Botanicus 0 <a href="http://github.com/botanicus/nake" rel="nofollow" >Nake</a> is a task manager inspired by Rake. As well as Rake, Nake supports dependencies, multiple task definitions, file tasks, rules etc, but it can do more. It also supports advanced arguments parsing and task configuration. Nake is also <a href="http://github.com/botanicus/nake/blob/master/bm/output.txt" rel="nofollow" >4x times faster than Rake</a>. Nake comes with a lot of useful tasks for gem building, installation and releasing, running specs and also with <code>snake</code> executable for system-wide task (similar to Sake for Rake). If you are looking for documentation, take a look at <a href="http://wiki.github.com/botanicus/nake" rel="nofollow" >Nake Wiki</a> or clone the repository and go through <a href="http://github.com/botanicus/nake/tree/master/examples" rel="nofollow" >examples</a>. 2009-12-31T19:42:22+00:00 false 3202 2010-01-02T05:18:44+00:00 trans 3 Q.E.D. 1.2 has just been released <a href="http://proutils.github.com/qed" rel="nofollow" >homepage here</a>. Q.E.D. is a testing framework that reads like documentation. This release adds Cucumber-like matchers to improve the way setup and teardown code can be handled without cluttering up the documentation. 2009-12-07T17:38:06+00:00 false 3130 2009-12-09T08:35:37+00:00 0 Learn how to add a simple XML feed and generate documentation on your Rails application <a href="http://pedromtavares.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/task-g-one-last-wafer-thin-change/"> here</a>! 2009-11-25T14:55:55+00:00 false 3078 2009-11-25T14:55:55+00:00 1093 2 YARD is a Ruby documentation tool like RDoc that surpasses the features of RDoc to bring richer docs. Check out the <a href="http://gnuu.org/2009/11/15/yard-0-4-0-the-whole-nine/">blog post on its release</a> and <a href="http://yardoc.org/">project homepage</a> 2009-11-17T11:32:14+00:00 false 3032 2009-11-17T11:32:14+00:00 974 0 For all you <a href="http://www.radiantcms.org/">Radiant CMS</a> developers, <a href="http://aissac.ro/">Aissac</a> published a new extension. Radiant Globalize2 Extension allows you to easily translate the content of your site into any number of languages. It uses the Globalize2 Rails plugin based on the I18N API. Check out the source code on <a href="http://github.com/Aissac/radiant-globalize2-extension" title="Aissac's radiant-globalize2-extension at master - GitHub">github</a>. For installation and configuration details visit the <a href="http://blog.aissac.ro/radiant/globalize2-extension/" title="Aissac Blog &raquo; Globalize2 Extension">Radiant Globalize2 Extension documentation page</a>. Also, if you need to translate Paperclipped assets, you can use <a href="http://blog.aissac.ro/radiant/globalize2-paperclipped-extension/" title="Aissac Blog &raquo; Globalize2 Paperclipped Extension">Radiant Globalize2 Paperclipped Extension</a>. 2009-10-16T09:07:23+00:00 false 2879 2009-10-16T09:07:23+00:00 607 0 <a href="http://intridea.com/2009/9/22/tweetstream-ruby-access-to-the-twitter-streaming-api?blog=company">TweetStream</a> is a brand new gem to connect to the <a href='http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation'>Twitter Streaming API</a>. It also includes built-in daemonization functionality. 2009-09-22T21:20:13+00:00 false 2792 2009-09-22T21:20:13+00:00 80 2 There's a bit of <a href="http://api.rubyforge.org/">documentation here</a>, and the <A href="http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2009/09/the-rubyforge-gem-and-the-rubyforge-rest-api.html">rubyforge gem now uses it</a>. If you use the rubyforge gem, make sure you do a <code>rubyforge setup</code> to make the new codes work. 2009-09-22T20:53:59+00:00 false 2791 2009-09-22T20:53:59+00:00 647 0 The Spree community is proud to <a href="http://spreecommerce.com/blog/2009/09/21/spree-090-released/">announce</a> the release of Spree 0.9.0. Spree is a completely open source e-commerce framework for Ruby/Rails. A complete list of improvements and new features can be found in the <a href="http://spreecommerce.com/documentation/release_notes_0_9_0.html">release notes</a>. 2009-09-22T15:48:00+00:00 false 2787 2009-09-22T15:48:00+00:00 817 qoobaa 0 <a href="http://github.com/qoobaa/stree" rel="nofollow" >Stree</a> is a small Ruby gem that supports both EU and US buckets on Amazon's Simple Storage Service. It offers buckets and objects management in your Ruby or RoR applications, and in console as well. Additionally it has <a href="http://github.com/qoobaa/stree/blob/6ed596e4eb1368f3ce35f07767eafd0e95ec0e6e/extra/stree_backend.rb" rel="nofollow" >StreeBackend</a> for attachment-fu plugin, that may be used instead of S3Backend. See the <a href="http://qoobaa.github.com/stree" rel="nofollow" >RDoc</a> documentation for more details. 