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Rails 3.0 Beta: 36 Links and Resources To Get You Going

rails3logo.gif Whenever something's a really "big deal" in the Ruby world, we cover it - even if it makes more sense on Rails Inside (which is now switching to a user contributions model).

Muhammed Ali’s Free Ruby 1.9.x Web Servers E-Book

socket.pngEgyptian Ruby developer Muhammed Ali (of MySQLPlus fame) has released the first draft of a "Ruby 1.9.x Web Servers" booklet.

Learnivore: Ruby Focused Screencast Aggregator

Learnivore is a new(ish) site by learnivore.pngFrench Rubyist Thibaut Barrère that aims to aggregate all of the best screencasts in any easy to navigate, searchable manner.

Ruby Fibers: 8 Useful Reads On Ruby’s New Concurrency Feature

fibers.pngNew to Ruby 1.9 is the concept of fibers. Fibers are light-weight (green) threads with manual, cooperative scheduling, rather than the preemptive scheduling of Ruby 1.8's threads. Since Ruby 1.9's threads exist at the system level, fibers are, in a way, Ruby 1.9's answer to Ruby 1.8's green threads, but lacking the pre-emptive scheduling.

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