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Need a RubyConf ticket - does anyone have a spare one? - I'll post this on the SF meetup as well. If you have one for me, please call me at 510-418-8150. Thanks! JB -- Nearly Random: http://johnbaylor.org/ JohnB Nov 17, 2009 2:51 PM
FYI- talk on Plack (Perl-based Rack), 11/24, SF - The San Francisco Perl Users' Group Plack - Modern Perl Framework Superglue Tatsuhiko Miyagawa will be presenting a talk on Plack on Tuesday November 24th, 7pm at Six Apart World Headquarters. Plack is a set of PSGI reference server implementati Rich Morin Nov 16, 2009 4:57 PM
Mac OS X and USB port IO - Preview not available Jon Seidel Nov 14, 2009 9:30 PM
Ruby & Computer Music BArCMuT Event @ ashburymusichall.com (Pier 38) - Ruby & Computer Music, Bay Area Computer Music Technology Meetup November 20, 2009 7:00 PM, hosted by ashburymusichall.com (Pier 38), Embarcadero @ Townsend, SF Since Rubyconf is in San Francisco this year, the Bay Area Computer Music Technology Gro Noah Thorp Nov 11, 2009 2:24 PM
New additions to our Meetup format - Introducing the "Member Spotlight" feature. As part of the Open Mic section of our regular meetup, we are now offering members the opportunity to tell us about their Ruby on Rails website. This month Arthus Klepchukov and Jerry Cheung will kick Jon Seidel Nov 10, 2009 8:22 AM
Meetup details changed: Custom routing in Rails - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://ruby.meetup.com/81/calendar/11151754/ When: November 17, 2009 6:30 PM Where: Wozniak Lounge Jon Seidel Nov 5, 2009 6:23 AM
[ruby-81] My first plugin - Here's my first public plugin release. http://wiki.github.com/loqi/outlaw_rails It's got two versions and tons of test code and documentation. The main motivation for it is that I don't want to expose pluralization to the application users. I w Loqi Oct 29, 2009 3:09 PM
Re: [ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - I wonder if anyone has connected some sort of Ruby profiling with KCacheGrind. That's how we get these sorts of diagrams in the Python world. -jj On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Loqi wrote: > Anyone out there have a recommenda Shannon -jj Behrens Oct 26, 2009 11:37 PM
Re: [ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - Ruby-UML and Railroad are the best I know: http://railroad.rubyforge.org/ http://ruby-uml.rubyforge.org/ --j On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Loqi wrote: >> I'd be delighted to hear of any tools you find, but also a bit >> su Jim Oct 25, 2009 9:47 PM
Re: [ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - >I'd be delighted to hear of any tools you find, but also a bit >surprised if they do a very complete job. Ruby is dynamic, so >even simple-sounding things (like knowing which version of a >method responds to a message) are not always trivial. Yeah Loqi Oct 25, 2009 9:33 PM
Re: [ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - Rubymine produces a model relationship diagram, as does Railroad gem. - kurt On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Loqi wrote: > Anyone out there have a recommendation on a tool that parses Ruby > code and generates a two-dimensional visual represent Kurt Thams Oct 25, 2009 8:48 PM
Re: [ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - At 11:19 PM -0400 10/25/09, Loqi wrote: > Anyone out there have a recommendation on a tool that parses > Ruby code and generates a two-dimensional visual representation > of the structure? I'd be delighted to hear of any tools you find, but also a b Rich Morin Oct 25, 2009 8:43 PM
[ruby-81] UML diagram generating tool - Anyone out there have a recommendation on a tool that parses Ruby code and generates a two-dimensional visual representation of the structure? Loqi Oct 25, 2009 8:19 PM
RE: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - Jon Seidel Oct 24, 2009 8:56 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - RS-232 timing is very tricky. I did an RS-232 driver many years ago and remember how difficult it was. I forgot to mention that you'll likely also end up needin Adrien Lamothe Oct 22, 2009 1:09 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - Preview not available Ian Smith-Heisters Oct 22, 2009 11:45 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - Possibly. after some googling, this win/mac/linux  ruby lib popped up:  http://ruby-serialport.rubyforge.org/ and was recommended by Peter Cooper  here:  Aaron Blohowiak Oct 22, 2009 11:25 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - For the serial output, you'll likely have to write that in C and refer to it from your Ruby code. --- On Thu, 10/22/09, Jon Seidel <jseidel@ Adrien Lamothe Oct 22, 2009 11:22 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Low-level serial output from Ruby... - Nokogiri is the only game in town for XML parsing, as far as I'm concerned.  Hpricot isn't a wise choice since _why's disappearance and anything else is way behind the times.  Sorry I can't help for the serial out. Aaron Blohowiak Oct 22, 2009 10:30 AM
Low-level serial output from Ruby... - Jon Seidel Oct 22, 2009 10:14 AM
[OT] Mobile Orchard iPhone OpenGL class - Preview not available Dan Grigsby Oct 20, 2009 8:27 AM
