Archive for January, 2007

North Bay Ruby Users Group Formed

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

I’m pleased to announce a new Ruby Users Group for folks north of San Francisco (or who like to go to Sebastopol, CA): the North Bay Ruby Users Group with a first meeting on February 15th, 2007 at 7:30pm 7:00pm. O’Reilly has graciously offered us their meeting space, so we’ll be holding the meetings at [...]

Sometimes, a Picture Speaks Louder Than Words

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Especially a picture of SVN commit messages:

PS: That’s an RSS feed via Trac, a decent tool if you can manage to set it up…

BDD, rspec Worth the Fuss?

Friday, January 19th, 2007

So, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz lately in the Ruby community about BDD and rspec. Like this person on ruby-talk, I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about. However Dave Astels’ great Google Tech Talk video (worth watching in full rather than just a part, thanks James Britt) has at least [...]

Rails Cookbook Released

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Rob Orsini’s Rails Cookbook has finally hit the store shelves. Go grab a copy because of how nice it makes you look:

More from Rob here.