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Configatron 1.2.0 Released
Thanks to Simon Menke for contributing a great patch to Configatron that will automatically ‘namespace’ your configuration settings if you use the configure_from_hash or the configure_from_yaml methods.
Mack 0.7.1 Released
Lot’s of great bug fixes, XSS prevention support, new Session Store API, and more. Check it out!
rweather gem
Check your local weather with the RWeather gem. Learn how to do it on this RailsLife post.
Headius' The Elephant
Charles Oliver Nutter writes about the unfortunate controversy over implementing JRuby in ‘The Elephant’.
Pondering a more Rubyish Rails controller-view relationship.
I was playing around, trying to balance Ruby’s and Rails’ conventions, and came up with a slightly different way to share controller information with the view.
Use script/performance/request
the script performance/request, need ruby-prof-0.6.1. [more inside]
Asynchronous Database Access in Ruby
Benchmarks of the latest MySQLPlus, EM/MySQL and DBSlayer libraries for asynchronous database access in Ruby - with surprising and promising results!
Rails Gem 2.1.1 is now available
Rails Gem 2.1.1 is now available. Go and Grab it from RubyForge.
Building a Google Maps mashup?
If you’re building a map mashup on Rails then you definitely want to check out the latest Rails Kit – the Map Rails Kit by Jacques Crocker. [more inside]
Rails Envy Podcast #45
Stop reading RSS feeds!. They’re a waste of time, when you should just be listening to the Rails Envy Podcast, and getting your weekly feed of the most interesting news from the Ruby and Rails community. [more inside]
Configatron 1.1.0 Released
Version 1.1.0 bring the ability to load configuration parameters from a YAML file.
Beware of Using named_scope for Associations
Ensure that your not using a feature just because you can. An article on the mis-use of named_scope.
Searchgasm Released!
Searchgasm released! From the views to the controller, this makes searching with ActiveRecord quick and painless. Check it out on GitHub.
neverblock makes rails faster
Make Rails 12X Faster with NeverBlock
Ruby on V8
Marc-André Cournoyer blogs about running Ruby on Chrome’s JavaScript VM V8.
French version of rubyflow
There is now a french version of rubyflow thanks to the Ruby France association. French readers are invited to contribute.
Stuck on Fixtures
Why current fixtures solutions suck and how that’s improved: Stuck on Fixtures
Decorator Pattern with Mixology
Following a post from jay field on the underuse of modules in ruby I wrote a post suggesting what i believe is the most elegant way to add and remove(!) behavior to a class with the mixology gem.
www.mackforum.com now online
Thanks to Mack user, Diogo Almeida, there is a now a forum for all things Mack. Check it out at www.mackforum.com. Sorry for the double post, but I messed up the ‘href’ in the last one.
new mysql driver
A new mysql driver that spun off from NeverBlock, this one supports async operations and multi-threaded access