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Generate Ember.js models using your Rails Schema

I love Ember.js. I hate typing and I especially hate typing code that a machine could build. I got really tired of reading a Rails schema to build new Ember.js models so I create…
September 28, 2013
jQuery ajax request yields statusText: No Transport

If you write code you hate Internet Explorer. You get everything just right in Chrome, Firefox, Safari – any other browser really and then everything falls apart in Internet…
December 6, 2012
Getting this: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

Setting up a new Mac is always a joy. You forget how many configuration errors you solved long ago. Here’s one I just ran into. I started getting this error when doing OAuth with…
September 12, 2012
Customizing Views for a Multi-Tenant Application Using Ruby on Rails Custom Resolvers

Like so many other internet startups, OER Glue is a multi-tenant application. The process of hosting many of clients using a single piece of software presents a number of…
September 27, 2011
Get jQuery Working With Ruby on Rails 3

I thought I had fixed everything and made ready for Rails 3 in my applications. Turns out I was wrong. My wife tells me I’m wrong all the time so I didn’t feel to bad. The first…
March 11, 2011
Exception Handling in Ruby – a Little Surprise

I’ve got a rake task that includes a section where I do something like this:
November 30, 2010
Shoulda used RSpec

I’ve been updating the muck gems to work with Rails 3. The change is significant and painful but in a good way. For the most part the change consists of deleting all the code you…
September 18, 2010
Uploadify onComplete Wouldn’t Fire Until I Swore – A Lot

I’ve been trying to get Uploadify to work inside my uploader gem . Things went pretty well until I combined that with the muck-contents gem and tried to do multiple file uploads…
September 3, 2010
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error: Got error 139 from storage engine

I ran into a ‘fun’ error with an application I’ve been working on. Everything was running fine and then one day hoptoad started filling up with exceptions like this: I hate errors…
August 9, 2010
jQuery Ajax requests are ‘html’ not ‘js’

I like jQuery. I use it in all my Rails projects these days. One thing I’ve struggled with for the longest time is that for some reason all my jQuery ajax requests come through as…
August 9, 2010
increment! and Mysql::Error: Lock

On a site I’m working on I started noticed a lot of production errors like this: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting…
August 5, 2010
Textmate RSpec Bundle Error

After installing the Textmate RSpec bundle I started getting this error: /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/lib/builder.rb:86:in…
July 31, 2010
Fireeagle and PortableContacts Don’t Get Along. That Makes Daddy Mad.

I have some code that looks like this:
June 2, 2010
Don’t Upgrade to Rails 2.3.8 Unless You Really Mean It

I just got a new laptop which means re-installing everything. This included Rails and I ended up with 2.3.8. Most of my projects use 2.3.5. I figured no big deal since various…
May 26, 2010
Setting Up mysql as utf8 for Ruby on Rails using homebrew

It took me far to much time to get this to work right so hopefully this is helpful for someone (probably me at some point in the future). The hashrocket guys have a great writeup…
May 25, 2010
Mountain West Ruby Conference

I spent last week at the Mountain West Ruby Conference which is by far the best conference I’ve ever attended due to the brilliant minds that gather from all over the country…
March 15, 2010
Add Theming Engine to Your Rails Application

I’ve written about the disguise gem before, but I’ve made enough changes that it warrants a new blog post. I noticed a few performance problems which have now been fixed and the…
January 23, 2010
acts_as_taggable libraries and the big case problem.

Over the years I’ve had a chance to use the three tagging libraries available for Ruby on Rails: acts-as-taggable-on acts\_as\_taggable\_on\_steroids acts\_as\_taggable I think…
January 21, 2010
undefined method `assert_no_difference’ and `assert_difference’

I’ve been upgrading some old code and noticed that my unit tests started spitting out a lot of errors like this:
January 1, 2010
Using the OAuth and OAuth-Plugin gems

For quite a while I’ve been wanting to play with OAuth and now that I’ve been able to spend some time playing with it I have to say it is awesome. Instead of asking for a user’s…
December 24, 2009
Ruby on Rails i18n with the Rails I18n Textmate bundle

