Ruby is the R in Rails
I would love to have attended RailsConf 2008 but alas you can only do so much in a day. Although this was a Rails conference, it seems that this year there was less talk about Rails and more about Ruby. This is hardly surprising really given that Rails is just a web framework. [...]
The Beauty of Ruby
I’m more of a fan of Ruby than Rails. Sure Rails is good, but Ruby is way better. I’m trying to put some time aside to learn a little bit of Polish. As a result, I was a frequent visitor to www.dict.pl. After a couple of days of using this, I’d [...]
Heroku!
I’ve found Heroku!
Heroku allows me to build and deploy Rails applications. It couldn’t have happened at a better time for me because my current provider doesn’t give me what I need re. Ruby and Rails. So I took the following steps:
1) Registered with Heroku
2) When I got my sign-up email, I [...]
Bully Boy Ruby…
I’ve had an uncomfortable week with Ruby. I’ve been reading blogs, articles and excerpts from books. Scanning irc channels and watching videos on what is ruby and where it is going. However, there is a distinct bullying undertone from this new kid on the block and Java is clearly the target. [...]
RSpec: automated testing and then manual testing. It works!
I think I have caught the Ruby bug (always last to the party cleve, always the last to arrive!) in a big way. In between my day job, I have been reading (Programming Ruby, Agile Web Development with Rails, Everyday Scripting with Ruby) and writing (currently re-writing clevegibbon.com) Ruby. However, today I was [...]
New Year Rant on RoR
It’s rare that you read a tech rant and LOL, but this one by Zed Shaw on why he thinks Rails is a Ghetto shows no mercy what-so-ever. Have a read and let me know what you think? There’s always a flip side to everything, seth/jedi, ham/pigs, optimus prime/megatron! I just found the [...]
From Ruby to Rails
Well I had to dive in and try Rails. Although Ruby is completely independent of Rails, we live in a web-based world, and as a result you can’t talk Ruby with hearing about Rails.
First impressions, pretty cool. To learn it, you need a damned fine book. I wouldn’t recommend poking [...]
