August 2010
17 posts
"Mastering Node" - Open Source NodeJS eBook →
(via tjholowaychuk)
Rails 3.0: It's ready! →
dhotson:
Congrats to the Rails team! A massive achievement.
slablet: Stylish CSS layout for iPad and more →
thechangelog:
If you like Sencha Touch, the HTML5 mobile framework we recently covered in Episode 0.3.0, but long for a more declarative, markup-driven approach, then keep an eye on Slablet from Fellowship Technologies.
Slablet, as defined by Urban Dictionary:
(n.) - a slang word for a computer tablet such as the iPad or other branded tablet devices
Unlike Sencha’s JavaScript-centric...
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Using Rack/test for Rails and RESTful api's
Needing a way to test a RESTful API quickly using RSpec and Rack/test.
We brainstormed the pros and cons of the following integration frameworks, cucumber, unencumbered, rack::test. Cucumber is heavy and would require time to setup. Unencumbered is completely new to us and therefore could be a potential time-sink. Rack::Test is new to us also, but integrates with our rspec test suite out of the...
Optitron: Easily add option and command parsing to... →
thechangelog:
We love command line interfaces. We’ve written before about how we use the Tumblr gem to post to this site. If you want to add a nice CLI to your Ruby app, Joshua Hull from the Padrino team has released Optitron, an easy way to support option and command parsing.
Install the gem
gem install optitron
A quick example
@parser = Optitron.new {
opt 'verbose', "Be very loud"
cmd...
mongomatic: Minimal Ruby mapper for Mongo →
thechangelog:
If you’re a close-to-the-metal sort of developer who eschews conveniences like relationships, indexes, and query APIs, then check out Mongomatic from Ben Myles. Mongomatic aims to do ‘just enough’ by mapping your models to MongoDB collections but leaves the rest to you:
No additional query API. You simply drop down to the Ruby driver.
No relationships. Simply write your own...
webshell: A console-based JavaScripty web client... →
thechangelog:
If you’re like me, you probably spend a good deal of time using cURL from the console or Hurl on the web to test/inspect/debug HTTP stuffs. Wanting something a bit more robust and console-friendly Evan Haas and Sean Coates have created Webshell.
Webshell is built on Node.js (of which we’re big fans), and gives you a simple console to load and debug HTTP calls, follow 302...
gollum: A simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet... →
thechangelog:
If your open source project needs a wiki, GitHub will leave you saying “My PRECIOUS!” After much anticipation, GitHub has finally taken the curtain down on their new git-powered wikis.
What’s new
Reverence images and folders in your Git project.
Markdown support!
Local previewing
You’ll need to upgrade to the new wiki from within your GitHub project admin page.
As...
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Add User Acceptance to your Application! →
This is a slide out panel for your rails app that allows you users to accept stories while they are in you application.
Create Placeholder Images with ease! →
Placehold.it Rocks!
Create Images on demand, great for mockups!
Telehash peer messaging! →
“Master programmers think of systems as stories to be told rather than programs...”
– uncle Bob Martin
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Html5 brief →
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NodeJS Framework →
Will this be the Rails/Django of NodeJS? Looks interesting and worth checking out!
I hope it is friendly with coffeescript!
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Ruby Syntatic Sugar →
Reviewing the page it looks like it has a lot of useful functions, but I really like the plugin component of the gem and how everything can be include by using the require, even by versions.
This is definitely something to add to the list.
CoffeeScript 0.9.0 released! →
Big Change is assignment, swapped from : to = so if you upgrade remember to change all of your scripts.
Also you now can do Yaml Like object indentations. (Cool!)
And more Ruby Like Object handling…
Have Fun!
OpenGem: Easy Access to a Gem's Source and...
rubyquicktips:
If you install the OpenGem, you’ll have two handy commands available:
gem open rails will open the gem’s source code in an editor of your choice, and
gem read rails will open a browser pointed to the gem’s documentation.
This is a fabulous way to read other people’s code and learn how to make your own gems!
You might want to have a look at this related tip: Easy Access to...
