Ruby on Rails
Getting Started with Slicehost
There comes a time in everyones life when they have to setup a linux computer from scratch. OK, so maybe not, but if you’re a web programmer you might well be faced with the problem of putting out a colocated server, just a VPS where you have full control over the box. With full control [...]
Harnessing GameFaqs with Ruby on Rails and Hpricot
One of the things that’s most annoying when making sites that rely on external data is keeping them in sync. Although this usually means importing some sample data during development, eventually you’ll have to do it the right way. This evening I hit that point on a project where I needed to get a list [...]
Adogo Meeting Tomorrow
Tomorrow is our monthly Adogo meeting here in Orlando. This meeting will have two great Flex topics, which seems to be drumming up a lot of attention. Simeon Bateman will be giving a talk on Using Flex with RESTful WebServices with Ruby on Rails. Daniel Roop will also be giving a talk on FlexUnit Basics [...]
Acts_as_conference Wrap Up
Ruby on Rails developers in Orlando had a treat this past weekend with Acts_as_conference taking place right in our own backyard. Aside from Bar Camp Orlando, we’ve been light on the large-scale, on the cheap conferences. Acts_as_conference was a well deserved $100, for which attendees got 2 days of presentations, snacks, breakfast and a rare [...]
Rails Plugins Recommendations
One of the niceties about working with Rails is how most plugins just work. Since plugins are tied to the framework, and just about everyone that works for web development uses Ruby, it gives a huge base of helpers and code to get you started unlike anything I’ve seen — outside of Java. ColdFusion has [...]
