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7 OpenID Resources for Rails Developers

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Decentralized identity system, OpenID, appears to be the latest flavor of kool-aid permeating the Rails universe. OpenID makes it possible for users to...

redMine: Open Source Project Management and Issue Tracking Rails App

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
redMine is an open source project management and issue tracking Web app, created by Jean Philippe Lang and released under the GPL. There's a live demo of...

JRuby 0.9.8 Released: Now officially supports Rails

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
On behalf of the whole JRuby team, Thomas Enebo has announced the release of JRuby 0.9.8. Hundreds of minor tweaks, fixes, and features have been added...

Capistrano Security Issue - SVN info often publicly viewable

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Andrew Birkett has stumbled across an interesting side effect of using SVN checkouts for deploying Rails applications in that, without adequate protection...

1 Hour "Rails in Business" Session and Dinner in Orlando, March 15, 2007

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Robert Dempsey, Founder of Rails For All, Inc. (a new Rails advocacy group), and Gregg Pollack, CTO of ADS, will be presenting a one-hour session for managers...

E-TextEditor: A Windows TextMate? (Or "Why Apple Should Buy TextMate")

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Over at the O'Reilly Ruby Blog, Jim Alateras laments the recent stalling of development on RadRails, but suggests an alternative solution: E-TextEditor...

New "Rails Security" Blog Launches

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Heiko Webers writes: I think many of us share the perception of Rails being a "secure" framework. And that might well be true, because we need less code...

Pledgie - A new Rails powered donations site

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Pledgie is a new Rails-powered Web site that allows anyone to raise funds online for meaningful causes. There is no charge for the service. Instead, Pledgie...

Gabe de Silveira wins Apress February Ruby Blogging Challenge

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
A month ago, Pat Eyler (On Ruby), Apress, and I launched a Ruby blogging challenge with the question, "How Has Ruby Blown Your Mind?" .. There were 18 solid...

Hardcore Secure Password Hashing with bcrypt-ruby

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Coda Hale has announced the release of his new 'bcrypt-ruby' gem. bcrypt-ruby brings simple OpenSSL powered password hashing to Ruby along with some useful...