Posted by Daniel Butler
Fri, 12 May 2006 10:26:00 GMT
Bounty Source has released a Ruby on Rails Subversion Browser which uses Ajax "to give it that live application-like feel." Features include:
- Revision Tree View
- Source View
- "Blame"
- Revision History
- File Diff
Future work to the open source tool will include the following features:
- Code highlighting
- Directory Diff
- MIME Type Detection
Looks like a promising tool for your development projects.
Bounty Source bsSvnBrowser Home Page
bsSvnBrowser Example Page
Posted in Ruby on Rails, Open Source | Tags svn | no comments
Posted by Daniel Butler
Thu, 11 May 2006 22:14:00 GMT
If you are interested in helping form or participate in a Tallahassee Ruby Users Group, drop me a note to yup.com@gmail.com describing (1) your level of interest in Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails or other agile frameworks, (2) what nights you would prefer for a monthly meeting, and (3) any suggested meeting places you know of. An ideal meeting place would provide free wireless, food or drinks, and tolerance of nerd talk by the other patrons. 
If we get enough interest, we'll schedule a meeting for the first week in June. Or not. I'm flexible.
There's got to be at least a handful of Rubyists in Tally. Here are some other nearby Ruby User Groups:
Mobile and Pensacola - Meets in Spanish Fort
Orlando
Atlanta
Savannah
Other Ruby User Groups
Posted in Ruby on Rails, Programming | Tags usergroup | 1 comment
Posted by Daniel Butler
Thu, 11 May 2006 16:59:00 GMT
Martin Fowler, well known in the OO, Patterns, and Agile world, has written a short article about whether Ruby is ready for the mainstream yet, and whether you should be considering it for your projects. He writes,
It's still early days yet, but I now have a handful of project experiences to draw on. So far the results are firmly in favor of Ruby. When I ask the question "do you think you're significantly more productive in Ruby rather than Java/c#", each time I've got a strong 'yes'. This is enough for me to start saying that for a suitable project, you should give Ruby a spin. Which, of course, only leaves open the small question of what counts as 'suitable'.
Read on for some personal thoughts on Ruby and Ruby on Rails, as well as some bonus graphs from Google Trends.
Read more...
Posted in Ruby on Rails, Programming | Tags mainstream | no comments
Posted by Daniel Butler
Wed, 10 May 2006 22:46:00 GMT
James Edward Grey II, creator of The Ruby Quiz, weekly programming challenge for Ruby programmers, writes a compelling article about unit testing in The Power of Tests: Unit Testers Get More Chicks. Unit Testing, he claims, "is the single best change a programmer can make in their day to day routine."
Read on for a summary of the reasons ...
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Posted in Ruby on Rails, Programming | Tags testing | no comments
Posted by Daniel Butler
Sun, 07 May 2006 19:35:00 GMT
Boxroom 0.2 has been released by Mischa Berger. The project is described as "an open source project that aims to develop a web application for sharing and managing files online. The goal is to let a group of people share their files with eachother. To make this possible the application lets users create folders and up/download files in a web browser. Furthermore for administrators it will be possible to create users, user groups and the CRU/D rights these groups will have on folders."
Boxroom Home Page
Boxroom at Rubyforge
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Posted in Ruby on Rails | Tags file, manager | no comments
Posted by Daniel Butler
Sat, 06 May 2006 15:10:00 GMT
Jens-Christian Fischer has provided an excellent 24-page "short reference" for Ruby on Rails, released as a PDF, HTML, and Markdown under a Creative Commons licence. He writes, "It's a collection of the most used calls,
methods, functions across a wide range of Rails functionality. ... It's a bit rough around some of it's edges, and I realize, that there still is much left to be done, but it has served me well already in my daily Rails work, and in
getting my students up to speed."
Jens' Blog Entry
PDF Version
HTML Version
Subversion Repository
Posted in Ruby on Rails | no comments
Posted by Daniel Butler
Thu, 04 May 2006 11:32:00 GMT
Gael Pourriel posted the following Ajax spinners with transparent, neutral color backgrounds to the Rails mailing list. Thank you, Gael; these are exactly what I needed.
Mac Spinner → 
Moz Spinner → 
It looks like you have to wait just a bit faster with the Mac spinner than with the Moz spinner. Right click each image above and select 'Save As' to have them for your very own web dynamo.
Update: Create your own custom spinners with whatever backgrounds you need at ajaxload.info.
Update 2: Here's another eyeful of various AJAX Activity Indicators, a veritable hamster dance of wait-for-it-ness. My favorite:
Moz Orange → 
Posted in Open Source | Tags ajax, spinner | 10 comments
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