2009-07-16T07:44:30+00:00 false 2508 2009-07-16T07:44:30+00:00 1 <a href="http://github.com/nakajima/optimus-prime/tree/master">optimus-prime</a> is a gem for creating classes that are responsible for handling command line arguments, and providing easy inline help for generating command line documentation. 2009-07-08T20:35:24+00:00 false 2483 2009-07-08T20:35:24+00:00 288 0 A post for ruby on rails beginners looking for help and documentation. If i've missed something, just leave it on the comments.<a href="http://www.notgeeklycorrect.com/geek-stuff/2009/05/29/beginning-ruby-on-rails-where-to-start-and-find-help/">Beginning ruby on rails, where to start and find help?</a>. 2009-05-29T12:36:37+00:00 false 2311 2009-05-29T12:36:37+00:00 685 0 <a href="http://mocra.com/2009/04/24/accessing-rails-documentation-fast/">Accessing Rails Documentation, Fast</a> (by Jack Chen) shows how RailsApi can be integrated into LaunchBar to give rails-documentation searching in a few button clicks (OS X) 2009-04-24T09:02:41+00:00 true 2117 2009-04-24T14:56:20+00:00 258 0 <a href="http://blog.ardekantur.com/2009/04/from-code-to-design-document-a-play-in-four-acts/">Introducing Amorfus</a>, a small ruby script that — with the help of Dia and some other tools — generates clean, useful, comment-based documentation for your C++ code, complete with UML diagrams. 2009-04-15T20:24:01+00:00 false 2070 2009-04-15T20:24:01+00:00 373 0 <a href="http://technicalpickles.com/posts/ruby-stubbing-and-mocking-with-rr/">Ruby stubbing and mocking with rr</a>: <a href="http://github.com/btakita/rr/tree/master">rr</a> is a <a href="http://xunitpatterns.com/Test%20Double.html">test double framework</a>. This article provides an introduction to basic usage, assuming you are at least familiar with other frameworks like <a href="http://mocha.rubyforge.org/">mocha</a>, <a href="http://flexmock.rubyforge.org/">flexmock</a>, and <a href="http://rspec.info/documentation/mocks/">RSpec's mocking support</a> 2009-04-14T13:22:10+00:00 false 2059 2009-04-14T13:22:10+00:00 256 0 <a href="http://messagepub.com">MessagePub</a> makes it easy to connect your application with your users on AIM, Google Chat, Phone, SMS, Email, and Twitter... using a single interface. There is a <a href="http://messagepub.com/documentation/libraries#ruby">Ruby client</a> (sudo gem install messagepub) but since it is Restful API, you can easily use ActiveResource, Httparty, or your favorite rest client. 2009-03-24T13:50:38+00:00 false 1947 2009-03-24T13:50:38+00:00 450 Curious 3 Hi World's best Ruby community. Recently there have been an influx of Radiant CMS extensions. I would like to begin theming my install but have no idea where to start. The Radiant CMS wiki <a href="http://wiki.radiantcms.org/How_Tos" rel="nofollow" >has no documentation</a> on this and searching around google has lead me back to RF :) Thank you! 2009-03-20T00:18:41+00:00 false 1928 2009-03-20T07:37:38+00:00 harry __ 0 If you're a fan of this classy framework (and you should be) check out the new <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/sinatrarb/browse_thread/thread/7601c16ad7960cdd" rel="nofollow" >0.9.1 release</a>. Ruby 1.9.1, better support for running as Rack middleware (yay!), a bunch of fixes and other features and a lot of <a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/documentation.html" rel="nofollow" >new, in-depth documentation</a>. 2009-03-03T01:16:53+00:00 false 1818 2009-03-03T01:16:53+00:00 Otto Hilska 0 The social documentation site <a href="http://apidock.com/" rel="nofollow" >APIdock</a> is now more accessible than ever. A recent <a href="http://blog.nodeta.fi/2009/02/19/apidock-vim-integration/" rel="nofollow" >blog post about APIdock+vim integration</a> now also links to the emacs and TextMate bindings. 2009-02-22T14:32:37+00:00 false 1768 2009-02-22T14:32:37+00:00 15 <a href="http://www.priithaamer.com/blog/ruby-dictionary-for-mac-os-x">Ruby documentation for Dictionary.app</a> is now available thanks to high demand after publishing <a href="http://www.priithaamer.com/blog/ruby-on-rails-dictionary-for-macosx">Rails dictionary</a>. It allows quick access to full API documentation from Spotlight and other OS X dictionary-enabled applications. 