Archive for the ‘Merb’ Category
Rubyme opens its doors. August 20th, 2008
I have been working long hours getting this site up and running. The concept was initially drafted after some tutoring work I had done and the difficulty I had in coordinating everything. If you have not yet figured out, the site is called Rubyme (www.rubyme.net). The goal of the site is to provide an easy way for users to find help on anything from specific project difficulties to a more typical tutor style. Currently many of the features are still under heavy development, but the basic functionality is there. I encourage you to sign up and become a tutor. It is a great way to make some money, get exposure, and learn. There will be ongoing patches, so please report any problems to my email address: justin.smestad@gmail.com
Tags: help, Merb, Rails, Ruby, rubyme, tutor
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datamapper_fu August 7th, 2008
I have been discussing the potential of developing a datamapper-native attachment_fu port in the #merb and #datamapper channels. The response seems to be in agreement that this type of plugin needs to be developed, as building an ORM agnostic plugin of this type would add user configuration and confusion. Also in the spirit of Merb, “no code is faster than no code”. This may spawn other merb plugins under the _fu tag, but we have to start somewhere! Its also being discussed as to what happens with attachmerb_fu, and it seems to be heading down the AR-native route.
The project has its initial commit and encourage you to come contribute either through testing or actual code.
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Living on the edge with Merb July 17th, 2008
If you have ever had the urge to live life on the edge of software development, the project you should be following right now is Merb. By now if anyone has been attending or watching the ruby community podcasts then you have heard this software mentioned. The reason I suggest merb is not because I am a huge promoter of the framework (yes, some may call it my flavor of the week) but it is just so exciting to be apart of its development.
Merb has much a growing community around it that it is hard to believe suggestions are still so welcome and encouraged. I personally have weighed by two cents on a few topics in the past week and they seem to have been taken into account. To top it all off, the lead developer Ezra Zygmuntowicz has time to answer personal questions via IRC. I doubt I would ever see DHH do this for any Rails newbie.
Anyway, its time for me to get back to checking out this elegant little framework.
Merb IRC: irc.freenode.net:6667 #merb
Tags: edge, ezra zygmuntowicz, Merb, Rails
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