Mutli-platform installation instructions for MRI, JRuby and Rubinius Posted by postmodern on December 08, 2012 — 1 comment Recently wrote copy/pastable installation instructions for MRI , JRuby and Rubinius on Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Fedora and OS X. Comments you might consider ad...
Using quick shell aliases Posted by NathanLong on December 07, 2012 — 0 comments Temporary shell aliases are a pretty obvious idea, but do you remember to make them when you need them? Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pe...
7 steps to continuous deployment Posted by oBeLx on December 07, 2012 — 0 comments Releasing new parts of your software daily has so many advantages, that you can't afford to refrain from it: * making releases a breeze * faster development * immediate user feedback * happy developers ...
Roundtrip: simple tracking and metrics for your business processes in real-time Posted by jondot on December 07, 2012 — 0 comments I just pushed Roundtrip , a Redis, Sinatra and Graphite based business process tracking and metrics service. You can also see how it works in this blog po...
Join the Google+ Ruby Community! Posted by bcardarella on December 07, 2012 — 0 comments Google+ just released communities so let's build one around Ruby. Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAP...
Add metadata to Minitest specs similar to RSpec Posted by ningja on December 06, 2012 — 0 comments Just released minispec-metadata gem. Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAPTCHA to solve the e...
Brainfucktt - a Brainfuck interpreter built with TreeTop Posted by c00lryguy on December 06, 2012 — 0 comments While learning Treetop , I decided that a Brainfuck interpreter would be a nice place to start. So, I made treetop_bootstrap , which is a scaffold for Treetop projects, and t...
world.db gem Now Includes All 193 United Nations Countries; Added CSV/HTML Export Posted by geraldbauer on December 06, 2012 — 0 comments I've added all 193 member countries of the United Nations to the world.db fixtures 'n' gem. I've also added csv or html table export for spreadshee...
Ensuring data integrity Posted by pcreux on December 05, 2012 — 0 comments I just wrote a blog post where I share practices to ensure data integrity on Ruby on Rails applications. Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending...
Garlic.js in love with Rails Asset Pipeline Posted by nashby on December 04, 2012 — 0 comments I just released garlicjs-rails gem. Garlic.js allows you to automatically persist your forms' text field values locally, until the form is submitted. This way, your users don't lose any prec...
Essence of MVC Posted by shanebdavis on December 04, 2012 — 0 comments Clear, illustrated post on the essence of the Model-View-Controller pattern, its structures, its roles and how to maximize its amazing benefits. The Essence of MVC Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for ...
A quick flight over the MRI codebase (in 30 YouTube minutes) Posted by PeterCooper on December 03, 2012 — 0 comments Pat Shaughnessy (author of Ruby Under a Microscope) and I recently sat down and took a tour of the MRI Ruby codebase. It's suited to people who've never looked under th...
Clickable stacktraces for RSpec and MacVim Posted by rubiii on December 02, 2012 — 0 comments The title pretty much says it all. Give it a try! Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAPTCHA to sol...
Rails 4 Countdown to 2013 Posted by kfaustino on December 01, 2012 — 0 comments For the month of December, Rida Al Barazi and I will be writing a series of 31 Rails 4 related articles in anticipation of the eventual release. Today we discussed the extraction of page and action caching...
XPool: A UNIX(X) Process Pool. Posted by robgleeson on December 01, 2012 — 0 comments I just launched XPool , a lightweight & fast UNIX process pool. Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAPTCHA ...
Web Performance Anomaly Detection with Google Analytics Posted by igrigorik on November 30, 2012 — 0 comments If you are using Google Analytics, then you have a powerful anomaly detection engine at your disposal... and it can be easily configured to help you monitor the performance of...
A Detailed Look at a Small DCI Refactoring in Ruby Posted by flyingmachine on November 30, 2012 — 0 comments In this post I go over a small refactoring to clean up some code in Whoops by implementing the DCI pattern. I’ll cover the actual code changes and include my usual hand-wringin...
The 12 Gems of Christmas Posted by mperham on November 30, 2012 — 0 comments I'm blogging about a new or "under-appreciated" rubygem every day for the next 12 days. Each day you will learn about a gem and how it can help you as a Ruby developer. Read all about The 12 Gems of Christmas...
Making Call Indexing Faster in Brakeman Posted by presidentbeef on November 30, 2012 — 0 comments I wrote up a small blog post about using perftools.rb to improve performance where I didn't think there was room for improvement. Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non reg...
Referencing local gems in your Gemfile Posted by NathanLong on November 30, 2012 — 1 comment If you need to reference local gems in your Gemfile, but don't want to annoy your coworkers by hardcoding a path in your home directory, here's a quick solution . Comments You can use path...
Ruby Tidbit: Include vs Extend with Module Class Variables Posted by ernie on November 29, 2012 — 0 comments I just put together a quick article about an interesting difference between include vs extend of modules when it comes to class variables. Interesting, if not necessarily pract...
Convert to the new Rspec syntax with Vim macros Posted by sleeplessgeek on November 29, 2012 — 0 comments Rspec 2.11 introduces a new syntax: `expect(foo).to eq('bar')` instead of `foo.should eq('bar')`. If you're using Vim, you can record and play back macros to make converting your ...
Simple App Stats with StatBoard Posted by dce on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments I made a simple gem for displaying app usage stats . Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAPTCHA to solve the esca...
Running a High Volume Rails app on Heroku Posted by bryckbost on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments In 3 easy steps you can setup a rails app on Heroku that can easily handle 200 requests per second and 100 concurrent connections, for free. Check out how ! Comments Post a Comment Comm...
Your Objects, the Unix Way — Applying the Unix Philosophy to Object-Oriented Design Posted by brynary on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments I just posted the latest article on the Code Climate blog. It's written by John Pignata, and discusses the similarities between Unix design and good ...
turntabler: An evented Turntable.FM API Posted by obrie on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments turntabler is an evented, fiber-aware, fully-implemented API for Turntable.FM. Features include untangled callbacks, interactive debugging, detailed documentation, and more all wrapped up in a cl...
Adding borders to images from your Ruby code Posted by Cloudinary on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments This blog post explains how to easily add various kinds of borders to images using Cloudinary's cloud-based image transformations. It also demos some useful chained transformations for ...
Using RABL to build Sinatra and Rails APIs Posted by nesquena on November 28, 2012 — 0 comments As RABL has been growing in popularity, I have noticed a lot of confusions and misunderstandings about best practices and how RABL works. To help remedy that, I have put together three guid...
Posted by oBeLx on November 27, 2012 — 0 comments We love Git. At Railsonfire we are currently working on a new version of our platform with lots of new features. For every feature we create a separate Git branch and once it’s done we integrate the feature into the main application. T...
Real life concurrency in Go Posted by mattetti on November 27, 2012 — 0 comments Concurrency is a hot topic in the Ruby community, so taking a look at how other languages/communities approach the challenge can be very valuable. This is exactly what I did in this blog post showing how ...
