Teaching Ruby on Rails
Back-End Full-Stack WebAt last month’s Atlanta Ruby User Group (Meetup), I gave a presentation on “Teaching Ruby on Rails.”
Real iPhone Crap 3: Where’s the @override keyword?
iOSThis one is not really crap; it is just a sad omission in the Objective-C 2 language.
Real iPhone Crap 2: initWithNibName:bundle: is the designated initializer of UIViewController
iOSBefore I go into another shortcoming of UIKit, I’d like to make it plain that I genuinely like most of UIKit. In...
Real iPhone Crap 1: UINibLoading uses Key-Value Coding
iOSLast week, my colleague Joe Conway wrote a posting suggesting that dot-notation was not a great addition to the Objective-C language and that he...
Dot-notation Syntax
iOSWhen I teach, I always make sure to mention the dot-notation addition to Objective-C 2.0. Then, I make sure to tell the students never...
Apache Page Caching and Multiview
Back-End Full-Stack WebI just wanted to post a quick note to anyone searching for problems with Rails Page Caching with Apache.
How to update a Facebook Page Status using the Facebook API
Back-End Full-Stack WebFor a client’s application, we needed to programmatically (without user intervention) update the status (wall) of a page for a company. After researching the...
Rails Rumble at Highgroove HQ
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf you’re thinking about doing this year’s Rails Rumble, Highgroove HQ in Atlanta (map) is offering up our office space for any teams in...
Writing Ruby Extensions in C the Highgroove Way
Back-End Full-Stack WebTrying to handle image manipulation, creating PDFs, or in-memory caching in pure Ruby is like trying to win the Tour de France on your...
Highgroovers are fans of Sinatra
Back-End Full-Stack WebBoth James Edward Gray II and Matt Todd were quoted in Satish Talim of Ruby Learning’s Poll: 20+ Rubyists are using Sinatra - Do...
Find Us at WWDC
Conferences iOS MacAs you probably already know, this week marks Apple’s WWDC 2009 Conference in sunny San Francisco, California.
Get Your WWDC sessions into iCal or Google Calendar
Back-End Full-Stack WebUpdate: Apple has since removed the date and time information from the JSON data. This code will no longer work. It was fun while...
