Ruby Messaging Shootout: or why SQS is slow and Starling or Beanstalk might be a better option
We had to have a really fast messaging system for Devver, after testing various systems here are some results from our Ruby messaging shootout. The... more »
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Smart Model, Dumb Controller
After accepting the notion that models should be fat and controllers should be skinny, the important question is how do you know when a controller is... more »
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Riding Rails: Free Rails 2.1 Book
If you’re eager to learn how to use all the new features in Rails 2.1, Carlos Brando just released a free book titled Ruby on Rails 2.1, What’s New?.... more »
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Top 7 Things Ruby Does Better Than Java
I was a professional java developer from 1996 to 2006. From 2007 to present I've been a professional ruby developer. This last week I've been forced... more »
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Tired of looking at the console to know if the tests passed or failed?
A very cool gem, that makes very easy to use Autotest with Growl, Snarl, Libnotify, in your Mac, Linux or windows box. And it can even use text to... more »
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Duplicate Code in Your Tests
Sadly, DRY has become a philosophy that is dogmatically and blindly applied to every aspect of programming. I'm a big fan of firing silver bullets but... more »
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Automating the Development Environment
A simple guide that teaches you how to automate your development environment to a 1-click affair using the latest Mac OS X technologies.
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Best of Railscasts
Railscasts.com is one of the best places to learn invaluable tidbits of Ruby on Rails knowledge. They released their 100th episode today, and... more »
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Rails Auto Admin Plugin Reviews
An examination of some of the major admin plugins for ruby on rails. Looks at Lipsiaadmin, AutoAdmin, ActiveScaffold, Hobo & Streamlined.
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Adventures in Merb
An article on getting up and running with the web application framework Merb.
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Why Basecamp Sucks
Its so good but just falls flat on its face in the most important needs for a small dev team.
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BioRuby and Ruby on Rails: Active BioRecords
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I work in bioinformatics because I like writing code to solve problems, and my first response is to start coding, rather than look to see if someone... more »
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Generating Sitemaps With Rails
How to generate a sitemap to be used by search engines using Rails.
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The Power of Git, Part 2
Git makes branching and merging so fast and easy that I can rewind all of the changes that I've made to the code base to support that feature, fix a... more »
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Merb 0.9.0 (developer release)
A few minutes ago I pushed the gems for Merb 0.9.0 “All you need, none you don’t” to merbivore.com. We’ve chopped Merb up a little bit. merb-core is... more »
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Nginx and Memcached, a 400% boost in req/s!
How-to for Nginx and Memcached for a quick and dirty 400% performance increase with any web application.
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Search Engine Optimization for Ruby on Rails
How to improve your site's usability and search engine visibility, the Rails way. Use DRY principles and less coding to give both your users and... more »
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Call for action: do you want to have 5 times faster Rails applications?
Patches to Rails are submitted with overwhelming speed nowdays. But most of them are far from being as important as those mentioned in the post. Go... more »
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Choosing a dynamic language to learn (Ruby/Groovy/Scala)
Why did I choose Groovy over the others? What where the characteristics that I valued most?
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Rails Plugins Recommendations
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One of the niceties about working with Rails is how most plugins just work. Since plugins are tied to the framework, and just about everyone that... more »
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Writing Efficient Ruby Code
A review of Stefan Kaes' book covering a few interesting and useful tips and tricks on writing efficient code in Ruby.
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Java is the New COBO…ZAP! (cartoon)
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What do COBOL programmers think when they get on The Internets and read that Java is the New COBOL?
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Why automated testing matters
This blog post discusses a couple of the author’s experiences with automated testing, and takes an honest look at how well it worked out. It then goes... more »
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The Art and Science of JavaScript
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In this tutorial, we'll look at a technique for using CSS and JavaScript to build a first-person-perspective maze, in homage to old-school adventure... more »
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jQuery 1.2.2 Released:
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jQuery has a new release, 1.2.2, which is a bug fix release and more. This release comes on the 2nd birthday of jQuery:
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