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Heroku Launches Facebook App Hosting Package

Heroku, a popular Ruby webapp hosting platform that's picked up $13m in funding, has today unveiled their new Facebook App package. The package is aimed squarely at people wanting to develop Facebook apps and brings together several of Heroku's main offerings in a single, discounted monthly package.

Interesting Ruby and Rails Tidbits #31

The latest installment of our series of roundup posts, covering some of our latest findings in the world of all things Ruby (or not). These items wouldn't make it in as separate posts, but they should be of enough interest to Rubyists generally to make it a worthwhile browse for most readers.

Facebook Rails Integration with OAuth2

This is simply awesome.  Facebook launches a new API using OAuth2, making it much easier to integrate with Facebook from your Rails app, and Michael Bleigh quickly churns out a new oauth2 gem.

Why Won’t FB.Connect.logoutAndRedirect work?

I was banging my head against a Facebook Connect problem with one of my clients’ Rails apps recently, and I thought I’d share a useful tidbit I gleaned from the experience, in case it can spare someone else the headache I had.

GitHub Rebase #38

Welcome to Rebase 38. Suggestions for projects to cover are always welcome, check out the criteria here. In the meantime, check out this preview of some neat visualizations using the GitHub API of how developers are connected:

11 New Ruby Delights (For If/When You’re Tired of Rails 3.0)

no-rails-allowed.gifSick of Rails 3.0 yet or still enjoying your Sinatra, Rango, Ramaze,

Using Concentrate for the Pomodoro Technique on OS X

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8 Chrome Extensions For Web Developers (Mac too!)

I’ve been using Google Chrome as my default browser ever since 1Password came out with an extension for Chrome. The state of web browsing on the Mac still, unfortunately, leaves something to be desired. However, after using this full time for a little while I can say that I’m really liking it. As a web developer I have a need for good developer tools in a browser. For that, Firefox and Firebug will always be king of the hill. Daily browsing and light development in Chrome has been suiting my needs just fine.

Official VOA PNN Application Released for iPhone and Android

On the heels of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Net Freedom speech, Intridea was delighted to receive notification Apple had approved the official iPhone application we developed for Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian News Network (PNN).

Palm Goes GitHub

It’s great to see more and more companies embracing open source. The latest to put their code on GitHub is Palm, with repos related to their webOS product.

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