2009-02-07T16:38:26+00:00 false 1665 2009-02-07T16:38:26+00:00 669 2 The <a href="http://adhearsion.com">Adhearsion</a> team released version 0.8.1 of the Ruby-based voice development framework. The new release came with an entirely new website as well as extensive documentation. One of the new features is a component system to allow maximum code reuse. The team also made available the Adhearsion Getting Started Sandbox. This allows developers to start using Adhearsion right away, without having to download and configure a phone system like Asterisk. 2009-02-07T01:42:59+00:00 false 1662 2009-02-07T01:55:20+00:00 668 Priit Haamer 3 <a href="http://www.priithaamer.com/blog/ruby-on-rails-dictionary-for-macosx" rel="nofollow" >Rails documentation inside Dictionary.app</a> allows quick access to full API documentation from Spotlight and other OS X dictionary-enabled applications. This one is a nice time saver. 2009-02-06T11:02:10+00:00 false 1656 2009-02-06T11:02:10+00:00 0 <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301551233&mt=8">Ruby API Lookup</a> has just released. It allows you to easily browse or search the Ruby Core and Ruby Standard Library RDoc documentation on your iPhone or iPod touch. 2009-01-15T10:30:14+00:00 false 1525 2009-01-15T10:30:14+00:00 599 3 Ruby on Rails documentation formatted for the iPhone <a href="http://pocketrails.com/">http://pocketrails.com/</a> 2008-12-23T14:43:54+00:00 false 1417 2008-12-23T17:41:45+00:00 563 alex 2 <a href="http://www.vestaldesign.com/design/ruby-ref/" rel="nofollow" >RubyRef</a>'s a cool iPhone app which lets you see all of Ruby's documentation and star the classes/methods you use most! 2008-12-23T00:42:39+00:00 false 1410 2008-12-23T00:42:39+00:00 0 The brand spanking new Ruby on Rails 2.2 has been imported to <a href="http://www.apidock.com">APIdock</a> for your documentation viewing and note writing pleasure. 2008-11-22T13:52:46+00:00 false 1239 2008-11-22T13:52:46+00:00 299 merb PR 0 Check the <a href="http://merbist.com/2008/11/16/merb-news-nov-16-2008/" rel="nofollow" >latest merb news</a>. Covered: * Quality time with Yukihiro Matsumoto (まつもとゆきひろ) aka Matz, Ruby author * Hack time with Aaron Paterson (Nokogiri) and Bryan Helmkamp (Webrat) * Merb presentation at ORUG * RailsCamp Australia * Rails podcast * Rails vs Merb drama * Documentation * Merb 1.0.1 * Qcon 2008-11-17T05:50:22+00:00 false 1203 2008-11-17T05:50:22+00:00 3 The ongoing hackfest at <a href="http://guides.rails.info/">http://guides.rails.info/</a> to create up to date and very in depth documentation on the various components of Rails is quickly becoming a valuable resource while the <a href="http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails">official wiki</a> quickly grows out of date with stale information and dead links. Is it time for an official wiki hackfest to bring it up to snuff or is it something that should be laid to rest? 2008-09-25T18:50:01+00:00 false 954 2008-09-25T18:50:01+00:00 436 0 <a href="http://apidock.com">APIdock</a> launches with Rails, Ruby and RSpec. <a href="http://blog.nodeta.fi/2008/08/14/apidock-about-to-roll-out-with-ruby-and-rspec/">The launch has started smoothly</a> and older versions of Ruby are being imported. APIdock is a web app that provides a rich and usable interface for searching, perusing and improving the documentation of projects that are included in the app. 2008-08-15T03:36:07+00:00 false 769 2008-08-15T13:19:07+00:00 299 murphee 0 <a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/yard-documentation-generator">YARD</a> is an extensible Ruby doc generator, a la Javadoc. It also allows to add optional type annotations. 2008-07-30T01:14:48+00:00 false 705 2008-07-30T01:33:40+00:00 0 The <a href="http://rubywaves.com">Waves</a> team has released version <a href="http://rubywaves.com/waves-0-7-7/">0.7.7</a>. Named Briareus after a mythical Greek titan with a hundred arms, this release includes ActiveRecord support, Haml support , many more tests, and revised documentation. ORM can be chosen at app generation time with a simple switch. Once again many things either have changed or are changing below the surface, so check it out if you haven't for a while, or dive in for your first time. 2008-07-16T21:02:29+00:00 false 636 2008-07-16T21:02:29+00:00 99 1 One of the frustrations of trying to learn any programming tool is the lack of well-described real-world examples of how to use the tool in practice. Although open source tools make the underpinnings of successful software more explicit, documentation that combines a real example with a description and rationale of the choices made