http://delicious.com/jnunemaker/railstips These are quick tips for anyone interested in Ruby on Rails. 2009-07-11T17:50:30Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/SmnIWvmfhjI/ jnunemaker How to add long time caching and deflating of typical assets (images, css, etc.). Be sure to read comments otherwise you will run into client side cache hell.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=SmnIWvmfhjI:F0zfy7hCdoA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=SmnIWvmfhjI:F0zfy7hCdoA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/SmnIWvmfhjI" height="1" width="1"/> caching passenger apache rails railstips http://almosteffortless.com/2009/06/11/speed-up-your-apachepassenger-rails-app-in-2min/ 2009-06-27T21:33:08Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/T3eXnzwON-E/008-decorator-delegator-disco.html jnunemaker Interesting article on decorating objects instead of modifying core classes. I find this more compelling than the double dispatch, visitor pattern that was mentioned previously.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=T3eXnzwON-E:-oVPsG0m2Nw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=T3eXnzwON-E:-oVPsG0m2Nw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/T3eXnzwON-E" height="1" width="1"/> ruby patterns railstips http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/posts/gregory/008-decorator-delegator-disco.html 2009-06-22T19:01:13Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/894RtruzAFw/master jnunemaker &quot;Eventful is a small extension on top of Ruby’s Observable module that implements named events, block listeners and event bubbling.&quot; I&#039;ve started using events a lot more in JavaScript so seeing this is intriguing. Makes me wonder how I could make my ruby code better using events.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=894RtruzAFw:1yCkOmSt6sc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=894RtruzAFw:1yCkOmSt6sc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/894RtruzAFw" height="1" width="1"/> events ruby gems railstips observers http://github.com/jcoglan/eventful/tree/master 2009-06-22T18:25:42Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/R1vp0Soh9aY/master jnunemaker &quot;Jabber::Bot makes it simple to create and command your own Jabber bot. Bots are created by defining commands powered by regular expressions and Ruby.&quot; Pretty cool.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=R1vp0Soh9aY:EY6cXqxvpew:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=R1vp0Soh9aY:EY6cXqxvpew:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/R1vp0Soh9aY" height="1" width="1"/> jabber ruby railstips gems http://github.com/brettstimmerman/jabber-bot/tree/master 2009-06-14T04:03:45Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/Ae8fUTP__ns/master jnunemaker &quot;Primer is a Flash-like API built on top of Canvas using jQuery.&quot; Very cool.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=Ae8fUTP__ns:MH_KQPR-tz0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=Ae8fUTP__ns:MH_KQPR-tz0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/Ae8fUTP__ns" height="1" width="1"/> jquery javascript canvas railstips http://github.com/mojombo/primer/tree/master 2009-06-11T16:41:36Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/3r3tZbE-msI/index.html jnunemaker A lighter alternative to jQuery UI. Looks nice. The demos are slick.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=3r3tZbE-msI:UNrIIF3rUZo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=3r3tZbE-msI:UNrIIF3rUZo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/3r3tZbE-msI" height="1" width="1"/> jquery railstips javascript http://flowplayer.org/tools/index.html 2009-06-09T19:19:58Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/5XvQhEWFD80/master jnunemaker Interesting project that implements pubsub via webhooks. Just a tiny sinatra/sequel/sqlite app.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=5XvQhEWFD80:28qFDCvy6Dc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=5XvQhEWFD80:28qFDCvy6Dc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/5XvQhEWFD80" height="1" width="1"/> pubsub webhooks railstips ruby sinatra sequel sqlite http://github.com/jcapote/watercoolr/tree/master 2009-06-08T18:18:14Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/G6ZtaKUXxUY/introducing-trample-a-better-load-simulator.html jnunemaker Pretty cool way of defining and running load tests in ruby. Looking forward to trying this out.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=G6ZtaKUXxUY:3shdz7upVLo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=G6ZtaKUXxUY:3shdz7upVLo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/G6ZtaKUXxUY" height="1" width="1"/> loadtesting simulation ruby performance railstips http://jamesgolick.com/2009/6/4/introducing-trample-a-better-load-simulator.html 2009-06-03T18:44:14Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/8IpPqzKsf0c/ jnunemaker Great article by Adam on why sql is so popular. It comes down to the fact that it was easier to understand and that transactions give developers warm and fuzzy feelings.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=8IpPqzKsf0c:vgt7aVj9Jwg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=8IpPqzKsf0c:vgt7aVj9Jwg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/8IpPqzKsf0c" height="1" width="1"/> sql databases railstips http://therealadam.com/archive/2009/06/01/how-did-sql-get-so-popular/ 2009-06-01T15:50:41Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/MjJ-IPbm3Oc/ jnunemaker Crazy hack but really fun.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=MjJ-IPbm3Oc:8TTWHBGc9JU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=MjJ-IPbm3Oc:8TTWHBGc9JU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/MjJ-IPbm3Oc" height="1" width="1"/> css rack rails railstips http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/cross-domain-data-with-rack-and-rails/ 2009-05-31T21:04:05Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/IvY1rmsxL4M/master jnunemaker &quot;A JSONQuery implementation in JavaScript&quot; This is pretty cool. Want to try it out. :)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=IvY1rmsxL4M:ZjelmOlODUQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=IvY1rmsxL4M:ZjelmOlODUQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/IvY1rmsxL4M" height="1" width="1"/> json javascript jsonquery railstips http://github.com/jcrosby/jsonquery/tree/master 2009-05-19T03:03:39Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/lzRV9glMLiE/ jnunemaker Really in depth and interesting article on tokyo cabinet/tyrant vs. couchdb vs. mongodb. Interesting numbers and mailing list links to more information. I&#039;m really looking forward to trying out mongodb.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=lzRV9glMLiE:7ejZHxnXzG8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=lzRV9glMLiE:7ejZHxnXzG8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/lzRV9glMLiE" height="1" width="1"/> mongodb databases railstips http://bcbio.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/evaluating-key-value-and-document-stores-for-short-read-data/ 2009-05-16T05:29:16Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/9vjzkXnvklg/14-mar-2009-19-36-mongodb-adrian-madrid.html jnunemaker Short presentation on MongoDB. Wynn Netherland recommended it to me at RailsConf. He and his team use it as the back-end for several twitter based applications and absolutely love it.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=9vjzkXnvklg:gMs3dlXNI-g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=9vjzkXnvklg:gMs3dlXNI-g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/9vjzkXnvklg" height="1" width="1"/> mongodb railstips http://mwrc2009.confreaks.com/14-mar-2009-19-36-mongodb-adrian-madrid.html 2009-05-16T05:01:54Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/_DPEOih3hDU/ jnunemaker Fun example of rack middleware that uses redis to keep track of api usage and throttle users that go over the limit.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=_DPEOih3hDU:0y2smhzpw2E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=_DPEOih3hDU:0y2smhzpw2E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/_DPEOih3hDU" height="1" width="1"/> rack railstips http://blog.messagepub.com/2009/05/05/how-to-rack-middleware-for-api-throttling/ 2009-05-15T21:26:38Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/railsquicktips/~3/QHdVHMRsFG0/ jnunemaker Great notes by Nick on RailsConf. He went to way more sessions and paid much better attention than I did. If you missed any of these sessions or all of Railsconf, check these notes out.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=QHdVHMRsFG0:Dsy0K9gLW-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?a=QHdVHMRsFG0:Dsy0K9gLW-0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/railsquicktips?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/railsquicktips/~4/QHdVHMRsFG0" height="1" width="1"/> railsconf railstips http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2009/05/05/railsconf-2009-notes/