For the longest time I’ve deal with internationalization in Ruby on Rails by hand. This is a tedious process that involves switching back and forth between the file containing the…
December 19, 2009
Heroku

I’ve watched Heroku for a while. I’ve even tried to deploy an app there a few times, but never got into it that much. I needed a cheap (free) place to put My Amazon Feeds.com…
October 30, 2009
River – Amazon Wishlist Gem

One more post on Amazon Wishlist code. As another follow up to my post on Amazon Wishlist RSS, Ruby and Signing/Authenticating your Requests and the site I built to run the code…
October 30, 2009
no <processor_id> configured for <Any>

If you are using Jeweler and get this error: no configured for Check out the troubleshooting section: You need to edit ~/.rubyforge/auto-config.yml and make sure processor\_ids is…
October 16, 2009
Gems on an EngineYard Solo instance

I started running into a few issues on an Engineyard Solo instance with my muck gems. Basically, muck consists of a lot of Rails engines packaged as gems for reusability. When we…
September 12, 2009
gems:unpack for gems that don’t unpack

I couldn’t figure out why my gems wouldn’t unpack until I ran across this: http://metaclass.org/2009/4/13/rake-gems-unpack. My gems have rake tasks and I have to include them in…
September 10, 2009
Amazon Wishlist RSS, Ruby and Signing/Authenticating your Requests

UPDATE: If you don’t want to bother with the code and instead would just like to get your Amazon.com Wishlist rss you can go here. I’ve been playing with the Amazon API lately. At…
September 2, 2009
to_json gives TypeError Exception: wrong argument type Hash (expected Data)

Tonight for no apparent reason my tests started turning up this error whenever I tried to call to\_json:
August 17, 2009
Updating Genlighten from Rails 2.2.2 to Rails 2.3.2

I can’t resist new stuff so I’m updating Genlighten to Rails 2.3.2. This release comes with some pretty sweet additions like Rack. Here’s what I had to do: Set RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION…
August 17, 2009
Interesting testing issue with Rails 2.3.3

I’m not sure if this applies to all the versions of Rails, but right now I’m using the latest 2.3.3. I’m using shoulda to do testing and my code looks like this:
July 24, 2009
jQuery.ajax – Get in Firefox, Post in Internet Explorer

The docs for jQuery.ajax indicate that by default the request is made using ‘GET’. I would still recommend setting the type to ‘GET’. We just deployed a site and found that for…
July 8, 2009
Implicit multipart emails using Ruby on Rails and ActionMailer won’t work

I’ve been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out why html emails from my Rails Engine are sent out as plain text ie the email shows up with all the html tags…
June 26, 2009
Sending email with Ruby on Rails 2.3.2 and gmail

If you need an easy way to setup email for your company or for a client it’s hard to not love Google Apps. (The ‘standard’ ie free version is here). It is very likely that at some…
June 25, 2009
jeweler and the empty gemspec

I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out why my gemspec for a new gem had no files in it. I’m using jeweler to build the gem and it’s worked great in the past. Then I read…
June 24, 2009
New Uploader Gem

I just pushed out a new uploader gem. Get the new code from github or install the gem with sudo gem install uploader. This comes with a few more translations and a fix for a nasty…
June 20, 2009
Testing Rails Engine Gems

I’ve been working on a number of gems that are basically packaged Ruby on Rails engine plugins. It turns out that turning gems into plugins is pretty easy to do. However, testing…
June 16, 2009
A copy of ApplicationController has been removed from the module tree but is still active! And can’t dup NilClass

If you’ve been working on Rails 2.3 engines (the new stuff that comes with Rails 2.3 not the old engine plugin) and you start running into either of these errors: Or Don’t go find…
June 13, 2009
Disguise your Rails Application

I spent quite a while trying to figure out how to theme my Ruby on Rails applications. Turns out after you build a piece of software people want to use it to do other stuff. Go…
June 12, 2009
Stupid WTF! ActionView::MissingTemplate Exception: Missing template users/_user.erb

