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Snippets #130

I love that TDD catches all my silly mistakes when I'm programming.

New Releases of Ruby! - Ruby 1.9.1-p430 and Ruby 1.8.7-p302 have been released. Both include security fixes for a vulnerability with WEBrick.
CouchDB 1.0.0 Repair Tool - The repair tool for last week's bug in CouchDB has been released.
Threads (in Ruby): Enough Already - Great write-up on threads in Ruby and Rails.

Posted on 17th of August, 2010by Matthew Lang

Tagged as NoSQL Ruby Snippets

Snippets #128

Good to be back after a weekend away in Dublin.

CouchDB 1.0.0 Data Loss bug - If your running CouchDB 1.0.0 in production, be sure to check out the notice on the possibility of data loss in this version and solutions for getting around it until a permanent fix for the bug is introduced.
Writing a Code Coverage Tool with Ruby 1.9 - Your own little version of rcov in just a few minutes.

Posted on 10th of August, 2010by Matthew Lang

Tagged as NoSQL Ruby Snippets

Snippets #116

Good to see that I can now have a little bit of the Rails community on my work desktop everyday.

NorthScale Unleashes Membase Server - Another NoSQL offering, this time from the creators of memcached.
Advanced Capistrano usage - 5 recipes to help ease the pain of application deployment and maintenance.
Sprinkle - If you're in the habit of setting up virtual machines and application stacks, Sprinkle could help you automate the process.

Posted on 24th of June, 2010by Matthew Lang

Tagged as Deployment Gems NoSQL Snippets

Snippets #98

Looking to kill a Sinatra project that I'm just not that interested in anymore. As the project lacks any relevancy in the fields that I'm interested in, I think it's time to go.

MongoDB Cookbook - I've still not created anything using something like MongoDB.
2 Steps to Becoming a Great Developer - A great little article that I found quite motivating.

Posted on 22nd of April, 2010by Matthew Lang

Tagged as Craftmanship NoSQL Snippets

Snippets #92

Still haven't nominated someone for Ruby Heroes. There's just too many people to choose from!

The Lowdown on Routes in Rails 3 - With such a big change in routes I'm going to have to make a point of remembering which Rails version I'm working with in different projects!
What does "scalable database" mean? - James Golick follows up his previous post about scalability in NoSQL db's.
All aboard! An introduction to Rails 3 - Good guide to Rails 3 highlighting important parts such as the new single rails command and Bundler.
SuperDo - A Sinatra and DataMapper To Do List - My favourite post this week.
Haml/Sass 3 Beta Released! - I tried Haml a few months ago, but never persisted with it. I might give it another try soon though.

Posted on 1st of April, 2010by Matthew Lang

Tagged as DataMapper NoSQL Rails Sinatra Snippets

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