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[ANN] Do YOU want to learn JRuby using Google Wave?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:51:17 +0000

A tool such as Google Wave enables the students to collaborate together in an online environment. Wave replaces the need for multiple services such as a Wiki to post work, Google Docs to collaborate on documents, email to communicate asynchronously, and instant messaging services to communicate synchronously.

At RubyLearning we have been teaching the Ruby programming language, related libraries, and frameworks for the past three years, using traditional tools. With the advent of Google Wave, we wanted to try and understand ourselves the effectiveness of using Google Wave as a teaching tool. Interested? Let's collaborate.

Building a Twitter Filter With Sinatra, Redis, and TweetStream

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:59:49 +0000

I just wrote a little tutorial about how to implement a Twitter filter web app using Sinatra, Redis, and TweetStream. It discusses both the architecture and rationale for my technology choices, as well as presenting the actual code. You can see my example app live at twatcher.com. Hope this is useful.

Webrat matchers for HTML validation in Cucumber

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:12 +0000

Did you ever need to validate HTML output using Cucumber steps without driving a browser? Well, we did and here's how we fulfilled this need.

Benchmarking Ruby exception handling

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Exception handling is great, but is it always the best thing to do? http://effectif.com/ruby/cost-of-exception-handling

How to keep your stylesheets clean and organized using Rails (Tutorial)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:48 +0000

styled_objects is a Rails plugin for simplifying stylesheet management on your application.
Check out this tutorial that guides you through building a web application from scratch using Rails with the styled_objects plugin.

Rubyists.EU: Stairway to the European Ruby Community Integration

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:38:13 +0000

Rubyists.EU is a free of charge communications platform, which aims at encouraging better communications among Ruby communities and individual Ruby enthusiasts across Europe.

Latest GitHub gem released

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:33:04 +0000

Now available on gemcutter, the github gem is alive and kicking with an exciting 0.4.0 release. To install:

  $ gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org

  $ gem install github

To see all the options:
$ gh
Post any issues/bugs. Latest continuous integration status via runcoderun: green.

Scaling Rails – On The Edge – Part 1

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:18 +0000

Gregg Pollack has released a new episode in his Scaling Rails series. This is the part 1 of 3 screencasts scheduled to release in the near future. In the first of these, Gregg introduces three tools: Bullet, Rails Indexes and Scrooge. Check out the blog post or download the episode.

Ken 0.2.0 (Ruby Freebase Lib) now also wraps the new ingenious Topic API

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:25 +0000

I just added support for the new Topic API to the Ken Ruby Freebase Library. As usual the library wraps the JSON result of the web service to convenient Ruby Objects. The wrapped Topic API may be a good starting point for those who wanna get going with Ruby and Freebase. It should now be even easier to build simple Ruby Freebase apps (based on the Topic API).

Real World Rails Middleware

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:42 +0000

Here's an article I wrote fairly recently on Real world uses of Rails middleware and metal.