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How to live on the (Rails) Edge

over 5 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
If you're relatively new to Rails, you may have heard about the "edge." Open source projects usually have what's called a "trunk" - it's the latest source...

RMagick fixed for Windows

almost 6 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
A new version of RMagick now works on Windows with Ruby 1.8.4. If you need to use RMagick on WIndows, definitely get the new release....

A Tale of Two Communities

almost 6 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
The initial comfort level I had with the Ruby community were key in encouraging me to persue this new weird thing called "Ruby on Rails." But few people...

Magic models

almost 6 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
Now this looks cool. Somebody try it and tell me if your models really can get sawed in half....

Rails IDE for Windows

almost 6 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
I'm happy to say that version 1.0 of RideMe is now available for download. If you're developing Rails apps on Windows, you'll find RideMe to be a bit different...

How to execute your Ruby scripts on a machine without Ruby

almost 6 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
If you need to run a Ruby script on a machine without Ruby, consider RubyScript2Exe if you can't install Ruby on that machine. It's a handy tool, because...

Official Ruby website has been redesigned

over 5 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
And that's putting it mildly! It's a fresh design that's been long overdue, and I think reflects the culture of the Ruby community at large very well.Check...

Rails 101 for Microsoft Developers

over 5 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
A while ago we asked if there would be any interest in a Ruby on Rails class geared especially for current and former Microsoft developers (C#, VB.NET,...

Site back up

over 5 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
Our site went down again today. We've just had it with our current hosting provider, and so we're going to move to a new one soon. We're probably going...

Quick guide to the new scaffold_resource generator

over 5 years ago by Jeff Cohen on Softies on Rails.
Before I begin, I want to thank Ezra for making me aware that this generator is now available in edge rails. Recently I described how to live on the edge...