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Frozen Rails 2010

25 days ago by Jonathan on BlogFish - Blog.
Although Berlin looks a bit like Antarctica right now, I'm really looking forward to travel to Helsinki, Finland for Forzen Rails on May 7th. ...

José Valim and Carl Lerche joins Rails core

25 days ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Riding Rails.
Please give a warm welcome to José Valim and Carl Lerche as they both join the Rails core team. Both guys have been key contributors to the Rails 3 development...

Ruby Quicktips: A Tumblelog of Quick Ruby Tips

25 days ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Ruby Quicktips is a Tumblr-powered tumblelog (think of a blog but in bite-sized chunks) by Daniel Pietzsch that presents a growing array of Ruby related...

Only You Can Prevent git Merge Commits

26 days ago by Clinton R. Nixon, Development Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I love using Git, but when my repositories turn into a tangle of merge commits, I start to get a little frustrated. Here’s my solution. Go into your...

RBP is useless without you

26 days ago by Gregory Brown on Ruby Best Practices.
Since I’ve posted the first three chapters, my amazon ratings have gone way up, and I’ve seen lots of people mention the book on twitter. This is great...

11 New Ruby Delights (For If/When You’re Tired of Rails 3.0)

26 days ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Sick of Rails 3.0 yet or still enjoying your Sinatra, Rango, Ramaze, Cramp, or totally non-Web-based development? OK - I've sniffed out 12 new, interesting...

Rails 3 Generators: An Introduction

27 days ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Like a lot of people, I've been watching the Rails 3 development process, but I hadn't turned any focused attention on it until the beta release last week...

Ruby & PowerPoint: Inserting HyperLinks

28 days ago by David Mullet on Ruby on Windows.
I've written previously about automating Microsoft PowerPoint with Ruby. Someone recently asked how to use Ruby code to insert hyperlinks into a PowerPoint...

Week 125

28 days ago by James Stewart on a work on process.
I had planned to write last week’s notes on Wednesday in the ninety minutes I had free between meetings. But then another meeting came along and ate that...

Plugin Authors: Toward a Better Future

29 days ago by wycats on Riding Rails.
Some of the biggest changes in Rails 3 involve how Rails expects plugins to behave. Dependencies If your plugin has dependencies, make it a gem...