If you’ve spent much time working with Ruby on Rails and more especially if you’ve done anything with json you might have run across errors like this:
June 5, 2009
newgem

I’ve been using newgem to build Babelphish (translation helper thing). The docs from the ruby forge site are a bit out of date. If you use newgem to build anything be sure to look…
May 30, 2009
Babelphish – yml Translation Made Simple

You’ve just finished version one of your most excellent, million dollar application. You’ve built it the right way. All of your application’ strings live in the en.yml file neatly…
May 19, 2009
Authorize.net – User authentication failed due to invalid authentication values

So you’ve worked hard to integrate your website with authorize.net and now you’re ready to turn it on and make the big bucks. You run your first real transaction and get: User…
May 12, 2009
CMS Lite Gem

A pretty common problem when developing a Rails application or any web application for that matter is how to deal with content. I’ve often run into situations where the content…
May 8, 2009
Rails 2.3, Nested forms and wrong constant name User[billingAttributes])

I found a chance to try out the new nested forms in a project I’ve been working on for a long time. (I actually tried them out a long time ago in Edge Rails, but then got burned…
April 16, 2009
Count is broken in Rails 2.3.2

After upgrading to Rails 2.3.2 I started getting this error: Mysql::Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for…
March 18, 2009
Mountain West Ruby Conference

I’ve been to a good number of conferences over the years. A lot of them cost a lot of money. If you are a geek and a ruby lover (who isn’t?) then the best event you’ll ever attend…
February 25, 2009
Customizing the email sent by PasswordRecovery in ASP.Net

I spend most of my time working with Ruby on Rails these days. However, I still do .Net programming mainly for ThePlanCollection.com. Our password recovery system has been a bit…
February 19, 2009
Quick Tip for working with Paypal and ActiveMerchant in your Rails Application

Working with Paypal can be a bit difficult not because of the code required, but rather because their website can be a hassle to navigation. I already have ActiveMerchant…
February 17, 2009
Hierarchies, trees, jQuery, Prototype, script.aculo.us and acts_as_nested_set

‘single\_message’ should normally be set to false. I added it in just in case I needed to render a single message for an ajax call. If you aren’t rendering an entire tree and thus…
January 18, 2009
Shoulda Craps out on Rails 2.2.2

I tried the latest shoulda on luvfoo a while back and it died on the internationalization stuff so we gave up. Turns out that with the new internationalization in Rails 2.2.2…
December 20, 2008
The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed

If you upgrade to Rails 2.2.2 and start getting “The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed” then wherever you do something like this:
December 20, 2008
ERROR: While executing gem (ArgumentError) Illformed requirement

I like to use to deploy my applications because of its simplicity. The other nice thing is that they give you free developer space so if you are just getting an application up and…
October 4, 2008
Using Shoulda to test login – should_require_login

I’ve had my problems with shoulda, but one very powerful component of the testing framework is the ability to create macros. Here’s one that checks to make sure a user has to be…
October 2, 2008
Luvfoo – Open Source Ruby on Rails Social Network Platform

For lack of a better place to put this right now I am posting the roadmap for the Ruby on Rails social network we are building here. There has been quite a lot of interest in the…
September 15, 2008
Teachers Without Borders

During the day and lately most of the night I work as a Fellow for Teachers Without Borders at Utah State University. (funded by Cisco). What I actually do bores most people and…
September 3, 2008
Open Any Document in Google Docs Via a Url

We are looking at ways to integrate the new Teachers Without Borders site with Google docs. Turns out that you can open: documents – .pdf, .doc, .txt, .html, .rtf and .odt…
August 28, 2008
Tip for Testing Email with Ruby on Rails and Shoulda

Shoulda comes with a great method for testing email called ‘assert\_sent\_email’. (If you try it and get a method missing error update Shoulda. Not that anyone wouldn’t know to…
August 18, 2008
Using Starling, Workling with Ruby on Rails

For the project we are working on for Teachers Without Borders we need a reliable asynchronous way to process tasks. There are a myriad of ways to do this and if you aren’t…
August 18, 2008
Install Native MySQL Gem – Edge Rails Stopped Including It

