Open Source
_Why All The Tears?
Last month when _Whytheluckystiff (_why) “went missing” I was not sure how to respond. I needed time to process what was happening. A lot of people, including some big names in web development were quick to step in and give a heartfelt thanks and goodbye to a man that had done so much for the [...]
Code Quality & Patch Quality
This was a great talk where Malcolm Tredinnick spelled out what he’s looking for in Django patches and what to avoid if you don’t want your patch tossed out. Although his talk was targeting the Django project, he really dispensed good advice for anyone maintaining software regardless of project, language or platform. The room was completely packed! All of the chairs and couches we’re filled and people were sitting on the floor and standing at the sides of the room.
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 [...]
Trying out Sinatra on Windows
I saw a lot of buzz about the new Sinatra web framework and decided I’d give it a try. I have a client now that has a simple site they need up now and then I can migrate them to Rails over time. When I saw how easy Sinatra looked, I thought I [...]
NetBeans 6.10 : Good Rails IDE
Update 2/8/2008: Since I posted this they shipped the release version and now intellisense is working beautifully. Over the last month NetBeans has become my go-to IDE for Rails.
I downloaded and started using NetBeans 6.10 Milestone 10 last night. I am thoroughly impressed! I’ve been using Aptana(RadRails) and Komodo Edit and although [...]
EWeek attacks MSFT Open Source Initiatives
I just read an article at EWeek, and I can’t emphatically disagree more with the writer’s statements.
While it is true that there aren’t many products coming out of Redmond as true open source these days, the writer bases his assumptions on the top five projects at CodePlex. CodePlex is not the only place to [...]
SubSonic Beta 2
Rob and Eric have already released a second beta for SubSonic 2.0.
I introduced a colleague to SubSonic yesterday and found myself telling her how much faster I can get an app out the door because I don’t have to build a custom data access layer. I felt like I was telling her a secret…
Speak4Me – The Beginning of an Open Source Project
I’ve recently been planning an open source project for this summer. I was approached last year during the holiday season by a woman on a forum with a story about her friend with Multiple Sclerosis who had lost most of his ability to speak normally. She didn’t have any money and was taking this guy [...]
