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Code Kata: Simple Content Tag

In this video I test drive code to build a simple content tag class. This was presented at Spokane/CDA Ruby User Group on Oct 7th, 2009. Enjoy!
Code for the video is on Github: http://github.com/kblake/Code-Kata-Exercise

Tools used:

The Art of Library

Honk if you love hacking! I know I do, and boy is it ever satisfying to turn a tough problem into a clever solution. But as you tumble down the slippery hacking slopes, picking up loose bits of code, you may find the itch to start writing code for other hackers. Good thought, but realize that implementation is just the tip of the iceberg.

Fixing MacPorts on Snow Leopard

I’ve been toying around with the idea for a small website lately, but never actually got around to do it. In an attempt to clear out my personal to do list I finally motivated myself to start yesterday, and I have to say the following combination of tools is not only insanely efficient, but also really fun to work with:

Ryan Tomayko is a GitHubber

Today marks Ryan Tomayko’s first day as a GitHubber. He’ll be helping make GitHub more stable, reliable, and awesome.

Ryan has consistently impressed all of us with his work on Sinatra and Rack, the awesomeness of shotgun and git-sh, his prolific writing and linking, and his various other projects.

Win a Signed Copy of Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

The Crush It! Challenge: Tell Your Story, Win the Book

Double Shot #564

Monday looks good when you’ve been sick in bed all weekend.

How Boson Enhances Your Irb Experience

In previous posts, Boson was introduced as a command framework, usable from the commandline and irb. In this post, we’ll focus on how Boson enhances irb by treating methods like shell commands.

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Gabriel Horner

How-to: Authentication and Authorization in Ruby on Rails - Added resources on how to implement gradual user engagement

Authentication is what you do when you let a user identify itself. This is needed when you want to offer a login access to your application.

Authorization is what you do when you check the credentials of a user before letting him/her interact with specific sections of your system. This is needed when you have restricted areas/actions.

Ruby Chops: rubyisms 2 with metaprogramming examples

Ruby Chops: rubyisms

I'd thought I'd test out Github Gists embed feature.

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The Rails 3 Upgrade Handbook by Jeremy McAnally

r3ug.pngRails expert Jeremy McAnally (Ruby Inside's "Top Hitter" of 2008) has been interested in Rails 3 for a long time, and he's dropped a lot of time into producing the Rails 3 Upgrade Handbook, a $12

Proxima Nova spotted again, this time on Joshua Brewer’s lovely...



Proxima Nova spotted again, this time on Joshua Brewer’s lovely 52 weeks of UX



Ruby and Rails Conferences 2010

There are an incredible amount of Ruby & Rails conferences coming up in the next 6 months. See below to find one in your neck of the woods.

MountainWest RubyConf

March 11-12 – MountainWest RubyConf in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Cost: 100 USD

The Ruby Show 109: Puns

In this episode of The Ruby Show, Dan and Jason bring you the latest news and some bad puns.

MongoMapper 0.7: Plugins

Whew, been a bit of a whirlwind around here. Lots to do lately, so I have been slow talking about MongoMapper’s 0.7 release from a week ago. I’ll take a crack now. Let’s start with how to extend MongoMapper with plugins and some other fun functionality.

from Justin Van Genderen’s Star Wars Galaxy, a series of retro...



from Justin Van Genderen’s Star Wars Galaxy, a series of retro travel posters for a selection of Star Wars’ planets. Read Style Council’s interview with Justin.

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The Rails Upgrade Handbook is now available

The eBook I previously mentioned is now available! It’s only $12 at http://railsupgradehandbook.com.

Inside you’ll find…

David Kaneda’s real nice use of CSS transforms.



David Kaneda’s real nice use of CSS transforms.



I love the watercolour (and white headline) on Big...



I love the watercolour (and white headline) on Big Cartel’s public site.



Showcasing RubyLearning’s Awesome Rubyists

Showcasing RubyLearning’s Awesome Rubyists

RubyLearning has been associated with some amazing, talented Rubyists these last 5 years. I am compiling a list (in alphabetical order) showcasing these awesome Rubyists who have either undergone some of the courses at RubyLearning or have been instrumental in taking RubyLearning to the next level.

Announcement: Ruby with Shoes Course | Rails Fire

Announcement: Ruby with Shoes Course

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Ruby with Shoes Course - 5th Batch

RL offers online courses in Ruby programming, Git & GitHub, FXRuby, Shoes, Twitter & Ruby, JRuby, Sinatra and Merb. So far, these courses have had over 8600 participants spread across 140+ countries. This has been possible due to the extensive support provided by the patrons, mentors and assistant teachers of these courses. RL strives hard to improve the methodology and course content based on the extensive and critical feedback we receive. Thanks to YOU, people like Fabio Akita and companies like Locaweb who make this possible.

What’s Shoes?

The extraordinaire Rubyist “Why The Lucky Stiff” (_why)1 has been working energetically on Shoes, a Ruby Cross Platform GUI App Toolkit. Shoes is simple and straightforward.

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If you learn Shoes and Ruby programming, your programming life would become much more enjoyable!

Who’s It For?

You need some background in Core Ruby to make the most out of this course,

Dates

The course starts on 13th June 2009. It’s a two week course. You first need to register on the site and then enroll into the course.

What Will I Learn?

The brief outline of this course is:

  • First week: First Step (_why’s 16 sample programs and extra little challenges)
  • Second week: Snake in Shoes (New exercise)2
  • Side forum: Shoes Gallery (introduce some nice apps or participant’s own code)

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Course conducted by?

The course is conducted by Shoes Ninja - Satoshi Asakawa from Japan with 24×7 help from the assistant teachers, mentors and patrons at RubyLearning.

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Early Bird Registration Discounts

  • For the first 10 registrations, Course Fee: US$ 3 per participant
  • For the next 30 registrations, Course Fee US$ 4 per participant
  • After the first 40 registrations, Course Fee US$ 5 per participant

The course fee goes towards maintaining RubyLearning and helps provide quality content to you.

Looking for Sponsors

RubyLearning.org is looking for 4 course sponsors with 180×180 banners to be hosted on the course site. For details email at mail@satishtalim.com.

The first four batches were a run-away success. So hurry, registrations have started.

This FAQ would help answer most of your queries.

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  1. _why appreciates this course. We are honored! ↩
  2. Inspired by Quite Useful’s blog post. Thanks. ↩
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