I decided to try out the latest edge Rails and I started getting this error:
July 28, 2008
acts_as_state_machine – state is always nil

If you are using the acts\_as\_state\_machine plugin to manage the state of your object keep this in mind: If you are going to have an object like an order or something similar…
July 26, 2008
Shoulda Doesn’t like ‘Status’

One of the models in a project I am working on right now ends in ‘status’. Rails handles that just find but in my tests I started noticing an odd error:
July 25, 2008
Shoulda, assert_sent_email and Unreal Users

I have been banging my head against a problem in my testing. Using the UI everything worked as expected, but my tests were failing when I tried to see if emails were being sent in…
July 24, 2008
Tip for Testing Email with Ruby on Rails and Shoulda

Shoulda comes with a great method for testing email called ‘assert\_sent\_email’. (If you try it and get a method missing error update Shoulda. Not that anyone wouldn’t know to…
July 24, 2008
ActiveSalesforce and Ruby on Rails > 2.1

We have to do an integration with Saleforce for a Rails project we are working on. I keep getting this error: The :dependent option expects either :destroy or :delete (:nullify) I…
July 9, 2008
Checkbox list in Ruby on Rails using HABTM

Checkboxes are one of those things that look easy and should be easy, but they aren’t always easy. I needed a solution that could create a checkbox list of languages that a user…
July 3, 2008
51Weeks at ICLS

Last year for our open ed conference here at Utah State I built an application called 51weeks to help preserve the presentations and to help people interact. Tomorrow it will be…
June 24, 2008
Ruby on Rails – render :action doesn’t run action

I want to be cool like everyone else so I use a REST methodology for most of my Rails controllers these days. I wasn’t ever quite sure how my views managed to maintain values for…
June 13, 2008
Ajax calls using jQuery in Ruby on Rails

jQuery is the hot javascript library and it is small and it is cooler than Prototype, the default library that comes with Ruby on Rails. Ergo I plugged it in and pulled out…
June 7, 2008
Dump an Existing Database Schema Into a Ruby On Rails Migration Ready Format

I have been looking around for a plugin or bit of code that can dump the schema from an existing database into the Ruby on Rails database migration format. The solution is a ‘duh’…
May 9, 2008
Elastic Cloud Computing

One of the most difficult tasks when putting up a new site is picking the right host. Moving hosts later on is terribly difficult so choosing the correct hosting company is as…
April 8, 2008
Ruby Grand Masters

I spent two years in Japan. While there I met all kinds of interesting people. I remember one individual in particular because he was a chess grand master). He was also very good…
March 31, 2008
More Ruby Conference

We missed the first talk this morning (sorry Devlin we suck). I slept till 9:30, but mainly because we were up till 4am. Dave South gave me some great info on using TestSpec…
March 29, 2008
Using Amazon’s Web Services from Ruby – Jonathan Younger

Right Scale has a great gem: gem install right\_aws RightScale RightAws::Sqs RightScale RightAws::Ec2 They will automatically retry errors for you. gem install kato Kato – EC2…
March 28, 2008
Mountain West Ruby Conference

I’m at the Mountain West Ruby Conference for the next few days so I will be doing a bunch of blog posts that look like notes. Up right now: Strengthening the Ruby Ecosystem & Ezra…
March 28, 2008
Plugin Loading for Ruby on Rails has Changed.

I am tired of recreating the login system for Rails for each new project so using the RESTful Rails Authentication Tutorial I created a template project that I can use to create…
March 22, 2008
Big Companies Using Ruby on Rails

I am frequently asked how reliable/scalable is Ruby on Rails? I usually tell people about Twitteror more recently point them to this article about the Friend’s For Sale Facebook…
March 19, 2008
Ruby fs-api

I am in the Ruby-fs API presentation now. Funding for the library came from USFamilyTree.com. It is REST based. Data model is: Person Person has many Assertions Assertion has one…
March 12, 2008
secret given to the #protect_from_forgery call

My code was running fine under Rails 2.0.2. Then I enabled the db based session store by uncommenting this:
February 7, 2008
OER Code Sprint

