It's the latest Web-based syndication of Ruby Weekly, the weekly Ruby and Rails e-mail newsletter (which just tipped 11K subscribers). Ruby Weekly now has a 'tips' page where you can submit links for potential inclusion so if you're releasing something or have written a cool post, fill out the form and you may...
This Week in Ruby: Nominate Your Ruby Heroes, Include/Extend, Ruby on Netbeans, Jekyll-Bootstrap, and more
Welcome to this week's Web-based syndication of Ruby Weekly, my Ruby e-mail newsletter.
Headlines
Vote for your 'Ruby Hero' in the Ruby Hero Awards The Ruby Heroes awards run each year and present 6 community nominated 'heroes' with an award at RailsConf....
The Last Week in Ruby: RSpec 2.8, Redcar 0.12, Torquebox 2.0 beta, articles and more
Welcome to this week's Web-based syndication of Ruby Weekly, the Ruby e-mail newsletter. While I have you, be sure to follow @RubyInside on Twitter as I'm going to be posting news more frequently there than on the Web site in future.
Also, if you're interested in getting one interesting programming related quote...
RSpec 2.8: The Popular Ruby BDD Tool Goes Supersonic
RSpec 2.8 has been released, along with rspec-rails 2.8.1 for the full Rails 3.x integration experience.
RSpec is a BDD-focused testing tool that's particularly popular in the Rails world where everyone except DHH is using it (if you believe the hoopla). RSpec has faced accusations of being less than speedy in the past,...
RSpec 2.8: The Popular Ruby BDD Tool Goes Supersonic
RSpec 2.8 has been released, along with rspec-rails 2.8.1 for the full Rails 3.x integration experience.
RSpec is a BDD-focused testing tool that's particularly popular in the Rails world where everyone except DHH is using it (if you believe the hoopla). RSpec has faced accusations of being less than speedy in the past,...
The Past 2 Weeks in the World of Ruby: 40 Links to Bring You Up to Speed (January 2012)
Ruby Weekly has just tipped over 10,000 subscribers but I know not everyone is into getting their news via e-mail, so here's the latest frequent roundup of the latest Ruby and Rails news for you, all on the Web :-)
Key News, Releases, and Headlines
Hungry Academy Application Process Closes This Weekend LivingSocial's 'Hungry Academy' will...
9 Ruby and Rails Jobs for January 2012
Recently Forbes wrote about the rise of 'developernomics', noting that companies are seeing programmers as a 'safe haven' investment in otherwise troubled times. Maybe.. maybe not.. but the Ruby and Rails job market is as hot as ever, so if you're looking for a new...
Let’s Build a Simple Video Game with JRuby: A Tutorial
Ruby isn't known for its game development chops despite having a handful of interesting libraries suited to it. Java, on the other hand, has a thriving and popular game development scene flooded with powerful libraries, tutorials and forums. Can we drag some of Java's thunder kicking and screaming over to...
A Lagom Review of O’Reilly’s ‘Sinatra Up and Running’
Sinatra Up and Running is a new book published by O'Reilly and written by Alan Harris and Konstantin Hasse that covers the popular Sinatra web application DSL in a brisk 103 pages, acting as a tutorial to newcomers and a handy...
A Lagom Review of O’Reilly’s ‘Sinatra Up and Running’
Sinatra Up and Running is a new book published by O'Reilly and written by Alan Harris and Konstantin Hasse that covers the popular Sinatra web application DSL in a brisk 103 pages, acting as a tutorial to newcomers and a handy...
Ludum Dare for Rubyists: An Online 48 Hour Game Coding Competition
Ludum Dare is an online accelerated game development event that focuses on regular 48 hour competitions. Think Rails Rumble but for games! It's been around since 2002 but has had a big publicity boost recently due to the participation of Notch, the creator of the mind-bogglingly popular indie game Minecraft.
The next Ludum Dare...
Ludum Dare for Rubyists: An Online 48 Hour Game Coding Competition
Ludum Dare is an online accelerated game development event that focuses on regular 48 hour competitions. Think Rails Rumble but for games! It's been around since 2002 but has had a big publicity boost recently due to the participation of Notch, the creator of the mind-bogglingly popular indie game Minecraft.

