Miscellaneous

RubyDrop: A Dropbox Clone in Ruby

Ever used Dropbox? It's awesome. A cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, and even mobile) file syncing and backup service with 2GB for free (or 2.25GB if you sign up with this link).

Is the Ruby Standard Library a Ghetto?

In The Ruby Stdlib is a Ghetto, Mike Perham argues that Ruby's "standard library" (all the libraries that come by default with Ruby installs) is old and crufty and suggests some parts that should be removed.

AppSumo: A Discount Bundle of Webapp Credits Suited to Ruby Developers

AppSumo is an intriguing "bad ass developer bundle" that brings together $1543 of credit for ten different Web app development related resources (most are Ruby focused or have Ruby APIs) for a mere $47 purchase.
The services include:

Painfree Continuous Integration with Hudson and Vagrant

http://drnicwilliams.com/2010/11/09/making-ci-easier-to-do-than-not-to-with-hudson-ci-and-vagrant/ (or on Ruby Inside)

A Look Into Ruby’s Object Model

A few days ago, Burke Libbey, a Winnipeg based Ruby and Rails developer, gave a presentation called Ruby's Object Model: Metaprogramming and Other Magic to the Winnipeg.rb Ruby user group. I though it was interesting enough to embed here.

RSpec 2.0 Released: Ruby’s Leading BDD Framework Grows Up

9 months in the making comes RSpec 2.0, the latest major version of Ruby's most popular behavior driven development (BDD) framework (now at a gem install rspec near you). Kudos to the 82 contributors and RSpec's team lead, David Chelimsky.

MacRuby 0.7 Released: More Stability and Easier Sandboxing

http://www.macruby.org/blog/2010/10/01/macruby07.html (or on Ruby Inside)

Building “skinny daemons” in Ruby

http://labs.headlondon.com/2010/07/skinny-daemons/ (or on Ruby Inside)

Mongomatic: A New Ruby MongoDB Library Hits The Scene

http://mongomatic.com/ (or on Ruby Inside)

14 Ruby and Rails Jobs for August 2010

It's been a couple of months since the last job round up but the Ruby Inside job board has been hopping! There are 14 live listings to go over today and they're not all in San Francisco. Jobs in Denver and Maryland bring in a bit of interesting variety.

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