Matthew Lang // My Programming Journal

Snippets #133

Rails work has taken a back step to other work this week, but should be back into it by the weekend.

Ruby Weekly - Peter Cooper has just launched a new Ruby e-mail newsletter. If you're choosing to avoid RSS then this is a great way of getting a round up of the best bits from the community.
34 Ruby on Rails resources to get you started - You might have already seen some of these but it's still a great resource.
Ruby Koans - Want to learn Ruby in a more practical approach? Ruby Koans is a set of files that each contain tests on an aspect of the Ruby language. Your jobs is to get those tests passing in true TDD fashion.
Pragmatic Guide to Git - I've never advanced beyond the basic commands of Git, but I'm putting this on my book list for this year to learn more.

Lots of goodies today!

Automated Heroku Backups - A great solution that uses Amazon S3.
The Projector Rule: A Moving Target Code Standard - Great way of knowing when you're done refactoring.
RSpecfully, I disagree - Bruce Williams talks about why he isn't using RSpec.
Simple Daily Git Workflow - Good article, but be sure to check out the comments for further ideas on this.
Rails 3.0: Third beta release - Oh, and a certain little web framework has reached beta #3. You know the one!

Back on track with my decision management Rails application this week. Looking to include authentication using Devise this week.

String conversions using ActiveSupport - It's little tricks like this that I usually forget.
More ActiveRecord Notes - Charles Max Wood has more notes on ActiveRecord. Locking database records is new to me!
Warehouse 2.0 - Originally a Subversion repository browser, Warehouse has been rewritten for Git repositories. Nice!

Planning on spending some time expanding my homepage for a couple of weeks. Good chance to get to know Sinatra again.

Git v1.7 - Going to stick with posting only major releases of Git in the future.
Congratulations - Not technical, but a good example of how BDD works.
My Watch List, Into 2010 - What are you watching for 2010?

Looking forward to the weekend again.

Using Bundler in Real Life - Some recommended workflow tips.
Plugin Authors: Toward a Better Future - Good tips for Rails 3 if you have written a plugin or two.
False positive XSS in Chrome - Not Rails specific but if your app uses a bookmarklet it might be worth reading.
How to Build an Unobtrusive Login System in Rails - A detailed tutorial by Nettuts.
Git v1.6.6.2 - New release of Git if you're DVCS inclined.