Re: Castro Valley Study Group - Apologies, but regarding the Castro Valley Study group, my email got auto-removed: roblevintennis-AT-gmail-DOT-com On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Rob Levin < rob Rob Oct 8, 2009 11:24 AM
Re: Castro Valley Study Group - Disclaimer: I did ask one of the Asst. Organizers, if it was OK to post regarding a study group was told yes, so here goes: I'm interested in starting an informal study group out of the Castro Valley area to investigate things like: 1. Ru Rob Oct 8, 2009 11:18 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer - San Francisco (soma) - On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Aaron Blohowiak wrote: > Are hotel rooms and groupies involved?  If so, how are we expected to > maintain "rock star" status? Only orange M&M's? > - Aaron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g Chad Woolley Oct 7, 2009 5:28 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer - San Francisco (soma) - Are hotel rooms and groupies involved?  If so, how are we expected to maintain "rock star" status? Only orange M&M's? - Aaron On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Anthony Goeree Aaron Blohowiak Oct 7, 2009 5:09 PM
Looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer - San Francisco (soma) - Hello Everyone, I am looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer who is a "rock star". Has web development experience including Ruby on Rails, PHP and Web Services. Salary range is rather high for the right person.  A technical degree is Anthony Goeree Oct 7, 2009 5:03 PM
pre-meetup nosh, Biryani House, 10/20 @ 5pm (resend) - If you like Indian food, consider joining some Rubyists for an informal gathering before the meetup: http://ruby.meetup.com/81/calendar/11197637/ Here are the details: 10/20 @ 5 pm (or later :-) Biryani House 2011 Shattuck Ave. (at U Rich Morin Oct 7, 2009 3:48 PM
pre-meetup nosh, Biryani House, 1/20 @ 5pm - If you like Indian food, consider joining some Rubyists for an informal gathering before the meetup: http://ruby.meetup.com/81/calendar/11197637/ Here are the details: 10/20 @ 5 pm (or later :-) Biryani House 2011 Shattuck Ave. (at U Rich Morin Oct 7, 2009 3:43 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Recommendations for Rails Site Site Map? - On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Allan Miller wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Does anyone have any experience with, or recommendations for (or > against), a method (plugin?) for generating a site map for a Rails > site?  Posit Shannon -jj Behrens Oct 7, 2009 12:49 AM
Re: Recommendations for Rails Site Site Map? - Hi, I built a big sitemap for a very data-driven site a while back. It was actually pretty easy to build with a fairly simple ERB template with a couple of nested partials and a helper methods. The big deal is that you should use page caching on Steve Midgley Oct 6, 2009 3:58 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Recommendations for Rails Site Site Map? - It really depends on your application.  I worked on sitemaps when I was at FunnyOrDie. A couple tips: Google takes into account sitemap loading speed.  Use a sitemap index so each individual sitemap request is fast Sitemap Aaron Blohowiak Oct 4, 2009 1:12 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Recommendations for Rails Site Site Map? - We tried the http://github.com/queso/sitemap last week, but it only seems appropriate for very simple restful configurations, i.e. no nested resources, prefixes, STI etc. In the end we just read the sitemap protocol (http://www.sitemaps.org/) th Sam Oct 4, 2009 1:04 PM
Recommendations for Rails Site Site Map? - Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any experience with, or recommendations for (or against), a method (plugin?) for generating a site map for a Rails site? Positive and negative recommendations would be most welcome! thanks, allan allan.m.m Allan Miller Oct 4, 2009 8:58 AM
Going rate for RoR contract programming.../ - Preview not available Jon Seidel Oct 1, 2009 11:27 PM
ruby technical co-founder position @ convo.us - Hey All -- Convo.us, the conversation platform i have been developing over the last 8 months, is taking some significant strides in evolving our core team. we added in the last 2 months: Dan Newman Sep 24, 2009 3:00 PM
Small and fun Emeryville company seeks Ruby/Rails developer - Apologies in advance to those that prefer not to see job listings on this mailing list. In short: * Small company with the feel of a startup, but has been a successful online business for 12 years * Rails eCommerce development * Lots to do! For brian doll Sep 11, 2009 11:42 AM
RE: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - Oh... Thanks for clarifying, Scott... I thought the 'pull' went the other way :( But I did get my patches formatted into a diff file and attached into the lighthouse ticket... I'll dig into the guides some more. ...jon -----Original Message--- Jon Seidel Sep 11, 2009 11:08 AM
Re: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - Preview not available Scott Chacon Sep 11, 2009 10:10 AM
RE: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - FYI, Scott... Unless I completely missed it, the wiki page you referenced talks about using the lighthouseapp ticketing system; there's no pull doc there and there's no pull option on their github page, either, as there is for Merb. Looks like I'll be Jon Seidel Sep 11, 2009 10:03 AM
