Archive for December, 2007
First Impressions: Five Runs RM-Install
Last night I tried the RM-Install product from Five Runs. It’s a multi-platform (Linux and Mac) Ruby on Rails Stack powered by BitRock. It is very similar to the Windows RubyStack offered by BitNami, but it is also supports a production install option.
I tried the development install and it was very easy to [...]
Sinatra Resources
If you still haven’t tried Sinatra (which you should have by now) then maybe you just need some additional resources. Here is a site with some tutorials and a screencast.
DataMapper Installation Woes
I started playing more with Sinatra, and I have so many ideas for it’s usage. At work I’m using to prototype a quick way to enable remote execution of .Net command line apps. So I started looking into DataMapper as well to use with it.
So far I can’t get the datamapper gem to install on [...]
Cool Javascript Apps
Through one of my feeds today I found a link to AppJet. They’ve got a great site set up for building and hosting javascript based apps using Rhino and jQuery. Try the shoutbox app. It gives some great ideas for integrating into some of my existing apps…
Instant Rails Is Coming Back
After we all thought InstantRails was dead, Rob Bazinet has saved the day. He has announced that he’s taking over InstantRails and will be soon updating it to Rails 2.0.1.
Instant Rails Makes A Comeback
After we all thought InstantRails was dead, Rob Bazinet has saved the day. He has announced that he’s taking over InstantRails and will be soon updating it to Rails 2.0.1.
Cold Fusion Contractor Opportunity in Sacramento
A friend and colleague of mine is searching for a Cold Fusion developer for some contract work. I’ve seen some of the specs first hand and I can tell you that the software you’ll be writing is relevant and interesting. It might even challenge you a little and will ultimately build up your skill set. [...]
More on Sinatra Not Running on Windows
Someone in the Google Group for Sinatra claims to have it working on Windows by removing all of the FileUtils#touch method. He didn’t say what he put in it’s place and just removing it outright doesn’t seem to work. I’m still working on it when time permits, so drop me a comment if you figure [...]
