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acts_as_boolean Rails plugin released
acts_as_boolean is a Ruby on Rails plugin I created that treats a column as a boolean, whether it’s a tinyint, integer, float, string, etc. No matter how true and false are stored in the database.
Shoulda for RSpec is Remarkable!
Shoulda for RSpec is Remarkable!
Install Ruby 1.9.1 preview 1 on OSX Leopard
Complete instructions on how to install Ruby 1.9.1 preview 1 on OS X Leopard.
Addressable 2.0.0
Addressable is designed to let you treat URIs as first-class objects, with full support for internationalized resource identifiers. Also supports reverse URI template processing for framework routing.
Leveraging lsof to Troubleshoot Network, Filesystem, Native Library or Device Problems
Leveraging lsof to Troubleshoot Network, Filesystem, Native Library or Device Problems: lsof is one of the most powerful UNIX command (also available on Mac OS X). It is invaluable when it comes to investigating or troubleshooting problems related to network, filesystem, devices or even native libraries. This article first introduces lsof usage and syntax illustrated with concrete examples for the Rubyist and then dive into advanced options and techniques.
Shnork: Check the Links in your Sinatra Site
Shnork is a fledgling project that can dive through your Sinatra website and make sure all your internal links resolve, without 404 or 500 errors. Today, Sinatra; soon, all Rack-based web applications will be able to Shnork! Use standalone, or as an RSpec spec.
Little Known Ways to Ruby Mastery by Ian Dees
The Path to Ruby Mastery Interview Series by Ruby Masters, provides guidance to and answers questions confronting Ruby beginners from across the globe. Today, Ian Dees reveals his secrets!
Announcing Jekyll: A Static Blog Generator
Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through Textile and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server. A blog post about this is available at http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/11/17/blogging-like-a-hacker.html.
RailsTestServing v0.1.1 — Bugfix release
RailsTestServing v0.1.1 released. Fixes load path issues and compatibility with Rails earlier than 2.2.0.
Easily minify javascript and css using Fixie Shrinker
Most Rails plugins that minify javascript and css do it on deployment on the server. This requires that the server has the tools installed for doing the minification. What you want is to have the minification process happen constantly during development, alerting you to any minification issues immediately. [more inside]
Introduction to Rack
Thorough introduction to Rack web server interface and why it matters from Pratik Naik
git_remote_branch is github-agnostic
Should git_remote_branch and the github gem be merged? Instead of only responding by email to the user, I decided that a blog post scaled better to answer this question.
Latest Merb news
Check the latest merb news. Covered:
Run Capistrano on the server with Github post-receive URL
Make your Rails application “deploy itself” with Pushr, deploying it by Github post-receive hook or by clicking a button in web interface. Read more or browse the source-code.
Rick Rolled by RubyFlow
Nice! i came to post the captcha that got me captcha when the unthinkable happened.
Authlogic 1.2.0 (Auth Plugin) Released
Authlogic 1.2.0 released with password reset support and a tutorial to get you up and running.
A test server for Rails applications
Introducing RailsTestServing. Makes tests run almost instantly by keeping non-changing parts of the environment in memory. Preserves compatibility with TextMate Cmd+R and regular command line.
Weekly Digest, First Edition
This is the first of what I hope will become a regular feature on my blog; a weekly digest of interesting links. Since this is the first edition, I’ve gone back into the archives a bit and pulled out some of my favorites from the last month or so. As a bonus, I thought I’d share the simple little Ruby script I’m using to pull this thing together with the quickness.
Lockdown 0.6.0 Released
Details on the project site.
random_data v1.5.0 released
The random_data gem provides methods for generating random test data including names, mailing addresses, dates, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and text. v1.5 includes a primitive Markov text generator and an array “roulette” function.
On the Existence of Struct::Group in Rails
Describes a weird gotcha I ran into when using the delayed_job plugin.
Using Sinatra in Rails controllers
Few simple steps to enable using Sinatra in Rails controller
Speed Up Rails Development
A few tips on how to speed up your development time in rails
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Merb, Rails Myths, Language Popularity and other Zenbits
Merb, Rails Myths, Language Popularity and other Zenbits.