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Rubyconf Videos - 11 - Rubyconf Videos

Rubyconf Videos

Rubyconf Videos

by gregg on Nov 26, 2008

Didn’t make it to Rubyconf? Or maybe you missed a few talks? Well here you go, the entire event in 31 minutes. This video contains links to the Full Confreaks Videos, so if you see something you like, you can go view the entire video.

Warning: Not all the Confreaks videos are posted yet, so if you click the links in the video some may not be up. See the Confreaks Video page for a list of videos which are posted (the ones that are linked).

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The Rubyconf video is sponsored by Cloudspace. Cloudspace specializes in designing & building web applications using agile software development in Ruby on Rails and is currently looking for a few good Ruby developers. Email Tim at Cloudspace if you’re interested in joining their team.

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Episode 056. Sorry about leaving you without a podcast last week without warning, but we're back this week with a bunch of really useful Ruby tools.

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Sponsored by New Relic The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by NewRelic. NewRelic provides RPM which is a plugin for rails that allows you to monitor and quickly diagnose problems with your Rails application in real time. Check them out at NewRelic.com.

The Rails Envy podcast is also brought to you this week by Cloudspace. Cloudspace specializes in designing & building web applications using agile software development in Ruby on Rails and PHP/MySQL frameworks. If you're looking for a Rails gig or someone to help with a Rails project, definitely drop them a line.


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  • Ruby on Rails 2.2 Released
  • Moving to Rails 2.2 Headaches
  • ApiDock - Now with Rails 2.2
  • Rails meets Sinatra
  • Rack and Rack Builder
  • Shoulda for RSpec is Remarkable
  • Speeding up Rails Development
  • Installing Ruby 1.9 Preview 1 on OSX
  • The Rails Myths
  • Tutorial on hosting with Amazon AWS with EC2 and EBS
  • Professional Ruby Conference Notes
  • Notes from the Ruby Manor
  • Acts As Conference CFP open
  • A Test Server for Rails Apps
  • Pushr, or the application will deploy itself
  • Ruby Networking on Steroids
  • Introducing Compass for Sass
  • Rails Rumble Observations
  • R18n Internationalization Gem
  • Timecop: Freeze Time in Ruby
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Ramaze By Example
  • Integration tests with Shoulda/Factory Girl/Webrat
  • SPactor

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Episode 055. RubyConf wrap-up this episode. It's also the longest episode ever clocking in at 26 minutes of awesome.

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The Rails Envy podcast is brought to you this week by Run Code Run by Relevance, Inc. Run code run is continuous integration done right. With Run code run you get constant feedback on the health of your project and zero config setup with github integration.

The Rails Envy podcast is also brought to you this week by Cloudspace. Cloudspace specializes in designing & building web applications using agile software development in Ruby on Rails and PHP/MySQL frameworks.


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  • Merb 1.0
  • Meet Merb PDF by Peepcode
  • Merb 1.0 Released So Here’s 44 Links and Resources To Get You Going
  • Adding color to your Merb.logger
  • Merb OpenID Consumer Application based on Merb-Auth : atmos.org
  • JRuby 1.1.5 Released - comp.lang.ruby | Google Groups
  • JRuby on Open Office
  • Ruby on Rails Security Project - The Book
  • Red/Redshift Demo App on Vimeo
  • nutrun » Blog Archive » HTTP accelerator cache purging
  • Creating Filesystems with Ruby and FUSE
  • RSpec should each matcher — Thoughtfolder
  • caboose On hiring Rubyists and Railsers
  • MountainWest RubyConf 2009 dates and CFP
  • Headius: FFI for Ruby Now Available
  • Hungry Machine: How to save 100m of RAM per mongrel
  • #1215 Add :only/:except options to map.resources - Ruby on Rails - rails
  • Binary Logic - Tutorial: Authlogic Basic Setup
  • A major milestone for DB2 on Rails | DB2 on Rails
  • InfoQ: Static Analysis Tools Roundup: Roodi, Rufus, Reek, Flay
  • SimplySearchable Plugin
  • BlogFish: Webistrano 1.4 released
  • Pony, The Express Way To Send Email From Ruby, Bonus: Django Pony
  • You Suck at Ruby
  • Ruby Sparring

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Rubyconf in 90 Seconds

by gregg on Nov 10, 2008

Rubyconf was last weekend, and I was there taking video of all the speakers for a nice little montage which will come out next week when the Confreaks videos are released. At some point I started wondering what it might look like if I condensed my 30 minute video down to 60 or 90 seconds. To get your appetite wet for my 30 minute video, here is what resulted:


Rubyconf 2008 in 90 Seconds from EnvyAds on Vimeo.


There could probably be some funny sentences made with each snippet of video if I had the time. Feel free to download the video from Vimeo (login then look in the bottom right of the video page) and have fun editing it. Just please leave us a link in the comments if you come up with something creative.

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Scaling Ruby Envycast

by gregg on Nov 06, 2008

If it’s important to you to code fast Ruby applications, take a look at the third Envycast on Scaling Ruby. See the preview below to get a taste of what it’s all about:


Scaling Ruby Envycast from EnvyAds on Vimeo.


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Episode 054. I hope to see everyone at Rubyconf! Find us and say hi if you're there. I'll be the one talking about how Rails can't scale.

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The Rails Envy podcast is also brought to you this week by Edge Case. EdgeCase specializes in the "teach you to fish" model of creating an application and training your developers in both how and what gets developed.


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  • Ruby 1.9.1 preview1 is out
  • evil.che.lu - ANN: braid 0.5 - vendor your git and svn repositories
  • Riding Rails: Rails Guides Wants You
  • listrophy's suprails at master — GitHub
  • SDS and Ruby : Infozerk Inc.
  • InfoQ: Ruby SDK for the Microsoft Cloud Computing Platform Released
  • 2008 Rails Rumble And The Winners Are...
  • 37signals's cached_externals at master — GitHub
  • Ruby and Shoes Programming: A New Course | RubyLearning Blog
  • self.works_with_ruby? - session_lifetime plugin
  • Fixtureless datas with Machinist and Sham
  • nokogiri-1.0.3 Documentation
  • JetBrains RubyMine/a>
  • Optimizing RDoc
  • Daniel Azuma: Implementing DSL Blocks
  • Terralien - Announcing the textile_toolbar Plugin
  • Move Over Rails. Here Comes Merb.
  • Merb OpenID Consumer Application based on Merb-Auth : atmos.org
  • MerbCamp: We're going camping!

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