February 2010
22 posts
Edge Rails.info :: The Skinny on Scopes (Formerly... →
Very good introduction to Scopes (Formerly named_scope)
zool - manage your servers authorized_keys files... →
“zool is a gem to manage authorized_keys files on a set of n servers”
The Rails 3 Upgrade Handbook →
Inside you’ll find:
Almost 120 pages of upgrade information
A step-by-step guide to upgrading your app to Rails 3
High-level discussion of what’s new in Rails 3
Practical tips on using Rails 3’s new features to improve your code
Real case studies of upgrading apps and plugins
Detailed checklists for upgrading
Validation Reflections in Rails 3 →
Now you can do stuff like: ’Person.validators’ and ‘Person.validators_on(:name)’ which will return the model validations like :presence or :length
Couchio: Thoughts on an Open Source Company →
Damien here.
I wrote this almost a year ago. It’s something we want Couchio live by, to build a company we all want to be a part of.
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Our companies mission to make the world a better place through open source software.
People are hired based on contributions to open source. Code,…
GO READ THE WHOLE POST!!!! NOW!!!
..why are you still here?! read it!
The Power and Philosophy of Ruby (Presentation by... →
Using Bundler in Real Life « Katz Got Your... →
DailyJS: The Four Cs of JavaScript →
The Four Cs of JavaScript
Sketchpad - Online Paint/Drawing application →
This is like Photoshop in HTML5 + canvas. *crazy shit*
Open Source Twitter Text libraries →
Twitter Open Sourced their Code to handle Tweet-specific elements from a text. Currently Ruby and Java libraries are available.
This makes it easy to extract @mentions, #hastags, urls, etc. from a tweet.
feedly: a magazine-like start page →
feedly organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start page. based on Google Reader and Twitter.
persistence.js: An Asynchronous Javascript ORM for... →
RailsPlugins.org - Is Your Plugin Ready For Rails... →
“Rails 3 includes a whole new API. It’s better, faster and stronger, but it might break existing plugins and gems. Use this site to quicklyfind and verify if the plugin or gem you want to use works with Rails 3.”
ryanb's importex at master - Importing Excel Data... →
“This Ruby gem helps import an Excel document into a database or some other format. Just create a class defining the columns and pass in a path to an “xls” file. It will automatically format the columns into specified Ruby objects and raise errors on bad data.”
hashrocket's slurper- Gem for slurping plain text... →
Allows you to transform plaintext like the following into stories in pivotaltracker
==
story_type:
feature
name:
Campaign Manager Does Something
description:
In order to get some value
As a campaign manager
I want to do something
- can do something
labels:
campaign managers
Git from the bottom up →
Looks like a really great 30 pages introduction paper into git. Not the high-level commands but “from the bottom up”
Homebrew: OS X’s Missing Package Manager →
Very good writeup about Homebrew the awesome package manager for OS X.
If you haven’t yet, you should give it a try. (make sure you have the latest Xcode installed and it’s best if you haven’t installed macports)
Ruby on Rails 3.0 Release Notes →
The official Ruby on Rails 3.0 Release Notes.
Read it! Learn it!
sblackstone's auto_sprite. Generates CSS sprites... →
“CSS Sprites can get you down, don’t let them. This gem automatically creates the CSS, Sprite and HTML tags so you don’t have to”
"deOMGifying Railties, Active Support, and Action... →
NOOOO! Does this mean Rails is now a grown up and from now on boring?