Ruby

Fix Installation of Ruby using rbenv on macOS Big Sur

I’ve been using with rbenv to manage installation and switching of Ruby versions for the pass year and have been...

Installing RMagick on macOS Sierra

I ran into a problem recently on macOS Sierra, trying to install the RMagick ruby gem. I was using ImageMagick...

Fix Ruby Malloc Error on macOS Sierra

After upgrading my iMac to macOS Sierra I have experienced a few issues that I thought I’d document here, both...

Fixing Nokogiri Installation on macOS Sierra

Nokogiri seems to be the source of many problems on my Mac and after upgrading to macOS Sierra, I wasn’t...

Life Beyond Rails: A Brief Look at Alternate Web Frameworks for Ruby

I wrote up a list of alternative Ruby web frameworks some time ago and now Engine Yard has published a...

Use TinyURL from Ruby

I recently found myself needing to use TinyURL on a client project. ?I did a bit of scouring the web...

I Backed The Ruby 2.0 Walkthrough on Kickstarter and So Should You

Get Your RubyTapas On

Goruco 2011

Makandra Notes for Rails Developers

The Ruby Rails consulting shop Makandra recently opened their internal knowledge base of how-tos and code snippets for all to...

Delete Large Numbers of Amazon S3 Files using Ruby

I recently found I problem I needed to solve; remove hundreds of thousands of files from Amazon S3. I mean,...

Interviewed about IronRuby

I was recently interviewed by Mike Pontacooloni of SearchWinDevelopment.com for an article about IronRuby and how it may be used...

Running Rails 2.3.x on IronRuby

There have been some interesting discussions recently on Twitter about IronRuby and Rails. The IronRuby team has been plodding along...

Ruby on Rails 3 Beta Setup Hurdle

The Ruby on Rails 3 beta was released recently and has been in development for the past year, longer if...

Patching Ruby on Rails Refresher

UPDATE: As one comment points out, it is not a good idea to directly patch production unless it was an...

JRuby to live another day, moves to Engine Yard

Update: Charles Nutter posts about the move on the Engine Yard blog.

Programmatically Creating Website Thumbnails

I have been working recently on a project which I am capturing links to web pages and need to display...

Reflections on Ruby for Projects

Martin Fowler recently published an article recently looking back at projects which ThoughtWorks chose to use Ruby as the programming...

Ruby Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability Options

A potentially harmful vulnerability was found in all pre-Ruby 1.9.1 version of Ruby. The issue was reported on the Ruby-lang...

Strange Restful_Authentication Plugin Issue

I was working late last night trying to get a new user interface design implemented on one of my Ruby...

What can the Rails Maturity Model do for me?

Ever since the introduction of the idea of the Rails Maturity Model I find myself thinking about it and some...

Learning Sinatra from a New Found Source

Rails Immaturity Model

Unless you have been living under a rock in the Rails world you have certainly not missed the latest, a...

My Improved Rails Development Environment on the Mac

I use Apache and Phusion Passenger for my production Ruby on Rails applications, it has worked well and the deployment...

Change Databases in Rails with YamlDb

I have a few small Rails web sites I run and use SQLite3 for my database. SQLite3 is the default...

The Rails Maturity Model (RMM) – Who will be the Gatekeeper?

I debated a bit about writing a blog post about Obie?s idea for a Rails Maturity Model (RMM) but in...

acts_as_conference 2009 in the Rear View Mirror

Nice Ruby on Rails Tutorial List

I found out about a really good list of Ruby and Ruby on Rails tutorials for those just starting out...

Aptana RadRails, An IDE for Rails Development, interview up on InfoQ

Installing Ruby 1.8.6 on Ubuntu 8.10

I recently installed the latest release of Ubuntu, 8.10. I wanted to setup my Dell Mini to do some on-the-road...

Great Professional Ruby Conference Coverage

I was supposed to be in Boston this week at the Voices that Matter Professional Ruby Conference, but due to...

Having Trouble Updating to Latest RubyGems on the Mac? Try This.

I wanted to install the official release of Merb 1.0 but found I needed to have RubyGems 1.3 installed to...

My RubyFringe Interview with John Lam on InfoQ

First RubyFringe Video up on InfoQ

The Rubyist - New Ruby-only Magazine

A new magazine has hit the Ruby world, giving us our first Ruby-only publication, called The Rubyist. It is Published...

RubyFringe - Day 2

Heading to RubyFringe, July 18-20 and Looking to Interview Speakers

First Meeting of the Hartford Ruby Brigade

The inaugural meeting of the Hartford Ruby Brigade is coming March 24, 2008 at the East Hartford Library.

Checking out the new Ruby web framework called Waves

What I learned from Charles Nutter about JRuby

The acts_as_conference has passed and was a great time to relax and learn some things related to Ruby. One of...

10 Alternative Ruby Web Frameworks

Do you want to write web applications but don’t want to use Ruby on Rails? We all know Ruby on...

Building Ruby 1.9.0 on an Apple Mac

I decided to start playing around with the latest Ruby, 1.9.0, which was released on Christmas Day. I am on...

Ruby 1.9 Released - Should you use it today?

RubyGems 1.0 Released, Helps Windows Developers

UPDATE: Make that RubyGems 1.0.1, released tonight.

RubyConf 2007 Videos Available

Confreaks.com has made available much of the recent RubyConf 2007 presentations on their web site in video form.

Ruby East 2007 is Coming...

So, I recently learned about a local Ruby and Rails conference coming in a couple weeks to within driving distance...

Ruby Makes You a Better Person - Scott Bellware

I am a frequent reader of Scott Bellware’s blog. He had an interesting post today reflecting on a Ruby conference...

Martin Fowler on Ruby and Microsoft

In the event you are a Ruby enthusiast and have been living under a rock, Martin Fowler has an interesting...

Great Ruby Development Environment for Windows

I am a Microsoft Windows developer by day, writing C# .NET Windows client and web application to make a living....

Ruby 1.8.5 One-Click Installer for Windows Released

Curt Hibbs has released the latest in his One-Click installer for Windows. This release includes the newest Ruby, 1.8.5. This...

Ruby 1.8.5 Released

I received the following email from the Ruby list:

New Ruby Language site up and running

Ruby-lang.org is sporting a new look. If anyone has been a visitor to the old Ruby-lang.org site you will agree...

Ruby, Ruby Everywhere

On Windows that is….. I have noticed lately that Ruby and in particular, Ruby on Rails development on Windows has...

Why is Ruby so popular?

Be prepared, long non-technical rant. I just had to get this off my chest.

Exploring Ruby

I started playing around with Ruby back in the fall to see what all the hype was about and learn...