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Cool.io: Node.js-style Event Driven Awesomeness for Rubyists

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Been missing esteemed rapper and author Coolio (real name Tony Arcieri) recently? He's been busy studying Ruby and building Cool.io (or GitHub repo), a...

A Review of ‘The Rails 3 Way’ by Obie Fernandez

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
The Rails 3 Way is the much awaited, Rails 3-focused followup to The Rails Way, a popular Rails book (and, dare I say, bible) by Obie Fernandez. It features...

Rubinius 1.2 Released: A Blog, Better Documentation and More of a Good Thing

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Three months on from the 1.1 release, Rubinius 1.2 has hit the streets bringing together 242 commits from 10 developers. As well as the typical bugfixes...

The Ruby Community’s Christmas Releases

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Christmas is a special time for Rubyists and not only for those of us taking the opportunity to get drunk and eat a lot. December 25 has been a popular...

The Heroku & IndexTank “Build A Search-Based Webapp” Holiday Challenge

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
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How to Install Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.0 on Ubuntu 10.10

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
For better or worse, Ubuntu has become one of the most popular Linux variants on which to deploy Ruby and Rails apps. It was used for 84% of the 2010 Rails...

9 Ruby and Rails Jobs for January 2011

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
It looks like California's the place to be if you're a Rubyist or Rails developer looking for a full-time position right now. 6 of today's 9 positions are...

Peter Cooper’s Online “Introduction to Ruby” Class Starts January 10

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Starting January 10, 2011 (just one week after this post), I'll be teaching an online Ruby course with CodeLesson.com - me being Peter Cooper, author of...

A Tender, Loving RubyConf Presentation on Performance Analysis

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
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VCR: A Recorder For All Your Tests’ HTTP Interactions

over 1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
VCR is a library by Myron Marston that records your test suite's HTTP interactions so that they can be quickly replayed during future test runs. The big...