Latest News from Ruby-On-Rails

Get Time Tracker Source Code in SproutCore

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

Bruz Marzolf is writing a series of blog posts implementing a simple time tracking app in various client-side rich web app frameworks. He just finished his example in SproutCore and including some source code.

4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Starts Today

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:10:00 EST

A round-up of the wide range of important issues and timely topics due to be discussed by over 130 industry experts at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, opening today at the Santa Clara Convention Center, November 2-4, 2009. From Building Scalable and Extensible RIAs in the Cloud to Yahoo! Cloud @ Internet Scale.

Accelerating Innovation with Yahoo! Cloud Serving

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EDT

Yahoo! Cloud Serving Platform provides technology to build, test, deploy, run, and manage web services in the Yahoo! Cloud. The architecture of cloud services can differ significantly from traditional application models and, as such, implementing cloud applications can require a fundamental shift in application-design thought processes. Surendra Reddy will further elaborate on Yahoo! Cloud Serving Platform architecture and how it leverages virtualization technologies to simplify and automate our service delivery.

Rhomobile to Exhibit at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Rhomobile, a provider of the Rhodes open source mobile application development framework for enterprise mobility, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

The First Mobile Ruby

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:53:00 EDT

Our open source framework Rhodes contains the first implementation of Ruby for every major smartphone operating system: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian. The primary benefits of the Rhodes framework are: the productivity and portability enabled by writing interfaces in HTML once (and compiling to native smartphone apps), access to device capabilities from a [...]

Present Customer Successes with Context

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:15:00 EDT

Facts are dry. Facts are without the context of the how, why and what. Facts that fly in the face of what prospects believe or “know” won’t get you any traction in your marketing. Even if they’re brilliant. Unless you use them as evidence behind a compelling story. Your prospects won't engage with standalone feeds and speeds. Without context, there's no story. And with no story it's hard for your prospects to believe that what you say is credible.

Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud Service Goes Live

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EDT

To recap, my original definition of a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is as a method for partitioning a public computing utility such as EC2 into quarantined virtual infrastructure. A VPC may encapsulate multiple local and remote resources to appear as a single homogeneous computing environment bridging the ability to securely utilize remote resources as part of an seamless global compute infrastructure. A core component of a VPC is a virtual private network (VPN) and or a virtual LAN (Vlan) in which some of the links between nodes are encrypted and carried by virtual switches.

Cloud Standards Sought ASAP

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Like so many others, The Open Group has been busy for the past year figuring out our place in the cloud. With the great work already being done by industry groups like the Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum, CloudCamp and the Cloud Security Alliance, we have given great thought and consideration to how we can best add value to this evolving area. [Disclosure: The Open Group is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.] The growth in cloud computing has resulted in a diverse array of technical capabilities, and companies of all sizes are trying to understand how to take advantage of them in their business operations. We saw this as an opportunity to bring both vendors and end-users together with an eye toward providing guidance for adopting and implementing cloud computing in a way that helps ensure that organizations get the business benefits promised by these new capabilities.

Obama’s ‘Greener Dollar’ Creates a State Lottery

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:30:00 EDT

With the economic crisis looming over the globe, can the Energy industry help produce a ‘Greener’ world, or will their attempts sink profits lower creating a collapse in the system?

Even Faster Web Sites

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Sebastopol, CA – Performance is critical to the success of any web site, and yet today’s web applications push browsers to their limits with increasing amounts of rich content and heavy use of Ajax. In his newest book, Even Faster Web Sites, (O’Reilly, US $34.99), Steve Souders, web performance evangelist at Google and former Chief [...] No related posts.

Do You Trust Google More Than You Trust Your Wife?

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:00 EDT

The latest Twitter controversy surrounding the blog, the hacker and the cloud vendor isn’t disturbing – just inevitable. By now anybody with an iota of interest in cloud computing will know what this story is about. Many people are probably damning Google for their ” lack of security.” But hang on here. Aren’t people being quite cavalier with their data? The other day I refused to give my own partner my PIN… but as I write, it’s happily stored somewhere as a draft on GMail. That really doesn’t make sense.

