RVM 2.0 Fundraiser halfway niczsoft.com
RVM 2.0 Fundraiser halfway - ask your boss to help us.
October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013
Complete ffi ruby bindings for OpenCV 2.4.4 and higher ropencv.aduda.eu
Unlike other ruby binding projects for the Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV) ropencv is automatically generated by parsing the OpenCV C++ headers having the following advantages:
- automatically up-to-date
- full API coverage
- closely match the original C++ interface
- automatically up-to-date
- full API coverage
- closely match the original C++ interface
Building a collection with Enumerable dev.af83.com
The Enumerable module in Ruby is very powerful, and Building a collection with Enumerable is a good introduction to start using for your own classes.
Setting Up Rails Engine With Rspec, Guard and Zeus nepalonrails.com
I love the speed of Zeus when it comes to Rails app testing. But its not straightforward when it comes to Rails Engine land. I've just compiled a post on how to set it up to run with Zeus and Guard for testing rails engine specifically.
Sort Like a Human Boss wegowise.github.com
This article introduces the sort_authority gem, which provides natural order sorting that is significantly faster than similar Ruby libraries.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk alexfalkowski.blogspot.com.au
My experience with AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Ruby on Rails.
Low level caching in rails is very helpful, it reduce expensive query but it kinda hard to manage in your project. This gem Munna wrap rails cache and add some methods to support caching easily
Link https://github.com/Coffa/munna
Link https://github.com/Coffa/munna
October 28, 2013
Opal: give it a try svel.to
If you are a Ruby developer, you’re probably constantly complaining about Javascript’s quirks :)
I wrote an article describing Opal: a Ruby to Javascript compiler
I wrote an article describing Opal: a Ruby to Javascript compiler
The Reverb.com dev blog gives Ten resources for taking your ruby skills to the next level. p.s. We're hiring.
October 27, 2013
I just released Toki v0.0.2 to help implement version and engine specific code. This may come in handy when migrating your project to latest version of Ruby.
rvm 1.x - capistrano 3.x integration gem rubygems.org
I just created rvm1-capistrano3 gem, it will work automatically, in most cases no configuration is needed, just add it and be happy with capistrano using your server rvm and project ruby.
Using WebMock gem in tests and web application services shvets.github.io
You can us WebMock gem in tests and web application services. See details here.
October 26, 2013
Social Login Integration With All the Popular Social Networks in Ruby on Rails codebeerstartups.com
I just wrote a sample application which integrates with popular social networks. Blog Post and Demo and source code
Airplay reached 1.0 github.com
October 25, 2013
Turn, the MiniTest Reporters project, is no longer being maintained, as the original developers have moved on to other priorities and do not have the time to devote to it. Total reign over the project is open to any developer who would like to carry it forward. If no one takes up the project, it will be left to wither and die. That's okay. That's life. But it's a solid project that's certainly deserving of a new lease on life if anyone wants to pick it up.
Install Ruby on Rails · Mac OS X Mavericks railsapps.github.io
Here's the new article: Install Ruby on Rails on Mac OS X Mavericks. Bookmark it for later, even if you are not updating to Mavericks this weekend. This is an article that goes in depth on what to install, what to update, and why.
October 24, 2013
TLS record size can have significant impact on the page load time performance of your application: keep record size small!
Poper: make sure git commit messages are well-formed tbaggery.com
As a follow up to a previous prototype, I now released version 1.0 of try_to a flexible error handling mechanism implemented with surprisingly little Ruby.
October 23, 2013
octo: parallel remote commands net-ssh.github.io
I wrote a small lightweight tool to help make running commands on multiple hosts in parallel simple and easy. It was the result of frustration from working with remote server clusters, and finding deficiencies with pssh (and family).
It uses Net::SSH:Multi, and it currently supports arbitrary commands via SSH and experimental MySQL query support.
Check it out, octo.
It uses Net::SSH:Multi, and it currently supports arbitrary commands via SSH and experimental MySQL query support.
Check it out, octo.
Getting to Know Pluck and Select (ActiveRecord) gavinmiller.io
Learn about 2 different ways to query for specific fields on ActiveRecord models and the trade offs between them.
If the direct manipulation of instance variables bothers you, but you don't always want to make your getters and setters public, the attr_* methods don't quite cut it. Here's a first stab at an alternative: ivar_encapsulation
Easy Metaprogramming For Making Your Code Habitable saturnflyer.com
Using OS X Mavericks or JRuby 1.7.6? This latest release adds support for them. There is also open source Node.js support in this release.
activeadmin cool tweaks amolnpujari.wordpress.com
I have been working on activeadmin customization a lot for past few months and have done several customizations apart from a few that are documented on the site, hence would like to share my experience here -
activeadmin cool tweaks
activeadmin cool tweaks
Five Steps to Organize Your Translations by Resources tech.lovewithfood.com
We recently reorganized our Rails translation files. In order to continue using the config/locales directory, we made our changes in a temporary copy of the directory. We then wrote a test comparing the two directories to make sure no translation is lost. You can learn more at the Love With Food tech blog.
