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Joyent Slingshot: Enable Rails Applications to Run
Hosting provider, Joyent, recently announced an early testing program for Slingshot, a framework that enables the development of Rails applications that function both online and offline.
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ThoughtWorks Releases CruiseControl.rb
ThoughtWorks announced release of CruiseControl.rb 1.0, a new open-source continuous integration tool for Ruby / Rails projects.
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Considering Grails vs Rails Benchmarks
The Grails community recently posted some unscientific benchmark numbers comparing a simple crud app written in Grails and Rails.
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JRuby on Grails?
The head of the JRuby project ponders the possibility of replacing the Groovy parts of the Grails web framework with JRuby. The head of the Grails project responds.
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Aptana Takes Over Development of RadRails
The company behind the popular Eclipse-based AJAX IDE Aptana announce that they are taking over development and sponsorship of RadRails, a move that may yet save the project from its current state of neglect.
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Become a Rails Ninja with IRB Hacks
For all you Rails developers tapping your fingers waiting for your pages to load so that your model changes appear - help is at hand in the form of the irb (interactive ruby) console - where you can interact with your rails app from a prompt.
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InfoQ Article: Introduction to ActiveMessaging
The maintainer of ActiveMessaging for Ruby on Rails gives a comprehensive and informative introduction to his open-source framework, which enables enterprise messaging technologies to be easily integrated with Ruby on Rails applications, and is getting support from noted industry leaders such as James Strachan and Jon Tirsen.
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Must Java Have an Answer to Rails?
There are two trends playing themselves out in response to this question. First there is the concept of simply running the Ruby language and in turn Rails under the JVM. Bloggers have been discussing the other concept of creating comparable frameworks in Java that catch the secret combination.
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Healthcare Startup Takes Rails Mainstream
Guest-writer Brian Ketelsen speaks to Aaron Batalion of RevolutionHealth.com, a Ruby on Rails-powered startup that is making waves in the healthcare industry and it turns out they are also making waves in the Rails world. Find out why in this InfoQ exclusive interview.
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Rails for Java Developers Review and Excerpt
Rails for Java Programmers, by Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland, teaches the Rails framework to Java developers. InfoQ is hosting an exclusive excerpt including sections on controllers, core classes, and unit testing. We are also pleased to provide a review of the title by Java Editor Rob Thornton.
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User-Centric Development Approaches: What's Next?
On her Creating Passionate Users blog, Kathy Sierra recently envisioned software that's not just usable, but transparent, helping users achieve "flow" in their work without intrusive distractions, delays or constraints. Perhaps end-user "flow" is the next big differentiator - and if so, what will the development processes look like that support the creation of such software?
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Interview: David Black on the Success of Ruby
Noted Ruby community leader and author David Black puts the success of Ruby and the growth of its community in historical perspective, why Matz is an optimal custodian for the language, and the overall success of Ruby and Rails and related conferences. We also discuss David's book Ruby for Rails, and why it's needed at this time by the Rails community.
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Ruby on Rails 1.2 deepens support to REST and Unicode
Tapping into advanced features of the HTTP protocol, the Rails team enhances the flexibilty and interoperability of derived apps, while providing guidance to optimal use of controllers. Combine this with proper UTF-8 support and a growing team of contributors, and Ruby on Rails is ready for 2007 and beyond.
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Flex and Rails Integration on Many Fronts
Several projects to leverage Adobe Flex from Ruby on Rails are very active lately. Here is a rundown of what's up, and plenty of links.
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Quick Interview with Martin Sadler of WorkingWithRails.com
WorkingWithRails.com is the largest directory of people involved with Rails on the web and a real success story for its creator, Martin Sadler. InfoQ asks him about the site and its effect on the community, and about challenges he's faced in its development.