We are at the end of the second day of the OER code sprint. This has been a great time feels quite a bit different than the higher level OER meetings I have attended. The first…
February 6, 2008
Professionals and The Enterprise

Professionals and the enterprise Under threat of divorce if I didn’t hang my Christmas lights this past Christmas I braved the elements and managed to put them on the trees. Of…
January 30, 2008
Use Mac Ports on Leopard to get Ruby on Rails Running

I am stealing this from Dave South, Logan Ruby User Group Illuminati. If I don’t extract it from my email I’ll never find it again. So I’ll ask for Dave’s forgiveness for the…
January 17, 2008
SWFUpload – the Best File Upload Utility for Any Platform

Uploading a file to a website is a pain. Uploading lots of files to a website makes the UN list of known methods of torture. At tonight’s ruby group meeting Dave South showed off…
January 15, 2008
The Inflector Module – Another Reason to Love Rails

I love how when you need something in Rails the solution is usually already in place. For instance in the indulgenc.es application I have the need to create a rank with 1st, 2nd…
January 11, 2008
Quick Note: use rake to install Rails 2.0

I am adding this so I don’t forget. You can install Rails 2.0 using this: rake rails:freeze:edge TAG=rel\_2-0-1 Then if you want to keep up the with the latest edge version you…
December 9, 2007
Configure your Free Facebook Joyent Accelerator for Capistrano

Right now Joyent is giving away free Accelerator accounts to Facebook developers. I love free stuff so this is so cool I could just cry. Free hosting with one of the premier Ruby…
December 7, 2007
Setting up ZenTest and Red Green

I can’t take credit for any of these instructions. Dave South from the Logan Ruby group sent these out in an email. I am posting them so that I can find them later on. Install…
November 16, 2007
Stupid Error That I will Blame on Lack of Sleep

So if you are ever working oh so hard on a ruby on rails application and all of a sudden your application stops working and you have no idea why because the error looks like this:
November 12, 2007
Working on Second Facebook Application

It is top secret, but I am working on another Facebook application. This time I am using Ruby On Rails since I don’t have to deal with legacy issues. I’ll be interested to see if…
November 10, 2007
rFacebook and redirect_to

I have been working with rFacebook to try to get a Facebook application up and running. Right now we are trying to integrate our conference application – 51weeks.com with Facebook…
October 23, 2007
Quick Note About rFacebook, Edge Rails, and Sessions.

This problem may not be specific to rFacebook, but when I added acts\_as\_facebook\_user to my user model and then made a call like:
October 19, 2007
Edge Rails, OpenID and the Dreaded Sorry, the OpenID verification failed” error

We use Edge Rails in our projects. Call me stupid if you like, I like living on the edge (get it?). This desire to push our luck has bitten us a couple of times, but not in any…
September 17, 2007
Ruby on Rails Tutorials

If you love Ruby on Rails, and you should love it then you might enjoy these tutorials on Rails Forum.
June 7, 2007
Changes to Nested Routes in Edge Rails

When I first saw nested resources in this REST paper I thought cool that makes sense. So we started using the nested resource method in our projects. Then it got a bit wierd –…
June 5, 2007
Review of Ozmozr code at Ruby Mountain West Conference

Jamis Buck blogged about the code review of Ozmozr he and Marcel did at the Mountain West Ruby Conference. The presentation was our favorite because of the insight it gave into…
May 31, 2007
Presentations from Rails Conf

In a lot of my posts I said that I would link to the presentation. All the presentations can be found here: http://www.web2expo.com/pub/w/51/presentations.html My favorites from…
May 22, 2007
Rails Conf after thoughts

Now that I am home and have managed to sleep a bit I have been thinking about my overall experience at Railsconf 2007. Overall it was great. It was fun to meet so many people…
May 21, 2007
Solr on Rails Erik Hatcher

Ferret is fast. He has moved around and the documentation is a bit sparse. Solr was created by people at CNET, used by Internet Archive, Krugle, Revolution Health, his projects…
May 20, 2007
The Rails Way Jamis Buck, Michael Koziarski

