Posts Tagged ‘ Activism ’

To this day I still hear people complain that Rails has poor documentation. From where I’m sitting this seems far from the truth. Let me lay out the evidence piece by piece: RailsTutorial.orgTo learn Rails from scratch Michael ...
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It’s that time again to take a moment to think about those people who have impacted Ruby community but have not received the recognition they deserve. We have given away twelve awards in the past two years at Railsconf, and this...
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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...
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Rails participated in Google’s summer of code program for the first time last year. We got four great projects and three long-term contributors from the effort, including Josh Peek and José Valim, who’ve both joined Rails core, and Em...
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There are an incredible amount of Ruby & Rails conferences coming up in the next 6 months. See below to find one in your neck of the woods.March 11-12 – MountainWest RubyConf in Salt Lake City, UT, USACost: 100 USDMarch 12...
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I’m always impressed by the continuous flow of innovation from the Rails community. Below are just a few of the highlights from the past month. These stories all came from the Ruby5 Podcast, which covers all the news from the...
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Lots of great content coming out of the community in the past month. Below you’ll find some of the most useful tutorials and libraries I’ve found over the past few weeks. These stories came directly from the Ruby5 podcast, which...
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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...
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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 ...
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