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JRuby 0.9.2 Released

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
The JRuby team has just announced the release of JRuby 0.9.2 (download). Despite being a minor point release, a lot of things have been tweaked and added...

Cross-platform Ruby Serial Port Library

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
After reading this interesting post about using Ruby, PIC chips, and circuit board for homebrew electronics projects, I discovered Ruby/SerialPort. It's...

Ruby Moves Up to 11th Most Popular Language

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Another month, another step up the TIOBE Programming Community Index! Just last month we reported that Ruby had moved from 13th to 12th, and now it's up...

Troll(s) Of The Month: Django Kicks Rails' Ass?

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
There was no "Troll of the Month" feature in November, because I couldn't find any. December has started off strong, though, with two articles: Why Django...

Doodlekit - Website Creation and Hosting Tool Entirely on Rails

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Doodlekit is a cute looking Rails-powered Web application developed by Doodlebit. It's a complete Web design and hosting system in one, aimed at small businesses...

RubyGem Hotfix for cgi.rb Vulnerabilities Released

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Evan Weaver has leaped to the rescue with a hotfix (installable as a gem) for the cgi.rb DoS vulnerabilities. This hotfix is ideal for those who don't want...

Rapid OpenGL 3D Development with Ruby and G3DRuby

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Sean O'Neil wrote to me with exciting news: G3DRuby is a Ruby extension for the G3D library, which lets you do quick 3D prototyping using advanced OpenGL...

Yahoo! Video Library for Ruby Released

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Walter Korman has released the first version of a Yahoo! Video library for Ruby. All it takes is a gem install yahoo-video and some simple code like this...

New DoS Vulnerability Found in Ruby's cgi.rb

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
The official Ruby language homepage is reporting that another DoS vulnerability has been found in Ruby's CGI library (cgi.rb). The solution is to upgrade...

How To Justify Your Choice of Ruby on Rails

~5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
I just came across this excellent article that provides links supporting many of the benefits of Ruby on Rails. If you need to justify your use of Ruby...