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Rails Envy Podcast - Episode #005: 10/30/2007

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Rails Envy Podcast - Episode #005: 10/30/2007

by Jason on Oct 30, 2007

Episode 5 coming at ya. It's not quite as long as last week's episode, but we hope we make up for that in quality. As always, thanks to the Pragmatic Studio for sponsorship and please let us know if you have any feedback for us or anything you'd like us to cover.

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In this episode:


  • Juggernaut

  • Rails Request Profiler

  • MicroPlace: Ebay’s First Big Rails App
    MicroPlace: https://www.microplace.com/
    Oakley Interview: http://weblog.workingwithrails.com/2007/10/24/oakley-rails

  • Ruby Heap

  • Ruby in Leopard

  • Foxy Fixtures

  • Swing with JRuby

  • Ruby in Steel

  • Plain Text Stories

  • Writing RSpec Matchers

  • Sinatra
    Official Page
    Tutorial

  • Sessions & Cookies

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Here's episode 4 after a bit later in the day. As always, thanks to the Pragmatic Studio for sponsorship and please let us know if you have any feedback for us or anything you'd like us to cover.

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In this episode:


  • Resource Controller

  • Multiple Apps, One Domain

  • Rails2 minibook

  • IntelliJ Version 7

  • ActiveShipping

  • RESTful Dynamic CSS

  • Demeter’s Revenge

  • Upcoming Events

  • Tax of Static Typing

  • Design Patterns in Ruby

  • GOF patterns in Ruby

  • Body_Matcher plugin

  • Upgrading to Prototype 1.6

  • PackR

  • Railscasts

  • How to ruin a Rails project

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Along comes Episode 3 of the Rails Envy podcast - your weekly source for Ruby and Rails news. In this episode, I try to give full text search as an example of practically everything. As always, thanks to the Pragmatic Studio for sponsorship and please let us know if you have any feedback for us or anything you'd like us to cover.

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In this episode:


  • Rails 1.2.5

  • Capistrano 2.1 Released

  • Capistrano & Webistrano configuration params
    Announcement: http://blog.innerewut.de/
    Reference: http://labs.peritor.com/webistrano/wiki/ConfigurationParameters

  • Ruby Gems Beta

  • Prototype 1.6 to have better OOP Support

  • Scriptaculous 1.8 Preview

  • JSON Serialization

  • Presenter Pattern by Jay Fields

  • Tests taking too long

  • Ruby Blocks Again

  • Partial Flash Messages

  • Mysql Backup & Migration

  • Getting Started with Rubinius II: Coding!

  • Eigenclass Ruby 1.9 updates

  • JRuby Performance

  • RefactorMyCode.com

  • Rails, Slashdotted: no problem

  • CplusRuby

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Ruby on Rails vs .NET #2

by gregg on Oct 09, 2007

And without further ado, the final "Ruby on Rails vs" commercial:


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Here we are with episode 2 of the Rails Envy podcast - your weekly source for Ruby and Rails news. We're still pretty new at this Podcasting thing, so please let us know if you have any feedback, or what you'd like to hear.

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In this episode:


  • Sitepoint - Free PDF - "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications

  • Debugging Your Rails App

  • Rails 1.2.4

  • Sexy charts in less than 5 minutes

  • Thoughtbot's Jester javascript library

  • Shoulda

  • Rails Envy DVD Pre Orders

  • Test-Driven Development with Rails Studio

  • Advanced Rails Studio

  • Code Blocks Tutorial

  • Ruby Blocks - Do or Brace?

  • UPS Shipping with Rails with Hpricot

  • acts_as_fulltextable

  • RVideo 0.9 GEM

  • Many Skinny Methods

  • Deeptest

  • Git

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A few months ago I really hated the idea of testing my code, I just didn't do it. Now I couldn't think of writing a line of code without the proper tests in place.

If you fall into either of these boats you may want to I put together for the Orlando Ruby Users Group. Feedback and comments are always welcome.


Topic's Covered

  • Why would you test your code?
  • When do you test your code?
  • The path to developer enlightenment
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • Where'd RSpec come from?
  • Running Autotest with Growl
  • Live screencast of BDD with Rspec
  • What are stubs and mocks?
  • How to start testing your code?

Here is the textmate command I use in the video to convert my specifications into RSpec format. Yaml to RSpec.

Bibliography

  • Rspec Homepage
  • Behavior Driven Development Wiki
  • Introduction to RSpec by David Chelimsky
  • Why use RSpec - BDD
  • Rails With RSpec
  • TDD Adoption steps
  • Dave Astels announcement of BDD
  • the Coad Letter
  • BDD is Kinkier then TDD
  • Good talk with Dave Astels and Steven Baker

Sorry for the delay, but here is the first video that was premiered at Railsconf Europe. The series just didn't feel complete without touching briefly on ColdFusion.


Click here to view on YouTube.

In case you haven't noticed Jason and I started a weekly Podcast yesterday which covers all things Ruby / Rails. If you're interested in keeping on the edge of technology, it's definitely worth subscribing.

The very last Ruby on Rails vs ____ video will be released Monday, and it's a second .NET commercial that you won't want to miss.

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Looking for a way to keep up to date on the most recent developments in the Ruby / Rails world? Every Tuesday we'll be releasing a new podcast covering all the news of our community. We're pretty new at this Podcasting thing, so please let us know if you have any feedback, or what you'd like to hear.

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In this episode:


  • JRuby Compiler
    http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/09/compiler-is-complete.html

  • Headius: The End is Near for Mongrel
    http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/09/end-is-near-for-mongrel.html

  • Seesaw - High-Availability Mongrel Packs
    http://synaphy.com.au/2007/8/20/seesaw

  • Webistrano
    http://blog.innerewut.de/webistrano/gallery

  • DHH: "Rails Tool space is heading up"
    http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2007/9/20/rails-tool-space-is-heating-up

  • FiveRuns RM-Install
    http://www.fiveruns.com/products/rm/install

  • Ruby on Rails Security Cheatsheet
    http://www.rorsecurity.info/ruby-on-rails-security-cheatsheet/

  • QuarkRuby's Version
    http://www.quarkruby.com/2007/9/20/ruby-on-rails-security-guide

  • RSpec Story Runner
    http://evang.eli.st/blog/2007/9/1/user-stories-with-rspec-s-story-runner

  • Ruby script for checking if your application is ready to upgrade to Rails 2.0
    http://pastie.caboo.se/private/krcevozww61drdeza13e3a

  • David Black – Bang methods
    http://dablog.rubypal.com/2007/8/15/bang-methods-or-danger-will-rubyist

  • Vitamin IMThere.com blog entry
    http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/getting-a-startup-right-the-second-time

  • Ruby on Rails 2.0 Preview Release
    http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2007/9/30/rails-2-0-0-preview-release

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