New Experimental Feature in Cells: View Models nicksda.apotomo.de
In Cells 3.9.0 we introduce view models to bring helpers back to object-oriented scope. We also introduce a new DSL to make it easier working with cells.
October 22, 2013
What to code when you know what you want saturnflyer.com
Continuing my series on managing presenters and views I wrote What to code when you know what you want.
Registrations now open for Garden City Ruby Conference in Bangalore gardencityruby.org
Please register for Garden City Ruby Conference 2014 at http://gcrc2014.doattend.com.
GCRC14 is a 2 day single-track ruby conference in Bangalore City in India, scheduled to be held on January 3rd Friday and 4th Saturday of 2014.
We have an awesome lineup of invited speakers and a lot of great talks from amazing people for the 200 lucky participants ! Grab the tickets and make this conference your own.
GCRC14 is a 2 day single-track ruby conference in Bangalore City in India, scheduled to be held on January 3rd Friday and 4th Saturday of 2014.
We have an awesome lineup of invited speakers and a lot of great talks from amazing people for the 200 lucky participants ! Grab the tickets and make this conference your own.
Git & Issue tracking (Rails application) integration feature video.
Twitter Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation for RailsApps? learn-rails.com
Decisions, decisions. Which front-end framework? I chose Zurb Foundation for the "Learn Ruby on Rails" beginner's book. And both for the RailsApps project. Read the Twitter Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation? blog post for the details.
Rails Installfest railsinstallfest.org
Our new InstallFest site is up at railsinstallfest.org and the awesome testimonials from our attendees at here
October 21, 2013
Pronto runs various analysis tools (Rubocop, Flay, Brakeman...) quickly by checking only the introduced changes. That's very useful if your codebase is pretty big and/or would result in a lot of output from those tools. It's already being run on every pull request in our company!
Handle Money in your ruby app with ease beatrichartz.github.io
Ever wanted to show your clients all around the world ISO4217-formatted prices? And exchange currencies through an intuitive DSL? Handle Money in an app without having to worry about them, you know, floating point errors? Aaaand yada yada yada?
The Exchange Ruby Gem
The Exchange Ruby Gem
"Upgrading to Rails 4" is open source upgradingtorails4.com
upgradingtorails4.com is now open source: https://github.com/alindeman/upgradingtorails4. Feel free to read the source, adapt it for use elsewhere, and contribute.
Proceeds from sales of the PDF/ePub/mobi now benefit http://cfy.org. Retweets of my original tweet are appreciated as well.
Proceeds from sales of the PDF/ePub/mobi now benefit http://cfy.org. Retweets of my original tweet are appreciated as well.
How to reduce the size of your VMs marianposaceanu.com
What I did not realize is that my VMs were growing bigger and bigger by the day while their internal hdd space usage stayed mostly the same as I deleted old files and cleaned them up. more
How to make your code imply responsibilities saturnflyer.com
Continuing my series on managing display logic, I wrote How to make your code imply responsibilities.
Ruby 2.0: respond_to? dev.af83.com
It's really quite rare that a new realease of Ruby changes a behavior. But, there's one change in Ruby 2.0 that is definitely breaking some code: new behaviour of respond_to.
Check out the introduction video of my first Ruby on Rails application I recently deployed to OpenShift: actibities
Pronto runs various analysis tools (Rubocop, Flay, Brakeman...) quickly by checking only the introduced changes. That's very useful if your codebase is pretty big and/or would result in a lot of output from those tools. It's already being run on every pull request in our company!
October 20, 2013
Pericope is a gem for parsing references (i.e.
Psalm 118:17). It recognizes common abbreviations and misspellings, can identify intersections (mk 13:1-6 and mk 13:5), and can be used to substitute references in a wall of text.How to setup page caching with Rails 4 rubytutorial.io
How to setup page caching with Rails 4: http://www.rubytutorial.io/page-caching-with-rails-4
October 19, 2013
Emulating the Node.js module system in Ruby andrew.ghost.org
I just wrote about an idea I had to see if it was possible to emulate the Node.js module system in Ruby.
Configuring Code Coverage for Ruby/Rails project shvets.github.io
My instructions and code that help to set up code coverage for your project.
Removing Argument Order Dependency in Ruby technicalecstasy.net
Planet Pluto New Styles - More Template Packs - Top, (River of) News, Cards, and More viennarb.herokuapp.com
Hello, The pluto planet generator gem that lets you build web pages from published web feeds now includes more template packs. You can see the blank (standard) or top or river of news or card template packs in action on Planet Vienna.rb. Find out more at the project site. Cheers.
Instead of pagination on products page, products are fetched and rendered as the user scrolls down.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
October 18, 2013
Revert change on ActiveRecord::Relation#order method monkey patch to keep Rails 4.0.0 order behaviou dev.mensfeld.pl
Did you like the Rails 4.0.0 ActiveRecord#order behaviour? Well it's going to dissapear soon. If you're interested about the reasons and you want to keep it for a bit longer - it's worth looking at my post:
Revert change on ActiveRecord::Relation#order method monkey patch to keep Rails 4.0.0 order behaviou
Revert change on ActiveRecord::Relation#order method monkey patch to keep Rails 4.0.0 order behaviou