How to Generate Boxscores with Ruby from Live MLB Data

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:15:00 EDT

As an avid baseball fan, I’ve always been interested in the statistics that surround baseball. More so than in any other sport, baseball is a game ruled by statistics. In this post, I will describe a program that I wrote in the Ruby language to generate box scores for any Major Leage Baseball(MLB) game by using the live XML data provided by MLB. Ruby makes it easy to do using plain Ruby along with just a few libraries.

Yahoo & Microsoft Reportedly Close to Now-or-Never Deal

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:45:00 EDT

A search and online advertising deal between Yahoo and Microsoft is imminent - unless of course it's blown off course again, according to Yahoo know-it-all All Things Digital, the Dow Jones blog. Under the circumstances blogger Kara Swisher isn't guaranteeing a deal will happen though she hears one could be announced this week. If the companies don't emerge with an agreement this time, they're reportedly unlikely to try again.

EuRuKo and Device Capabilities

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:24:00 EDT

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at the superb European Ruby Conference in Barcelona. It was fascinating seeing the enthusiasm of the audience for Ruby and the technologies presented. I also got to talk to several attendees about their own Ruby efforts. The most interesting chats that I had were reminders of how device [...]

Aptana Journal Launched on Ulitzer

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:15:00 EDT

Aptana Journal launched today on Ulitzer. Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more, at www.aptana.com. The editor of Aptana Journal, Kevin Hakman is Director of Evangelism for Aptana, Inc., makers of the popular Aptana Studio web development suite. As early as 2001 Kevin was pioneering AJAX web applications via General Interface, a full AJAX development and GUI toolkit which he co-founded, and later sold to TIBCO Software in 2004. Kevin is a contributor to AJAXWorld Magazine, and has spoken at numerous AJAX industry events.

Announcing Memopal Cloud Search

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:15:00 EST

Memopal announces the release of ‘Memopal Cloud Search’, the new tool that simplifies and speeds up online file search. Searching dozens and dozens of folders in your remote archive to find the document you need out of hundreds of thousands of other files may be difficult and time consuming.

GNU Sues Cisco

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:00 EST

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has sued Cisco for copyright infringement. It says Cisco’s Linksys division uses GNU code and won’t honor the GPL 2 and LGPL 2 and 2.1 licenses that the GNU software’s distributed under and give customers the source code to the Cisco-modified embedded firmware that would of course let users in turn modify the software. FSF wants the profits that Cisco’s made off of Linksys’ allegedly offending widgetry, damages on top of that doubtlessly tidy sum, and an injunction.

Amazon SimpleDB Hits Public Beta

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:30:00 EST

After spending a year in private beta, Amazon's SimpleDB has been pushed into what the company calls "unlimited public beta." Any developer or business can now sign up and start using the web service. As a come-on, for the next six months or so Amazon will be offering a free monthly usage tier good for 25 machine hours, 1GB of data transfer in and out, and 1GB of storage.

New Relic Announces Support for Ruby on Rails Release 2.2

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:24:00 EST

"Ruby on Rails is always evolving and has over the past five years gone through some fifty-plus public releases," said David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails and member of the Rails Core Team. "Rails developers need the supporting ecosystem to keep up with that evolution. New Relic is proving that they're willing to do just that by being quick to ensure compatibility with Rails 2.2."

1105 Media Cancels "Virtualization Live" Conference Due to Recession, It Says

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST

This is the sentence that screams "We don't get it, we don't get it, someone please help us, we don't get it!" Hello my friends at 1105 Media, hello there! There have not been "print issues " or "print magazines" or print anything for the past five years in technology media. IDG does not do print; CMP does not do print; SYS-CON does not do print.

