September 22, 2005
Rails wiki resurrected with i2
The Rails wiki is back running on a brand-new engine called i2. It’s a fresh rewrite of Instiki with all the cruft cut out, most of the features, and of...
September 21, 2005
Ruby on Rails training at Big Nerd Ranch
The venerable Big Nerd Ranch have just announced that they’re offering an intensive 5-day course in Ruby on Rails. The man at the wheel is none other than Rails core...
September 21, 2005
Two recent reviews of Agile Web Development with Rails
If you’re still unsure as to whether buying Agile Web Development with Rails is a good idea, these two reviews might convince you. Glen Swinfield writes: After reading, probably 50%...
September 21, 2005
Ruby 1.8.3 has been released
But hold your horses on installing it for a production Rails system. At least one compatibility issue has been spotted between Rails 0.13.1 and Ruby 1.8.3. Over the next days,...
September 20, 2005
The wiki is down
While we’re working on bringing it back, you can get the HTML backup (2.6MB). The homepage for that export is broken, but the rest should be good. Madeleine is so...
September 19, 2005
Job site for Ruby (and Rails)
Jason Toy has created a new job site dedicated to Ruby-positions. It’s available at jobs.rubynow.com and already includes its first position for a Ruby on Rails developer for ODEO.
September 19, 2005
Talking points for management on Ruby on Rails
ThoughtWorks’ Obie Fernandez has put together a good collection of talking points on Ruby on Rails. This is a useful starting point if you need to convince a customer or...
September 19, 2005
Weed statistics and Ruby-powered sparklines
Weed is a new stats package in leu with Mint and others build using Ruby on Rails. It’s open source and rapidly improving. Do check it out. Part of Weed...
September 19, 2005
FCGI replacement in the making for Rails
Zed A. Shaw is working on a SCGI implementation in pure Ruby that’ll hopefully make for a more pleasant experience than FCGI once ready. He just announced the v0.3 of...
September 17, 2005
Ruby on Rails as a Burton Group telebriefing
The Burton Group advices Fortune 500 CTOs and other big shots on existing and upcoming technology. On September 28th, they will host a telebriefing using a panel discussion with Dave...