NetBeans 6.1 : no go for YAML development
Highlighting some issues with the YAML editor that ships with NetBeans 6.1, which make it unusable for any serious YAML development.
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JRuby Support in NetBeans IDE 6: Ask the Experts (May 19-23)
Got a question about JRuby support in the NetBeans IDE? Beginning on May 19, post it on the Ask the Experts page and get answers from three... more »
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Awesome Collection of Technical Interview Questions
Over at 20bits, Jesse has been spending the last month writing articles on technical interview question. And, wow, it's an awesome list!
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git-svn-dcommit Workaround for Git Submodules
This article is a follow-up to my previous article on using git as a front-end for Subversion. That article focused on the issue of git-svn not being... more »
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Dynamically created methods in Ruby
There seems to be some confusion with regards to dynamically defining methods in Ruby. I thought I'd take a look at the three available methods for... more »
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Deploying on Phusion Passenger
A very large number of PHP developers, perhaps even the majority, are building smaller web applications. These applications receive only a moderate... more »
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Rails 2.1 release candidate 1 is on it’s way
Word out on the wire is that Rails 2.1 RC1 has been tagged in the repository, so the gems should be available shortly. Being a point release, the... more »
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RubySpec: Bringing Ruby Test Suites Together
Hooray! The RubySpec Project, a collection of runnable specifications for Ruby 1.8.6ish behavior, has graduated into its own domain. Finally there's a... more »
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Managing Rails with FiveRuns Manage 2.0
This is a short video interview with FiveRuns' Steve Sanderson and Bruce Williams about today's release of Manage 2.0, one of their products for... more »
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Importing Data with Rails
Often when working with Rails applications, you need to import data from other sources. A common source is an excel spreadsheet. A simple import... more »
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Load Balancing & QoS with HAProxy
Hands on how-to for optimizing response times and coordinating traffic between multiple clusters of servers, with the help of HAProxy.
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On Merb startup options and init files
As #229 in merb-core shows, people try to set all of configuration options in Merb init file. This caused a hell of a lot of confusion.
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