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Ruby and Rails Graphics and Buttons

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Kelli has posted four different Rails buttons on the Ruby on Rails Forum (shown above) that you can use anywhere you like. In the same spirit, I've put...

Rails Forum launches Rails Tutorial Contest

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
The Rails Forum has announced a Rails Tutorial contest: To celebrate our 500 member mark obtained yesterday, and in the interest of getting more good Ruby...

Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book now available

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Mr. Neighborly (a.k.a. Jeremy McAnally) has just released his "Humble Little Ruby Book", a Ruby book available in both e-book (PDF) and print formats. The...

Control your Rails Process Sizes with Ruby 1.8.5

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Eric Hodel has looked at a new feature provided by Ruby 1.8.5 called Process::setrlimit. It makes it easy to limit the memory usage of your Ruby processes...

"Stop evangelising [..] you're wasting your time" : September's Troll of the Month

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
This month's "Troll of the Month" is Ruby vs Python - why no-one should care by Cynos. Cynos touches on a point I've seen raised a few times in the past...

Ola Bini looks at Ruby Metaprogramming Techniques

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Ola Bini, a Ruby developer from Stockholm, Sweden, has put together an excellent article about Ruby Metaprogramming Techniques. He looks at singleton classes...

MySQL Query Analyzer Plugin for Rails

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Bob Silva has put together a fine MySQL query analyzer plugin for Ruby on Rails. It uses MySQL's EXPLAIN command to analyze all of the different SQL queries...

How to create a UNIX /etc/init.d startup script with Ruby

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Most init.d start-up scripts seem to be bash scripts, but you can write them with any language. Here's some template code I use to create my own Linux services...

Want to read through Ruby's source code?

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
It's not a common pursuit but some developers would like to look through the source code to Ruby itself. It's a great way to start if you ultimately want...

Announcing Rails Camp - San Jose, CA - November 9, 2006

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
Ruby on Rails Camp is a gathering (in the 'unconference' style) of Ruby and Rails enthusiasts on November 9 in San Jose, California. The event's sponsored...