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Does anyone actually like end of the year bookkeeping?

  • Rails, Ajax and jQuery - I’m not all that fond of AJAX, but if you are, this is worth a look - it avoids all the Rails helper methods in favor of just writing the JavaScript.
  • Capistrano 2.5.3 - Jamis is no longer going to knock himself out to support Windows. I think that’s just dandy.
  • HTTP Client - Little HTTP debugging tool for OS X. Nothing you couldn’t do with the right Firefox extensions, but it’s purty.
  • Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 - Time to upgrade again if you’re on the cutting edge.
  • Doesn’t feel like I have enough projects to justify the amount of busy I am. Not sure what that’s about.

  • jquery_grid_for_rails - Rails wrapper for a fancypants UI grid. I’m not a huge fan of grid UIs in general, but sometimes they’re useful.
  • authlogic-activation-tutorial - A tutorial as a git project. Perhaps not the most effective presentation but easy to edit.
  • db_branch - Rails plugin to manage databases across git branching. I’ve been on projects where this would have been very useful.
  • How I use TextMate - A few tips from Alex Payne.
  • Rails Templates - The first must-have feature of the 2.3 branch. Notes from Pratik Naik.
  • Things are hopping a bit around here these days, thanks to some short-term work helping out other devs. It’s always fun to come up to speed on a new project.

  • Smart Asset Management for Rails Plugins - An automated way for plugins to manage things like images and CSS in their hosting Rails project.
  • jQuery Selectors - Useful interactive page for figuring out how they work.
  • MiMo Displays - Serious gadget lust. I probably shouldn’t save this bookmark.
  • Ruby on Rack #1 - Hello Rack! - If you’ve been wondering what all this Rack stuff is about, Pratik Naik has a good introduction.
  • Pushr - Automatic Rails application deployment via Capistrano and a Git repo hook.
  • Things Caches Do- A nice explanation, with pictures.
  • I tossed out a few more bits of open source code over the weekend: a fork of suprails (though actually I hope the original project just merges my one tiny change), and a proposed change for Rails core (which you’re welcome to go test and, hopefully, +1).

  • When autotest fails - Apparently RSpec has a built-in server to speed up running tests. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to get it working in my own projects.
  • The Sorry State of Blogging Software - Adam bemoans the Rails blogging infrastructure, among other choices.
  • Drag and Drop Sorting with JQuery and Rails - Ben Curtis shows how to do it.
  • Turn-Key: SaaS Rails Find Home in Morph AppSpace - Morph now offers one-click deployment for Beast, El Dorado, Substruct, and Tracks.
  • rboard - Rails-based forums that I need to look at the next time I have need of such a thing.
  • I woke up today having dreamed some Ruby code. Even scarier, when I added it to the project, it actually worked.

    There’s some chance I may start writing a RoR column for pay. I cannot escape writing work, apparently.

    And now I get to become an instant Liquid expert. I’ve got the greatest clients.

    Another weekend of slinging Rails code - but I made the deadline.