In which I release another project, this one abstracted from a few recent apps.
Quick Database Conversion Using taps
taps is a database agnostic import/export gem that works with all the databases that sequel supports, including Amalgalite, ADO, DataObjects, DB2, DBI, Firebird, Informix, JDBC, MySQL, ODBC, OpenBase, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQLite3. It is also used by Heroku to push and pull your apps databases.
~ % [sudo] gem install taps
Here is a quick snippet that shows how...
Know When to Fold ‘Em
In which I relinquish the day to day maintenance of a few of my projects.
Double Shot #570
I wonder what language I’ll be writing code in five years from now?
Fukuoka Ruby Award 2010 – There’s some money to be had out there for the right projects.
Transition – Gemcutter is becoming the default gem host for the Ruby community.
riot – Another ruby unit-testing framework, focused on speed.
Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.8.7-2009.10 released – REE...
Planet Argon Podcast, Episode 1: Shin Splints
We’re currently waiting to get our new podcast approved by Apple, but have uploaded episode 1 to tumblr in the meantime.
In this short episode, we cover the following topics:
We’re planning to keep this short and focused to a few topics. Once it’s posted...
Double Shot #562
Today it would be nice to hit a few home runs.
Browsera – Automated browser compatibility testing with a free trial available.
RubyFIT 1.2 – Port of the FIT testing framework from Java to Ruby.
The DevIL Image Library For Ruby – Another alternative for loading, saving, thumbnailing, scaling, rotations, and so on.
Tools of the Trade – Mark...
Double Shot #559
I’m putting in way too many late nights these days.
BigOldRailsTemplate (or alternate location) – I’m still tucking new stuff into here, most recently support for deploying to Heroku.
CodeRack Rack Middleware Contest – With prizes for the best Rack middleware.
On Gem Forking – More on Gemcutter’s plans, now that they’re the GitHub-recommended home for gems.
Spidr –...
Double Shot #558
I’m getting too old for these late nights.
Caliper – From Devver.net, a simple way to run metric_fu on any project with an accessible git repo.
cap-recipes – A collection of capistrano recipes for managing things like delayed job and whenever and passenger.
Gem Building is Defunct – At GitHub, anyhow. They’re throwing their weight behind Gemcutter.
The Invoice...
Double Shot #525
Back to the dentist today. The fun just never ends.
qusion – Rails plugin for more seamless use of AMQP for messaging.
gemfeed – Get an RSS feed of updates to a set of gems you choose to watch. With a bit more polish, this will be useful.
Ruby One Niner – Another tale of upgrading a server...
Getting Started With MongoMapper and Rails
In which I show how to get up and running with MongoMapper and Rails in both text and video formats.
Howdy Rip!
Chris Wanstrath (@defunkt) just posted the following on twitter.
“Hello Rip – http://hellorip.com/“
The Rip project describes itself as, “an attempt to create a next generation packaging system for Ruby.”
One of the cool features is that it supports multiple environments. For example, you can have different Rip environments (with different gem versioning) that are...
Swine Flu and the Twitter Gem
In which I wax poetic about the trendy new addition to the Twitter gem.
