RubyLearning is honored to have Paolo Perrotta, author of the book Metaprogramming Ruby, who would be answering some of the questions in the course forum. After the huge success of the first two “Ruby Metaprogramming” batches, RubyLearning now announces the third official batch from 6th Mar. 2010. What’s Ruby Metaprogramming? Paolo Perrotta has this to say: As a...
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Welcome to what seems like my tenth installment (actually, it’s the fourth) of showing you how I setup my development environment on a fresh OSX install. In this case, I’m actually getting a MacBook setup for a new employee with Snow Leopard. Over the years, I’ve evolved these following steps and they’ve helped our team...
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For awhile I’ve wanted to move the “What’s New in Edge Rails” series to its own site to reflect the fact that it is an independent and self-sustaining series and not some small figment of my mind anymore. I started writing...
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For awhile I’ve wanted to move the “What’s New in Edge Rails” series to its own site to reflect the fact that it is an independent and self-sustaining series and not some small figment of my mind anymore. I started writing...
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For awhile I’ve wanted to move the “What’s New in Edge Rails” series to its own site to reflect the fact that it is an independent and self-sustaining series and not some small figment of my mind anymore. I started writing...
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Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to open source.
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Indian Ruby on Rails Portfolio I am compiling a list (in alphabetical order) showcasing Indian websites made with Ruby on Rails. Hat Tip: Fabio Akita Adomado Adomado is India’s first Internet rewards program. They are an advertising and product offer supported model and help you to earn exciting rewards for performing a range of online activities. They...
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When showing off cool features of Ruby to the uninitiated (or to a language sparring partner), the excited Rubyist often shows off Ruby’s “powerful block syntax”. Unfortunately, the Rubyist uses “powerful block syntax” as shorthand for a number of features that the Pythonista or Javaist simply has no context for. To start, we usually point...
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When showing off cool features of Ruby to the uninitiated (or to a language sparring partner), the excited Rubyist often shows off Ruby’s “powerful block syntax”. Unfortunately, the Rubyist uses “powerful block syntax” as shorthand for a number of features that the Pythonista or Javaist simply has no context for. To start, we usually point...
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When showing off cool features of Ruby to the uninitiated (or to a language sparring partner), the excited Rubyist often shows off Ruby’s “powerful block syntax”. Unfortunately, the Rubyist uses “powerful block syntax” as shorthand for a number of features that the Pythonista or Javaist simply has no context for. To start, we usually point...
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