Facebookin' with Ruby on Rails
Back-End Clients Full-Stack WebAndre and I recently finished the initial launch of Placeshout’s Facebook application. There are several “getting started” tutorials available on building Facebook applications with...
Overheard from the first two days of Ruby on Rails Bootcamp
Back-End Full-Stack WebThe following quotes were heard during the first two days at the Big Nerd Ranch Ruby on Rails Bootcamp, here in Wiesbaden, Germany. ...
Talking in Texas
Back-End Conferences Full-Stack WebI’ll be representing Highgroove at the Lone Star Rubyconf this weekend. I’ll give two talks, one for the charity event the night before...
(safely) Playing with your production data
Back-End Full-Stack WebSometimes our Ruby on Rails apps work perfectly with test data, but when they go to production, errors creep in. Debugging errors on...
Capistrano Takes the HighLine, I Mean Road
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf you are following the Capistrano preview releases, you may have noticed a new dependency. Capistrano now depends on HighLine, an open source...
The Dime Tour of Rails
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf you are just getting into Rails or still don’t get what all the fuss is about and you happen to be near Oklahoma,...
Ruby Rounded Up
Back-End Full-Stack WebBill Siggelkow and James Mitchell of the Atlanta Ruby Users Group have put together Ruby Roundup, a solid podcast highlighting the news around the...
The TextMate Book is Shipping
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf all you Rails programmers love TextMate as much as I do, you will want to know that my TextMate book is now shipping....
Slingshot Hosting Broken
Back-End Full-Stack WebIt’s not often that we here at Highgroove Studios make mistakes (joke), but the Slingshot Hosting Application was broken for a few hours recently.
Get RESTful on Rails with Mr. Lewis
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf you’re like me and have been putting off RESTful routing in Rails (in other words - the future), checkout Andre Lewis and his...
A Presentation on Capistrano to the Atlanta Ruby User Group
Back-End Full-Stack WebA Presentation on with Screech Powers, Cesar Milan (The Dog Whisper), Sean Penn, and guest Ruby celebrity (and Atlanta native) Obie Fernandez. Despite...
Mini File Uploads
Back-End Full-Stack WebI just finshed fixing file uploads in a HighGroove application to work with any size file. I uploaded a 14 byte file to...
