What's New in Edge Rails #67

Weeks of May 6 - May 12, 2013

• ce4456fd replaces multi_json with native Ruby 1.9 json.

Double Shot #1126

• Converting text to basic latin (aka removing accents) with JavaScript - I needed this over the weekend, so it's time to stash a link.
• Big-O Cheat Sheet - Space and time complexities of various common algorithms.
• Devise and Rails 4 - Moving various libraries forward.
• Esbit - Lightweight gem to interact with the Campfire API.
• 5 Things You Should Stop Doing with jQuery - Avoid Document Ready, among others.
• Phones for Apps for Firefox OS - Mozilla is giving away phones to entice app developers.
• Does MultiJson introduce slowness? - Looks like we may see some rapid movement towards native Json in Ruby now.
• RubyMotion Goes 2.0 And Gets OSX Support, Templates and Plugins - Lots of new goodies here.
• fartscroll.js - Open source from The Onion. Be afraid.
• How to Setup a Production Server for Rails 4 - A walkthrough using a server from Media Temple.
• Adding Tabs to Your Rails App Just Got a Whole Lot Easier with Tabulous 2 - New release of the easy way to build a tabbed UI (with all new declarative syntax).

Double Shot #1125

• Sidekiq Pro reaches 1.0! - With a giveaway to let someone win a license.
• Reform - Decouple Your Forms From Your Models - Personally, I prefer coupling, but if it bothers you check this out.
• My Assets Are No Longer Minified in Rails 4: HALP! - What to do about it.
• Journo & Literate CoffeeScript - An example for your perusal (and possible use as a blogging engine).

Double Shot #1124

• nginx security advisory - If you're running 1.3.9 or 1.4.0 you need to update sooner rather than later.
• Phusion Passenger 4.0.2 released - A quick update to fix the nginx vulnerability.
• Discover Meteor - Ebook on this real time Javascript web framework.
• Flat UI Pro - $39 set of components for Bootstrap.
• RailsConf 2013 Talks - With links to videos and slides.
• 10 Years - CSS Zen Garden is 10 years old - and refreshing for the modern web era.
• Chrome Developer Tools: What Is Snippets Support? - A new set of tools for Chrome users.
• Order Issuing Sanctions - A judge kicks some copyright trolls repeatedly, with a Star Trek undertheme.
• Gitdown - Use a breathalyzer to prevent making commits when drunk.
• Spark Inspector - Runtime debugger for iOS applications.

Double Shot #1123

• test-queue - Parallel test runner using a centralized queue and optimized for CI environment.
• Upgrading to Rails 4 - The Railscast.
• Phusion Passenger 4.0.1 final release - With support for all sorts of cutting-edge stuff.