September 7, 2006
Sun hires the JRuby team
Tim Bray has announced that Sun Microsystems has hired Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, the developers behind JRuby. Tim’s announcement has a FAQ that probably answers many of the questions...
September 7, 2006
Adobe announces Rails SDK for Flex
Adobe’s Mike Potter brings the cherry news that an officially-backed Rails SDK for Flex and the rest of the company’s RIA suite is now available. Derek Wischusen from Flex on...
September 6, 2006
Get the full scoop on sessions
Chris Wanstrath has a very nice detailed article on how to control and use sessions. Lean how to turn them on and off and which stores are good for what....
September 4, 2006
LiteSpeed Web Server 2.2 Released
LiteSpeed Web Server is a commercial product that offers a free version for private and commercial use. With release 2.2, LiteSpeed Technologies has embraced the Rails community and provided built-in...
September 1, 2006
Shopify didn't get memo, goes international
Obviously someone forgot to tell Tobi and crew that its impossible to do internationalization with Rails. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so foolish as to try. And now look what...
September 1, 2006
Learn Rails in college
August 31, 2006
New Mephisto Release
The latest version of Mephisto, the blog that powers Riding Rails, has been released. Justin Palmer has the nitty gritty details at the Mephisto Blog. Our focus for this release...
August 30, 2006
Capistrano 1.1.9 (beta)
A new release of Capistrano is nearly upon us! Before I unleash it upon the world, though, I’d like to have a few brave souls put it through its paces,...
August 30, 2006
Things you shouldn't do in Rails
Kevin Clark was written a nice piece on things you shouldn’t be doing in Rails. It starts with a reminder about not using various deprecated pieces of the API, and...
August 28, 2006
Power Flash and Flex from Rails
Jon Shumate introduces WebORB: WebORB for Rails is server-side technology enabling connectivity between Flex and Flash Remoting clients and Ruby on Rails applications. WebORB for Rails can be installed as...