Keynote Systems Opens Cloud Infrastructure

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:00:00 EDT

Keynote Systems has announced it will open its cloud infrastructure, offering any Web team concerned with their end users' experience free access to KITE (Keynote Interactive Testing Environment), Keynote's product for testing and analyzing the performance of Web applications across the Internet cloud. Thus, KITE becomes the gateway into Keynote's global test & measurement infrastructure.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Invites Governor Sarah Palin to Russia

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:15:00 EDT

Her Dubai vacation was fully paid for by Dick Cheney's Dubai-based oil company Halliburton, which also sells $1,000 dollar-a piece-lobsters and Haagen Dazs ice cream to 250,000 troops in Iraq. The Iraq bill for taxpayers is currently running at $5 billion per month. If Sarah Palin is elected, she needs to meet with Halliburton executives in Dubai more often as she will be taking over this defense duty from Dick Cheney.

AJAX in Ruby on Rails with Prototype, Script.aculo.us

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:45:00 EDT

This tutorial deals with AJAX implementation in Ruby on Rails 2. While I was learning RoR, I had lot of issues of properly having AJAX implementation in my projects. This tutorial is for those people out there. In this tutorial, I`ll just show some very simple Script.aculo.us Animation Implementations in RoR.

TechTarget Gets Caught Spying on SYS-CON Media

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events' sales team replied to Scott Kelly's exhibitor inquiry, but when they never heard back from Scott, they decided to do a little Googling and here is what they found out. Mr Kelly is actually the 'Director of Product Management at TechTarget,' a technology media company that is struggling to produce a competitive show (with no luck) and compete with AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo. No wonder TechTarget is in pitiful shape as a competitor of SYS-CON Events. Look at the actions of their senior management - they can't even spy on their competitors, forget about putting together a show. :- ))

Cloud Computing Expo - Confessions of Sergey Brin

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin started a personal blog Thursday, beginning with the revelation that he has a genetic predisposition to Parkinson’s, the nasty incurable disease that has crippled Michael Fox, the actor. Brin’s mother’s got it and so has her aunt but cases of familial Parkinson’s are quite rare, Brin says, confessing that he never bought the idea that it was hereditary.

Appcelerator Named "Platinum Sponsor" of AJAX World Conference & Expo

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Appcelerator is an open source software company specializing in products and services for rapid rich Internet application (RIA) and SOA-based services development. The Appcelerator Platform SDKs enable developers to develop rich Ajax and DHTML applications using cross-browser widgets, a unique Web Expression Language and other open standards-based languages like HTML and CSS - without the use of Javascript. Appcelerator supports most languages, including Java, Ruby, PHP, .NET, Python and Perl.

Virtualization - Puma Uncaged

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:15:00 EDT

AMD has announced its next-generation Centrino-chasing notebook platform Puma, touting it as delivering the 'ultimate HD visual performance' as well as increased energy efficiency. It's depending on the widgetry to fix some of its $4.3 billion in losses accumulated during the last six quarters.

RadRails 1.0 for Aptana Studio Is Out

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:30:00 EDT

'It has been a long time coming and includes a lot of new features and polish,' said Chris Wiiliams, who runs the RadRails project. 'We're especially proud of the progress we've made here at Aptana since we took over the project. RadRails 0.7.2 users will definitely want to check out this new release - it offers a more stable environment, full Rails 2.0 support, support for JRuby, and a boatload of new features.'

Ruby on Rails Bible Coming Soon

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:45:00 EST

The book will cover Rails 2.0. Major chapters or sections will cover topics such as models, views, controllers, plug-ins, deploying with Capistrano, testing a Rails application, and using Prototype and Scriptaculous. The application developed in the walk-through chapters is a Web 2.0 application that can be used by a group of users to share information about a collection of books. It will include implementation of features such as content tagging, reviews, and ratings.

