Ruby in 2012
Ruby is more popular than ever, but it’s also not as trendy as it used to be. rubylearning.com students1 asked a few questions to Matt Aimonetti about his vision of Ruby in 2012 and for the future. Matt Aimonetti is a well-known Rubyist, technical writer, speaker and active open-source contributor. He currently works as a...
The Ruby movement
The Ruby movement This guest post is contributed by Matt Aimonetti, a Senior Engineer at Sony Playstation in San Diego, CA. Matt has been active in the Ruby community for many years, he developed or contributed to a lot OSS libraries and frameworks, spoke at users groups and conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Working...
Rails and the Enterprise
If you have been in the Rails community for a little while, you have more than likely noticed the love/hate relationship that is entertained by the community vis-à-vis the Enterprise.
Some people hate the enterprise and publicly tell it t...
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
Last Friday, Apple released their new OS version: Snow Leopard.
Upgrading to SL is very easy and even gives you back quite a lot of HD space.
However a few things have changed in the OS and you need to understand what is going...
Community Highlights: IronRuby
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How do I learn Ruby & Rails?
This is a question I get quite a lot.
Where should I start? What should I do? What can I do to become a better Ruby/Rails developer etc.. (more common questions)
I wish there was a “simple/right” answer to these questions. Something ...
Community feedback for the future of Rails
A few months ago, we announced the creation of a "forum" to discuss the future of Rails and what the community is interested in. Since then, many important suggestions/topics were addressed, many features were completed or started.
My goal...
