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Episode 053. Dripping with sarcasm, awesomeness, and shameless self promotion. And icon ideas.

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The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by 8th Light who are the developers of Limelight, a rich client GUI framework which allows you to build desktop applications across any platform using JRuby. Check out their screen cast showing how to build a calculator in 10 minutes.

The Rails Envy podcast is also brought to you this week by Edge Case. EdgeCase specializes in the "teach you to fish" model of creating an application and training your developers in both how and what gets developed.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.

• Riding Rails: Rails 2.2 RC1: i18n, thread safety, docs, etag/last-modified, JRuby/1.9 compatibility
• Ruby on Rails 2.2 Envycast & PDF for $16
• The Merbist » Blog Archive » Merb 1.0 RC2
• Litany Against Fear » Tales of software development (with a little spice) from Nick Quaranto » GitHub Rebase #1
• Relevance Blog : Introducing Vasco: A Route Explorer for Rails
• Fast Substructure Search Using Open Source Tools Part 1: Fingerprints and Databases
• Ruby on the Interrails: Introducing fuzzy-find-in-project: TextMate-style file browsing in Emacs
• Introducing Rack::Cache
• Merb Day Atlanta | Schedule
• nakajima's acts_as_fu at master — GitHub
• Louis-Philippe Gauthier - How to use Google Reverse Geocoding from Ruby
• 10 Awesome Ruby on Rails Techniques to Get You Started - NETTUTS
• Scaling ActiveRecord with MySQLPlus - igvita.com
• Ruby 1.9 for Symbian OS
• mbg notes. Massive Brain Games developers notes - Mysqladmin in Rails
• New Peepcodes - On Thinking Sphinx and Couch DB.
• Using Gmail with IMAP to Receive Email in Rails // RailsTips by John Nunemaker
• Easy Upload via URL with attachment_fu - almost effortless
• README.rdoc at master from karmi's localized_country_select — GitHub
• dancroak's webster at master — GitHub
• attr_serializable

The Rails Envy team is now available for consulting. We took a bit of time off to get EnvyCasts up and running but we're ready to get back in to some consulting. Do you want a dedicated, motivated, and slightly sarcastic team to help with your project? What kind of work are we looking for? Let me count the ways:

Development Work

• Rails projects. We are Rails Envy, after all. We can help out with your current project or build your next big application.
• Merb projects. Now that merb 1.0 is here, we're ready to take on merb projects as well.
• Pair Programming. If you'd like to bring in either Jason or Gregg to pair with your team or for a one on one session we'd love to hear about it. We use iChat and screen sharing for this.

Get in touch with us today to give your project a kick start. Estimates are free.

Code Review

Are you concerned about the quality of your code? Let us do a code review for you. We review code based on four principles:

• Organization & Code Structure
• Test Coverage
• Documentation
• Efficiency & Optimization

We would also provide recommendations on what could be improved.

You would end up with a 2-3 page document you could give to your boss, developer, or investor to learn more about the state of the code.

The cost for a code review is $800, we would ask for half to get started, half upon completion.

Why Choose Rails Envy?

To put it simply, we are passionate about Ruby and all things web development. We're so passionate we even put together a podcast to help people stay up to date with the latest and greatest in the Ruby community. Since we stay on the cutting edge of Ruby technology, we know exactly what to use and not to use in a project. We write our tests and are passionate about web standards.

Training and Video

• Training sessions for your company or team. We can customize the program based on your topics of choice.
• Video work. We can help create and quite possibly promote your videos. We have a bit of experience in the video department.

We give training and video quotes on a per project basis. Get in touch with us today with a bit of background on your project for a customized quote.

Email Hire@RailsEnvy to get ahold of us

Ruby on Rails 2.2 Envycast!

We're proud to bring you the next EnvyCast which covers a bunch of new features in Rails 2.2 and it can be yours for just $9 dollars. The video runs 44 minutes.

We also have a more detailed "Ruby on Rails 2.2 - What's new?" PDF Book available from Carlos Brando for just $9 dollars. You may remember Carlos Brando from the "What's new in Rails 2.1" free eBook.

Or get them both for $16 bucks.

You heard me right. If you want both the Screencast and the eBook you can buy them both together for $16.

End Shameless Self Promotion

Episode 052. Chock full of awesome news about Ruby and Rails.

Subscribe via iTunes - iTunes only link.
Download the podcast ~15:00 mins MP3.
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The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by Edge Case. EdgeCase specializes in the "teach you to fish" model of creating an application and training your developers in both how and what gets developed. EdgeCase focuses on transparency and agility as well as offers customized training in Test Driven Development, Ruby on Rails, JRuby, and Agile development.

The Rails Envy podcast is also brought to you this week by 8th Light who are Software Craftsmen for hire. The craftsmen of 8th Light have the skills and experience to build a wide range software systems. They build software that lasts and deliver fast. Also be sure check out Micah Martin of 8th Light at RubyConf.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.