Don’t forget to look at The Rails Way blog. Move logic into your model. This lets you break functionality into more granular components and makes testing easier. Keep your…
May 20, 2007
Bad Food

I have eaten a lot of bad food over the past few days which is too bad given that Portland has good restaurants. The main source of bad food is the Rails conference. A WORD TO…
May 19, 2007
Practical Design for Developers David Verba

Practical Design for Developers David Verba Another standing room only session. Perhaps the organizers will wise up and have at least on larger room next year for the sessions…
May 19, 2007
Taking Care of Rails Support Tasks Through Custom Daemons Tammer Saleh

Saleh is talking about using a Daemon to get rails to talk to LDAP. The code for the LDAP deamon and the code to make it look like a model live here. I will add a bit of code here…
May 19, 2007
Rails Conf Day One Impressions

I ended up with a major migraine yesterday towards the end of David Black’s talk so I didn’t get a chance to finish up the post. Don’t worry I probably won’t. My overall…
May 18, 2007
OpenID and David Heinemeier Hansson

After the Two Revolutions session I had a few minutes to talk to DHH. First I must say he is just a very nice guy. Programmer envy over. I had a discussion about OpenID. It is…
May 18, 2007
Building Community-focused Apps with Rails Dan Benjamin

Sitting in the community app presentation right now. I was torn between this and the clean code presentation, but since we are building community apps this presentation seemed to…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf DHH keynote

Listening to DHH right now. Play DHH buzzword bingo here. http://bingdoh.com/games/dhh-keynote He started out talking about the growth of the community and making fun of a job…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Rails Conf Intro from Chad Fowler and Some Stuff from the Mountain West Ruby Conference

Chad Fowler is talking right now. I think he works on giving keynotes that leave you scratching your head a bit. His keynote at the Mountain West Ruby conference had mixed…
May 18, 2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Adam Keys

This session is totally packed. We managed to sneak in. The door guys don’t like that much. If there is a fire we will all die. Adam Keys is funny and entertaining “If you want to…
May 18, 2007
Two Revolutions Alan Francis

I tried to get into the REST talk but it is so full that they have guys guarding the doors to keep people out. I am instead sitting in an extreme programming session. I wouldn’t…
May 18, 2007
Rails Day One – Rails Routing

Sitting in a session by David Black. He is talking about routing in Rails. It is starting out pretty basic, but I am hoping that it will end up covering the more complex issues as…
May 17, 2007
Rails Conference Day One

We flew into Portland last night so that we would be ready bright and early this morning. I hate waking up at 6:30 am to go to a conference. We are programmers when will they…
May 17, 2007
Something Scrumdidilyumptious

Just short of a year ago I hacked together a project that we loving called scrumdidilyumptio.us. I and Wiley managed to finish it at about 2 in the morning in a hotel in NY during…
December 5, 2006
Ruby made me fatter so I had to do something

For years I have relied soley on typing to keep me in shape. Most of the frameworks I have used managed to help me keep the pounds off. They required plenty of code and my fingers…
July 21, 2006
asp.net is fun again

I finally worked through most of the challenges I was faced with and I like asp.net again. It is interesting to program in several environments. I do a lot of Ruby on Rails these…
July 17, 2006
Not because I want to

For a long time now I have been trying to figure out how to update The Plan Collection to an open source platform. I find myself updating it to ASP.Net instead. ASP.Net is ok to…
June 14, 2006
The Plan Collection

I have spent the past few weeks working on two projects. One is brand new and very exciting – houseplans.info. I developed that site in Ruby on Rails and it uses mysql on the…
June 14, 2006
I hate RadRails

As per my last post I am loving Ruby on Rails. The biggest drawback to the framwork is my quest to find the right editor. I have actually been using Dreamweaver when I write code…
June 13, 2006
Joining the Rails bandwagon

I have worked in numerous roles as a programmer. My lot has been everything from low level USB firmware to Visual Test to ASP and then ASP.Net. Years ago, when I first saw ASP.Net…
June 5, 2006

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