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Installing Git - created

Mac OS X

There is a prebuilt OSX package of the latest build available for download.

http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3

Ubuntu 8.04/8.10

From Repo

The easiest method is to use apt-get to install Git.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install git-core

Simple AWS scripting with boto

Recently – for various degrees of recent that is – people really seem to be into programming language design and development.

New Repository Headers!

We just pushed out an updated header design for all repository pages, you can see it in action on any of our project pages

The new headers fixed some long outstanding bugs (downloading the wrong branch for example) and added a few new little features (exposing HTTP clone urls, noting which branch you’re currently on)

Hope you like ’em!

Rails Magazine 5/2009 - Free Download

A new edition of Rails Magazine is now available as a free pdf (65 pages, 4 MB) at http://railsmagazine.com/issues/5. The print edition will be available shortly.

In this number:

RPCFN: Mazes (#5)

RubyLearning wishes all its readers and their friends and families a happy, healthy 2010. Thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement this year. It’s been a fun and rewarding year and we do appreciate all that you contribute to this site.

RubyInstaller RC1 is out

There’s finally an easy way to install Rails with Ruby 1.9 using the recently released RubyInstaller (Release Candidate). RubyInstaller uses MinGW (Windows port of GCC compiler) to create binaries and provides better compatibility with the Windows environment. You can get more info and download it here.

This marks the end of Ruby’s OneClickInstaller that majority of people used to install Ruby.

Main things to note (from the official FAQ):

The Rails 3 Router: Rack it Up

In my previous post about generic actions in Rails 3, I made reference to significant improvements in the router. Some of those have been covered on other blogs, but the full scope of the improvements hasn’t yet been covered.

Ruby eBook Sale Proceeds for HelpAge India – Will You Join Me?

Today when I logged onto my computer a Calendar notification popped up at me telling me that it has been 4 wonderful years of Ruby programming for me. Time flies when you’re having fun!

So how does one celebrate a Ruby birthday?

Ruby has given a lot to me. It’s helped me meet some great people, it’s given me a more global perspective on life and provided my family with a good income (to name just a few benefits).

But I want more….

Meet jQTouch

With technical review by jQTouch author David Kaneda!

jQTouch makes programming for mobile browsers fun! Simple HTML, CSS, and jQuery Javascript combine to make it easy to build applications for WebKit-based mobile browsers like the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and Palm webOS.

Poll results: RSpec in a landslide

The poll results are in: after nearly 90 votes, it's RSpec in a landslide. A full 76 of 87 respondents (87.36%) prefer RSpec for use in the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book. This is good news for me, since I know RSpec better, and I also have the specs through Chapter 6 already written.

Hey, Is that your database crying? Video Online | Rails Fire

Hey, Is that your database crying? Video Online

We’ve just released the video for Hey… Is That Your Database Crying? from Aloha on Rails , in which Blythe Dunham walks you through tips and tricks for working with your relational database and ActiveRecord.

Enjoy the video, and mahalo to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii for making the videos possible!