is still rare. <br/> And so: Project Website, an attempt to provide such an example on a small, real-world site. Check out <a href="http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/07/project-website-part-0-introduction/">Part Zero</a> and <a href="http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/07/project-website-part-one-migrating-data/">Part One</a> 2008-07-10T03:04:33+00:00 false 609 2008-07-10T03:04:33+00:00 219 William Candillon 0 <a href="http://www.zorba-xquery.com/index.php/download/">Zorba</a> is a general purpose XQuery processor implementing in C++ the W3C family of specifications. The latest release provides a Ruby language binding. You can find <a href="http://www.zorba-xquery.com/doc/zorba-0.9.2/ruby/html/index.html">a use case of the Ruby API</a> in the documentation. 2008-07-09T10:00:21+00:00 false 605 2008-07-10T00:49:07+00:00 0 An <a href="http://www.h3rald.com/articles/rails-doc-first-look">early review</a> of <a href="http://www.rails-doc.org">Rails-Doc.org</a>, a brand new online application aiming to improve the quality of Ruby on Rails documentation. The article also contain an interview with <em>Mikael Roos</em>, the creator of the project. 2008-06-20T08:27:03+00:00 false 528 2008-06-20T08:27:03+00:00 300 2 <a href="http://rails-doc.org">Rails-doc.org</a> is OUT NOW! Check out the lightning fast search and the importance indicators that help you find the documentation that you're looking for. <a href="http://blog.nodeta.fi/2008/06/20/rails-doc-org-out-now/">We made the first release live</a> a while ago and after a few bumps on the road, we are now running steady. 2008-06-20T07:14:51+00:00 false 527 2008-06-20T07:14:51+00:00 299 1 The newest version of Halcyon (0.5.0) is now released and is ready to be installed. This version of Halcyon includes a complete refactoring and redesign to be more like the MVC applications you're used to and completely removes all code based on server operation (letting the servers do the work). Halcyon is still Rack-based, etc. Check out <a href="http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/304802">the announcement</a> and <a href="http://halcyon.rubyforge.org/">the official website</a> with all new documentation! 2008-06-17T20:56:25+00:00 false 512 2008-06-18T02:55:51+00:00 38 1 <a href="http://inspir.es">Ian Ownbey</a> posts about his new Google Summer of Code project <a href="http://inspir.es/posts/8-docbox">DocBox!</a> DocBox allows people to wikimagically update documentation for your code, then <b>updates the code with the new comments</b>. 2008-06-15T16:27:24+00:00 false 500 2008-06-15T16:27:24+00:00 293 Mikael Roos 0 <a href="http://rails-doc.org" rel="nofollow" >Rails-doc.org</a> website opened. First release of the actual app will ship next week. Current release date target is June 18th. Rails-doc.org is the first Ruby on Rails documentation app that wasn't developed by one guy in his underpants. 2008-06-13T12:35:58+00:00 false 489 2008-06-13T12:35:58+00:00 9 Most folks point to Ruby's MRI implementation as Ruby's greatest weakness. Luckily this is fixable and fixes are in <a href="http://www.jruby.org">the</a> <a href="http://www.rubini.us">works</a>. The bad news is that the true weakness about the language will be much harder to solve. Ruby's docs are horrid, and in <a href="http://convincemetousepython.blogspot.com/2008/04/one-way-python-smacks-ruby-around.html">this post</a> I provide a small but telling (and scary) example. As a Ruby fan, I fear the state of the documentation the most. 2008-04-23T21:35:28+00:00 false 194 2008-04-23T23:15:02+00:00 141 1 The guys behind <a href="http://railsforphp.com/">Rails for PHP Developers</a> have an interesting new feature. On PHP.net, you can just go http://php.net/fopen and you see the documentation for the fopen function.. well, now you can do the same with <a href="http://railsforphp.com/fopen">http://railsforphp.com/fopen</a> or <a href="http://railsforphp.com/array">http://railsforphp.com/array</a>, etc., and it gives you the Ruby / Rails equivalent! Here's the <a href="http://railsforphp.com/reference">homepage for the reference.</a> 2008-04-22T23:28:57+00:00 false 184 2008-04-22T23:30:36+00:00 5 0 <a href="http://blog.segment7.net/articles/2008/04/10/rdoc-2-0-0">RDoc 2.0.0 has been released</a>, a significant release of the most popular Ruby documentation generator. The biggest improvement seems to be a new implementation of <em>ri</em> that yields some major performance increases. 2008-04-11T20:13:32+00:00 false 104 2008-04-11T20:13:32+00:00 5