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Reading Advantage Database Server Files (.ADT) in Ruby

I recently received some data in the Advantage Database Server file format (.adt).  In the past I have worked with DBF, Access, and .xls.  I was able to find some way to retrieve data from these formats using open source software.  The open source solutions were much easier to work with, usually not requiring any sort of driver installation, etc.

How Ruby Manages Memory and Garbage Collection

garbage.jpgGarbage Collection and the Ruby Heap is a presentation given by Joe Damato and Aman Gupta at the recent LA Ruby Conference. You only get the slides for now (all 70 of them!), but they're very detailed and can almost work as a standalone concise e-book on Ruby's garbage collection system.

5 Chapters of O’Reilly’s Ruby Best Practices – Free!

rbp.pngRuby Best Practices is a book by Gregory Brown (and published by O'Reilly) that looks into the "Ruby way" of doing things in the Ruby language and, specifically, why Rubyists tend to write Ruby the way they do.

Gettext for Rails 3.0.0 beta

We just posted an open-source task on the newly released nextsprocket site. The reward is $300 for a functional demo app, check the task for more details.

You can view the task here.

Rails and Merb Merge: ORM Agnosticism (Part 5 of 6)

It’s been a little while since I’ve last posted in this series. During that time, we released Rails 3.0 beta, and announced the launch of RailsPlugins.org. Plugin authors have registered almost 150 plugins, with 40 already boasting compatibility with Rails 3. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to roll out some more features to help users find projects to help get updated, so keep an eye out.

Ruby Tuesdays: RBP Chapter 5

If you’re reading this blog, you probably know that the Ruby Best Practices book exists. Even if you haven’t read it, you might have a sense for the sort of topics we cover based on the content you’ve seen on this blog. But now, everyone is going to get a chance to read RBP the way its meant to be read: as a conversation.

Beaut little hover detail on Michael Flarup’s flysleepy.com



Beaut little hover detail on Michael Flarup’s flysleepy.com



Michael Flarup, who you may recognise from his work at Robocat,...



Michael Flarup, who you may recognise from his work at Robocat, last week released his travel blog Fly Sleepy.



RPCFN: Broadsides (#7)

GitHub Meetup SF #16

Matthew Conway | Rails Fire

Matthew Conway

Community Highlights

I’m always impressed by the continuous flow of innovation from the Rails community. Below are just a few of the highlights from the past month. These stories all came from the Ruby5 Podcast, which covers all the news from the Ruby and Rails community twice weekly.

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