OSX

Bootcamp horror story

A few days ago I finally succumbed to the powers of my inner nerd. The release of StarTrek Online was too much for my LCARS loving brain to handle, so I caved. I bought the game online, booted into windows on my mac and started downloading the 8 gig installer and was ready to go...so I thought.

GitHub Rebase #36

As always, if you have neat projects you want to show off send me a message! I usually try to keep a balance of languages/domains between the posts, so don’t lose hope if your project isn’t in the latest issue. Just please have a README so you can show others (and me!) how to setup/use your project.

Getting Started With MongoMapper and Rails

Warning: This is currently out of date as it was based on an older version of MongoMapper.

I have had a few requests for tips on getting started with MongoDB and Rails so I thought I would drop some quick knowledge. It is actually really easy to get going, but Rails always does everything for you so when something comes along that doesn’t, you sometimes feel lost.

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

State of Ruby VMs: Ruby Renaissance

Ruby is commonly associated with the frameworks (Rails, RSpec, and many others) that it enabled, but it is much more than that. The same ideology and design principles that popularized the language at the start are also the reason why it is being currently ported to a variety of alternative platforms: JVM, Objective-C, Smalltalk VM and Microsoft’s DLR.

GitHub Rebase #28

Now that news from the move has slightly settled down, it’s Rebase time! As always, if you’ve got awesome projects you’d like featured, feel free to send me a message.

GitHub Rebase #27

Rebaaaaaaaase. I’m always looking for great projects to feature, so don’t hesitate to let me know about yours!

GitHub Rebase #26

Welcome to Rebase #26! If you’ve got an interesting project you’d like to see on the column feel free to shoot me a message. I’d love to see more themed Rebases, like the book edition. Perhaps we could have a JSON edition, a hardcore C edition, unknown language edition, and so on. I follow some simple guidelines that you can check out here too.

Getting Started With MongoMapper and Rails

In which I show how to get up and running with MongoMapper and Rails in both text and video formats.

I have had a few requests for tips on getting started with MongoDB and Rails so I thought I would drop some quick knowledge. It is actually really easy to get going, but Rails always does everything for you so when something comes along that doesn’t, you sometimes feel lost.

Git Version Control - Moving git installation instructions into separate page

Git is a distributed software configuration management tool that has been adopted by the majority of the Ruby on Rails community. In many cases, Git is required for plugin installation.

Installing Git

See instructions on how to install Git for your platform.

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