September 2009
21 posts
An Introduction to JavaScript’s “this” →
JavaScript is an amazing little language, but it’s got some quirks that turn a lot of people off. One of those quirks is “this”, and how it’s used.
Google Sidewiki →
Google’s browser plugin for marking up the web, inline.
CSS dropdown menu without javascripting or hacks →
Here is a tiered CSS drop-down menu that works in IE 6, 7, and 8; Opera 9 and 10; Firefox 3.5.3.00; Flock 2.0 and 2.52; and Chrome 2.0.172.43 and 3.0.195.21 without hacks or javascripting and is…
Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet... →
This is the IE6 resource you’ve been hoping for. Learn pre-emptive best practices and find fixes for over 25 Internet Explorer 6 bugs.
Request Log Analyzer + Scout = Lightweight & Rich... →
With just the path to a Rails log file, Scout now provides analysis of your production Rails Application via the excellent Request Log Analyzer, written by Willem van Bergen and Bart ten…
OpenSolaris vs Linux →
Not so much “which is better?” as “what do you need to know when you arrive at an OpenSolaris host, coming from a Linux background?”
Coulda: A Cucumber-like DSL for BDD →
Evan Light has recently pushed his Coulda project to Github - it’s a test framework based on Test::Unit, inspired by Cucumber, Shoulda and Thor.
Coulda works like Cucumber in that…
Ksplice: Linux kernel updates with no reboot →
This is exciting stuff. It’ll be very interesting to see this approach applied to userland services.
Beet - Easy Project Generation →
Rails application templates.
lackac's app_lego at master - GitHub →
A collection of Rails templates I use for projects
Sketches - launch editor from irb →
Sketches lets you launch an editor from irb, and have the result executed. Your “sketches” can be named, re-edited and saved elsewhere. I’ve wanted this feature from psql for ages.
FakeFS →
FakeFS is a Ruby library which transparently causes File, Dir, and FileUtils to use an in-memory. faux-filesystem rather than the real filesystem on disk. Why? So you don’t have to deal with…
Web Development with Source Code Management Basics... →
Great intro to Rails development workflow using git as an SCM.
40 Super-Neat JavaScript Plugins →
The right combination of JavaScript plugins can turn a simple website into a fantastic one - all while requiring minimal work on your behalf. Today, we’ll
khelben's daemon_generator at master - GitHub →
Shared by Sheldon Hearn
If your Rails app needs a few daemons to run alongside it, this generator is great. It makes Rails-friendly daemons that have access to your model, that are…
code's fam-fam-icons-on-rails at master -... →
Rails plugin that makes it really easy to use the free Silk icon set.
Crynwr spam blocking resources →
Russell Nelson’s services for testing your server’s RBL-based spam blocking.
Getting help on IRC | workaround.org →
Good treatment of using the Freenode IRC network to get help with open-source software.
That’s Not a Memory Leak, It’s Bloat | Engine Yard... →
Shared by Sheldon Hearn
Good pointers on hunting down memory consumption problems in Rails applications. Be sure to read the first comment on the post.
Our Rails customers often run into memory…
Ruby's Metaprogramming Toolbox →
Shared by Sheldon Hearn
A great reference on the available support for metaprogramming in Ruby, all in one place.
Ruby’s Metaprogramming Toolbox, Ruby, Rails, dynamic, metaprogramming…
jQuery Tools – The Missing UI Library for the Web →
Let’s face it: do you really need drag-and-drop, resizable windows or sortable lists in your web applications? Websites are not desktop applications. They are different.
What you really need are…