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Rails Ready: Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu in One Line

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Rails Ready is essentially just a shell script but one you might find useful if you're running Ubuntu (or - update - CentOS) and want to get the installation...

Rails Installer: Ruby and Rails on Windows in a Single, Easy Install

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
RailsInstaller is a new project from Wayne E Seguin (of RVM fame) that brings RubyInstaller-style simplicity to getting Ruby and Rails set up on Microsoft...

A WebKit Plugin Written in MacRuby

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Eloy Duran (of the Dutch Rails consultancy Fingertips) has put together an interesting side project: a WebKit plugin written in MacRuby. His 'MacRubyWebKitPluginExample...

Parslet – A Simple PEG Parser Framework for Ruby

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Parslet is a new "simple parser framework" for Ruby built by Kaspar Schiess. It follows the PEG (parsing expression grammar) style of parsing and its primary...

JRuby 1.6.0 RC1 Released: JRuby Gets All 1.9.2 On Us

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
The JRuby team has announced the release of JRuby 1.6.0 Release Candidate 1. The final release is still a little way off but the bulk of the work is in...

Ruby-Core Speaks on Ruby 1.8.8, 1.9.3 and 2.0

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
You may imagine that the ruby-core mailing list is a 24/7 programming disco dealing with core Ruby implementation topics.. but no, it's usually a low-traffic...

VCR: A Recorder For All Your Tests’ HTTP Interactions

~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...

A Tender, Loving RubyConf Presentation on Performance Analysis

~1 year ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
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Peter Cooper’s Online “Introduction to Ruby” Class Starts January 10

~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...

9 Ruby and Rails Jobs for January 2011

~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...