What is Ruby on Rails? (an introduction)
So what is Ruby on Rails? Here’s an introduction. Ruby (the programming language) From Wikipedia: “Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines...
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Making a simple Twitter app using iOS 5, Xcode 4.2, and storyboards
After recently learning to do iOS (iPhone and iPad) apps I thought I’d share some of the insigts I’ve gained over the last few weeks. Let’s do this by making a simple Twitter app that will list tweets...
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When I want to learn a new programming language or framework, I usually first try to find some examples to look at. Many times I have found it hard to find a single page with some good examples on how...
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Sublime Text: Convert Ruby 1.8 to 1.9 style hash syntax
Ruby 1.9 and 2.0 has a new hash syntax. In Ruby 1.8 it was: hash = { :one => "first value", :two => "second value" } In Ruby 1.9 and 2.0, this can now be written as: hash = { one: "first value",...
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3 essential books for Ruby on Rails
If you want to get a good insight into Ruby and Rails, here are three good books that both give an introduction and insights into more advanced aspects of the language and framework. 1. Agile Web...
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