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Ruby Hits #1 In England

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Okay, it's not our beloved programming language, but how often does a song called "Ruby" come around? You don't see many songs called Python or Haskell...

Rapid Rails Deployment with Ubuntu, Capistrano, and Deprec

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Here's a detailed tutorial of how to use Capistrano and Deprec (a set of add-on 'deployment recipes' for Capistrano) to put together a solid deployment...

51 Ruby / Rails Videos and Screencasts

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Alexey Kovyrin writes to tell me about his site BestTechVideos.com and its comprehensive collection of references to 51 different Ruby and Rails related...

Making The Existing Ruby Interpreter Faster

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
A lot of people seem to want to reinvent the wheel where Ruby is concerned, and I wish them all luck, but Tomasz Węgrzanowski has taken the unique step...

How to use GMail's SMTP Server with Rails

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Rails' ActionMailer library can send e-mail for you, and while it can be set up to use almost any SMTP server, special requirements by Google's GMail SMTP...

Interview with Rails development addict, Bruno Bornsztein

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
This week Bruno Bornsztein got in touch with me to mention his new Rails-powered Web application, Snapballot. It's a quick and easy poll / survey creation...

RESTful Rails Development PDF Released

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
A month ago I reported on the release of a PDF (in German) covering Rails' REST abilities by Ralf Wirdemann and Thomas Baustert (the authors of the first...

In-Depth "acts_as_ferret" Tutorial - Add Search To Your Rails App

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
(photo credit: mrpattersonsir) Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer have just launched a new Rails blog called Rails Envy, and to kick things off Gregg has written...

Have Your Say: What Areas of Rails Need Better Documentation?

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
If you were in the Rails community six months ago, you might remember the Caboose Rails Documentation Project, a drive to raise $5,000 USD to spend on improving...

Rails-Based "Code Snippets" Sold to DZone

almost 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Last week I sold Code Snippets to DZone (known as the "Digg for developers" and providers of Ruby Inside's "Latest Ruby Links" sidebar). I have not heard...