as a ringtone
Arabic Helper: Localize your Rails App to Arabic
Arabic Helper: A plugin to help you localize your Rails app to Arabic, this include few useful helpers and ActiveRecord localization [more inside]
Calculating Age in Rails
I thought figuring out the age of my Rails application’s users was going to be easy. Or maybe not.
Restful Authentication i18n
The Restful Authentication Rails plugin now works with Rails 2.2 i18n support: [more inside]
Ruby on Rails for Student Recruitment
A new open source software is nearing beta that will help bring Ruby on Rails deeper into the halls of higher education. [more inside]