• Merb Wiki [Merb Wiki]
• Riding Rails: Response Splitting Risk
• Riding Rails: Rails 2.0.5: Security fixes
• Plugging Ruby Memory Leaks: heap/stack dump patches to help take out the trash. at time to bleed
• Service Merchant
• Pathfinder Development » Elements of Ruby Style
• Thoughtbot - Pacecar Plugin
• Introducing Barduino - The Ruby Powered Bar Monkey — Matthew Williams
• ImageTooth 0.1.0
• RubyCocoa and NSTables De-Mystified - O'Reilly Broadcast
• ADC—Developing Cocoa Applications Using MacRuby
• Springenwerk Blog by Johannes Fahrenkrug: MacRuby and Core Data Tutorial
• Ruby On Rails Polymorphic Paperclip Plugin Tutorial | Burm.net
• reek, a code smells detector for ruby « silk and spinach
• Validating Slugs against Routes
• Pennysmalls

Episode 051. Another episode packed with the most interesting news coming out of the Ruby and Rails communities. We're still looking for another sponsor for the podcast, so please email Gregg at RailsEnvy if you have a product or service you'd like to market to Ruby developers. Thanks!

The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by Edge Case. EdgeCase specializes in the "teach you to fish" model of creating an application and training your developers in both how and what gets developed. EdgeCase focuses on transparency and agility as well as offers customized training in Test Driven Development, Ruby on Rails, JRuby, and Agile development.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.

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Download the podcast ~18:00 mins MP3.
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• shuber's Profile — GitHub
• Release 0.8.0 — Mack Framework
• YouTube - Monty Python-Witch
• helper testing using ActionView::TestCase @ Technical Pickles
• Asynchronous HTTP Cache Validations - igvita.com
• Autotest Notifications in Ubuntu with Mumbles « dambalah
• Can Ruby, Rails Make Developers Shine in a Downturn?
• GravityBlast - Andrea Franz's Blog » Blog Archive » Radiant iPhone extension 0.0.1
• RubyCocoa: Store User Password in Keychain @ 知易行难
• Merbcamp - notes from the edge | Ruby Pond
• First release of ffmpeg-ruby
• Ruby Manor
• pillowfactory.org : "We ain't got no RSpec" - The Birthday Regift
• dcrec1's restful-authentication-i18n at master — GitHub
• James on Software: Blank: A Starter App for r_c and shoulda Users
• the { buckblogs :here }: Coming home to Vim

Episode 050. We've officially been doing the Rails Envy Podcast for a year now. Thanks everyone!

The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by NewRelic. NewRelic provides RPM which is a plugin for rails that allows you to monitor and quickly diagnose problems with your Rails application in real time. Check them out at NewRelic.com.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.

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Download the podcast ~16:00 mins MP3.
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• Thin 1.0 « Marc-André Cournoyer’s blog
• tog
• pivotal's desert at master — GitHub
• :: GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS :: shoulda 2.0
• play/type blog. Workling Version 0.3 Released
• Shoulda Testing Cheat Sheet | Kyle Banker
• Named_scope backport
• Scotland on Rails
• Load Testing With Log Replay - igvita.com
• Katz Got Your Tongue? » Merb Master Process
• The Merbist » Blog Archive » Get on Merb Edge pre 1.0
• TextMate reigns supreme with ‘Ack in Project’ | eval(code)
• metautonomo.us » Blog Archive » Easy Role-Based Authorization in Rails
• Ruby Tools Roundup - The Devver Blog
• default_value_for Rails plugin: declaratively define default values for ActiveRecord models « Phusion Corporate Blog
• Rails XLS Revived
• Scotland on Rails
• » BaseApp: a quick start for your Rails App Ariejan.net
• Top 5 uses for Capistrano
• The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Rails Development for the Facebook Platform
• :: GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS :: Custom Tags in Liquid
• Fair Answers » Blog Archive » My Month-A-Page Calendar
• Dan Manges's Blog - Testing Fragment Caching

Lastly, we are actively looking for podcast sponsors for the next few weeks, so if you'd like for us to talk about your products or services on the podcast email Gregg at RailsEnvy for additional information.

Episode 049. I have nothing funny or cool to say here. I'm sorry. But hey! How about Apple lifting that iPhone NDA!

The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by NewRelic. NewRelic provides RPM which is a plugin for rails that allows you to monitor and quickly diagnose problems with your Rails application in real time. Check them out at NewRelic.com.

Call Us! You can reach the podcast voicemail line at 407 409-8440.

Subscribe via iTunes - iTunes only link.
Download the podcast ~16:00 mins MP3.
Subscribe to feed via RSS by copying the link to your RSS Reader

• Migration From RSpec Stories — cucumber — GitHub
• Koz Speaks — Random Musings on Technology: Countries and Controversies
• Pathfinder Development » TankEngine: New plugin for Rails iPhone Development
• Coffee Powered » Powerful, easy, DRY, multi-format REST APIs
• Aimred - Getting The Most Out of IRb With Inspect
• Rails Rumble 2008 :: Welcome to the 2008 Rails Rumble
• JS.Class - Ruby-style JavaScript
• pmade inc. - Understanding Ruby Singleton Classes
• Pathfinder Development » Rails Performance, Code Metrics, and Locking Down your Application: Tips & Tricks from Windy City Rails 2008
• Automatic Rails at Slicehost
• A CouchDB primer for an ActiveRecord mindset | upstream agile - software
• MyUtil™ | Rake task to transfer a Rails database, say from MySQL to Postgres and back again
• Great Lakes Ruby Bash
• MerbOutpost brings MerbCamp to UK, watch MerbCamp meet other Merbists!
• The Merbist by Matt Aimonetti
• Can Merb Scale? (Hint: yes)
• RubyForge: RubyGems: File Release Notes and Changelog
• Updating RubyGems to 1.3.0 on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4