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Ratings On Rails

over 5 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
Dave Naffis recently wrote Ruby on Rails, Ajax & CSS Star Rating System, a quick and simple tutorial that describes the steps necessary to integratin...

GWT vs. Flex 2

over 5 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
I was inspired to write this comparison between the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Flex 2 by reading Comparing the Google Web Toolkit to Echo2. I felt that...

Grails Has Many Relationships

over 5 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
In Getting Started with Grails I went over some installation quirks in Grails to generating a scaffolding for a blog post domain model. In this entry,...

Gettings Started With Grails

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
So if you want to get started with Grails after reading Holy Guacamole Web Development with Grails then you are in the right place. In the next few paragraphs...

Holy Guacamole Web Development With Grails

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
I was original going to name this post Agile Web Development with Grails but I didn’t want Dave Thomas to send me a cease and desist notification...

Class HighLite ThreadLocal

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
Some people think that by not using threads that would make their code thread safe. One way to write thread safe code is to pass state by parameters as...

Top 13 Ruby on Rails Presentations

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
Here is a list of all the Ruby on Rails presentations that I have bookmarked. VIDEO Creating a weblog in 15 minutes - For me, this is the video that started...

Scriptaculous Rails

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
The script.aculo.us JavaScript library is ridiculously simple, and Ruby on Rails makes using it just as simple. Ruby on Rails provides a view helper visual_effect...

Rounded Corners With Rico

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
I’ve seen and tried a ton of HTML/CSS/JavaScript tricks and hacks to get rounded corners on DIV elements. So far I have found that the easist way...

RubyConf 2006 & Carson Summit

almost 6 years ago by TechKnow on TechKnow Zenze.
Woot! I lucked out and was able to score a conference pass to RubyConf 2006. I booked my flight, reserved my room, and I am ready to start packing. I...