ELC and FiveRuns to Deliver Ruby on Rails Applications

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:30:00 EST

ELC Technologies and FiveRuns have formed a strategic partnership to provide business-critical, enterprise-class Ruby on Rails applications for global companies. Working together, ELC and FiveRuns will enable organizations to develop robust enterprise applications, monitor application performance, and help IT executives manage and integrate open source Rails resources.

FiveRuns and Brightbox Announce Partnership for Ruby on Rails Hosting and Management Services in UK

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST

FiveRuns and Brightbox announced a strategic partnership to provide an exclusive, bundled offering including FiveRuns RM-Manage Rails application monitoring software with Brightbox?s virtualized server solutions for Rails applications.

Testing in Ruby on Rails

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:45:00 EDT

You've just finished writing your Ruby on Rails application, your test suite tests your models and controllers in depth, but you still can't tell from your tests if your RJS responses are functioning properly, or if a JavaScript error is happening in the browser, which means that your tests can still be improved. In this talk, the speaker will outline some options you have for testing your AJAX-powered Ruby on Rails application from both the client and server sides. The speaker will show examples illustrating how to test your RJS calls from the server-side with the use of some Rails plugins, and how to test the same calls in the client-side using with Selenium, a tool that allows you to write automated web application UI tests using any mainstream JavaScript-enabled browser.

Paul Levy of Ruby On Gears

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EDT

SOA Conference 2007 East

Microsoft Distributes Pre-Alpha Code of IronRuby for Silverlight

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:45:00 EDT

Microsoft has sent out pre-alpha code of IronRuby, its version of the Ruby language that will let developers write .NET programs in, well, Ruby and suggestively IE and the Safari browser programs using the soon-to-be Adobe Flash-like Silverlight 1.1. IronRuby will go to the RubyForge repository late next month under Microsoft's Permissive License so developers can tinker with the IronRuby code. When it hits RubyForge anybody will be able to contribute to the code though initially any contributions are limited to the libraries. IronRuby will eventually be integrated with Visual Studio.

Ruby on Gears Will Exhibit at the Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo This Week

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:45:00 EDT

Ruby on Gears is a content plus framework built in 100% Ruby on top of the popular Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Gears provides a turn-key user & administration environment suitable for CRM, Project Management, Document Management, Corporate Intranets, Expert Systems, Vertical Search Engines, Social Information Networks, Corporate Blogging, Public websites and as core code for custom development projects.

Ruby on Rails Won't Make It in 2007 and Forget About AJAX

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:15:00 EST

Open sourcing Java won't matter - it's a non-event. Ruby and Ruby on Rails won't make it in 2007 either. I still do not see a compelling reason to switch. AJAX hype is stronger than I thought mainly because of the life support offered by frameworks like GWT. But still, I'm not going to recommend enterprise IT shops make any serious investments in AJAX.

Ruby on Rails One-Day Seminar: Introducing Ruby on Rails – the Pain-Killer for Web Developers

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:45:00 EDT

According to its founding light David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails (RoR) is about 'taking the pain away and making you happy.' Hansson says he knowingly advises people, before they try Rails, to cut their teeth in web-development on the mainstream offerings first. 'Once you've tried developing a substantial application in Java or PHP or C# or whatever,' he says, 'the difference in Rails will be readily apparent. You gotta feel the hurt before you can appreciate the cure.'

The Jury's Still Out On Ruby On Rails (RoR) and AJAX

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:45:00 EDT

In most cases I'm a patient and tolerant person. Once you get to know me, I'm easy to get along with, occasionally complex, but not very often. My patience and tolerance has pretty much gone out the window in the last week or so. It all stems from two technologies: Ruby On Rails (RoR) and AJAX.

JavaScript Plugin Update for Ruby on Rails Offers AJAX Functionality

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:30:00 EDT

The two person programmer team behind the Unobtrusive JavaScript plugin for Ruby on Rails announced a new version of their product. The plugin is intended to help web developers using Ruby on Rails to create JavaScript and AJAX applications more easily. This includes the ability to define page bahavior with CSS and Ruby, to use built-in JavaScript and AJAX helpers, and to apply unobtrusively script.aculo.us effects.

Silicon Valley Ruby on Rails User Group Holds Inaugural Meeting With More Than 100 Registered Members and Growing

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:15:00 EDT

Ruby on Rails is a new and emerging software development environment that offers developers greater flexibility and agility for building highly market-responsive websites. Rails is a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern. 'Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days.'

Cyberhive Supports Ruby On Rails

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Web hosting provider CyberHive Web Hosting has announced it is now hosting Web sites created using Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails is an open-source framework that enables developers to easily assemble rich and dynamic Web sites, and has set a new standard for ease of development and speed of delivery.

Is Sun Moving in the Ruby Direction?

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:30:00 EDT

As per Charles Oliver Nutter, two core JRuby developers, Charles himself and Thomas Enebo, will become employees at Sun Microsystems this month. To me, this is a clear indication that Sun Microsystems is seriously evaluating where to go with Java: 1. Keep adding new features to Java, which in my opinion is wrong. 2. Create a new language using JVM as a foundation, which in my opinion is right. 3. All of the above Let's keep an eye on Charles Oliver Nutter's blog, but do not expect too much of a leakage there - he is now Sun's employee. Good luck Charles and Thomas!

"Real-World Ruby on Rails" One Day Seminar to Take Place on October 3, 2006, in Santa Clara, California

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com)announced today that the first 'Real-World Ruby on Rails' One-Day Seminar(www.rubyonrailsseminar.com) will take place on October 3, 2006, at theSanta Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.

Ruby on Wheels?

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:15:00 EDT

Something should happen with a programming language to bring it to life. For example, Jesse James Garrett came out with an acronym AJAX, and JavaScript became popular. David Heinemeier Hansson created Ruby on Rails and Ruby became a household name. (On a side note...I'm wondering, should I also increase the length of my name to come up with something valuable? Something like Yakov Edson Arantes Do Nascimento Fain? Hmm... not too bad).

Can Ruby Live Without Rails?

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:30:00 EDT

The Ruby programming language climbed up to the 13th place in the Tiobe index, it deserves to be taken seriously. Bruce Tate is a well know proponent of Ruby. While some people are quick to blame any Java developer who is looking into other languages,in my opinion it's an attitude of weak people. If we want Java keep evolving, we need to look around. I've asked Bruce several questions about this programming language.

Extending Ruby on Rails in the Enterprise

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:00:00 EDT

This session will ask and answer the following key questions: Is Ruby on Rails an acceptable enterprise technology?

DomainRightNow to Support Open-Source Framework Ruby On Rails

Wed, 10 May 2006 09:45:00 EDT

DomainRightNow, one of the fastest growing domain registrars and hosting providers, has announced that it now supports Web sites created using 'Ruby on Rails'. Ruby on Rails is an open-source framework which lets developers easily assemble rich and dynamic Web sites.

Ruby On Rails Framework Adds AJAX Tools In Major Update

Thu, 04 May 2006 15:15:00 EDT

Application development framework Rails went live with version 1.1, adding more than 500 fixes and new features to the popular system for developing Web applications with the lightweight Ruby scripting language.

GoDaddy.com To Support Open Source Web Builder, Ruby On Rails

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:45:00 EDT

GoDaddy.com, registrar of domain names worldwide now supports Web sites created using Ruby on Rails.GoDaddy.com is the first hosting company to work with Ruby on Rails programming.

Ruby On Rails Moves At 'Acela' Rates Toward Java

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:15:00 EST

At both the EclipseCon and TheServerSide Java Symposium last week, two major Java-oriented events, the mantra seemed to be about how to make Java more like Ruby on Rails. Indeed, due to the complexity of Java and the Java Enterprise Edition platform, several Java development framework projects sprang up to provide Java developers with lighter-weight, simpler-to-use options, including RIFE, Seam, Spring, Tapestry and Trails, among others.