9/14 meetup on Semantic Web Services - The Silicon Valley Semantic Technology Group (SVST) is having a 9/14 meetup on Semantic Web Services: Semantic Web services (SWS) aims at extending traditional Web services with machine-readable semantic descriptions of their functionality and Rich Morin Sep 11, 2009 9:39 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Ruby enthusiasts wanted - Preview not available howarddy Sep 11, 2009 3:59 AM
[ruby-81] Ruby enthusiasts wanted - Preview not available Hong Hu Sep 10, 2009 5:13 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Senior Developer Position - So many companies spout off warm-fuzzy phrases to advertise how enlightened and egalitarian they are and usually that's all they are - phrases not backed by beh Adrien Lamothe Sep 9, 2009 1:57 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Senior Developer Position - Agreed. They also want someone to write triggers and stored routines in the database. That's not rails. Is it even an MVC paradigm at all? "Your opinions, ideas, strategies, and potential will not be limited but embraced." Except for all the maj Paul Hamann Sep 9, 2009 1:14 PM
RE: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - Thanks Scott and Sam... Really really helpful! I missed the 'pull' request on the cucumber wiki, Scott – I'll take a look there and also update my fork which I did a few days ago. ...jon -----Original Message----- From: [address removed] [mai Jon Seidel Sep 9, 2009 10:56 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Senior Developer Position - Jacob: That's two Ruby meetup lists I've seen you post this job on; I've also noticed that you're looking for a PHP developer, not a Rubyist. At the risk of starting another anti-recruitment flame war, I'd really prefer that job postings be stro Jim Sep 9, 2009 9:45 AM
Re: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - Preview not available Sam Goldstein Sep 9, 2009 9:37 AM
Senior Developer Position - Hey Folks, A new start-up company is building a large scale social networking site. We are fully financed and are looking for a proficient, knowledgeable, passionate, dedicated and hard working senior programmer to join our team. Jacob Frost Sep 9, 2009 9:33 AM
Re: [ruby-81] git and patch protocols... - Preview not available Scott Chacon Sep 9, 2009 9:22 AM
git and patch protocols... - Preview not available Jon Seidel Sep 9, 2009 8:15 AM
RE: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - Hey, Sarah... Sorry for my confusion about your post and the ":" part that I got wrong: I appreciate the help. Although I got things working from another post, I'm keeping your notes around as they'll probably come in useful at some point. Cheers... Jon Seidel Sep 5, 2009 10:27 AM
RE: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - Jon Seidel Sep 4, 2009 1:05 PM
RE: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - Thanks, Sarah... I tried it first with the syntax you suggested and got this: #1 jseidel@EDP15:~/git/cucumber$ git remote add github [address removed]:jesii/cucumber.git jseidel@EDP15:~/git/cucumber$ git remote show github Repository not found. If Jon Seidel Sep 4, 2009 1:02 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Jon Seidel < [address removed] > wrote: Assaf Arkin Sep 4, 2009 1:02 PM
RE: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - Jon Seidel Sep 4, 2009 1:00 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Jon Seidel < [address removed] > wrote: Assaf Arkin Sep 4, 2009 12:21 PM
San Francisco CivicDB Open Gov Hackathon meetup, Sat Sept 12 - Kimo Crossman Sep 4, 2009 11:24 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Publickey problems with git - I've never seen a git push to github work with ssh. Here's what I'd use to set up the git remote for github: git remote add github [address removed]:jesii/cucumber.git To confirm remote is set up properly w/ public keys: git remote show github To Sarah Mei Sep 4, 2009 10:53 AM
Publickey problems with git - Hi... I've created a git clone of cucumber, made a small patch to get the snippets to display properly, tested, and committed it locally. Everything works fine (I've also submitted my patch to the cucumber master and they are being reviewed for inclusi Jon Seidel Sep 4, 2009 10:03 AM
My Take on Writing Code that Doesn't Suck - On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Rich Morin wrote: > If you haven't done so, watch Yehuda Katz's talk on "Writing > Code that doesn't Suck".  It has a lot of good things to say > about testing: > >  http://rubyconf2008.confreaks.com/wri Shannon -jj Behrens Sep 1, 2009 7:31 PM
RE: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - Jon Seidel Aug 28, 2009 6:23 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - In the past when I've found development vs production differences, it has most often been related to the object reloading that takes place in development.  Essentially the code only gets run once in Development mode, but multiple times in production. Brendon Whateley Aug 27, 2009 7:48 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - Preview not available Wolfram Arnold Aug 27, 2009 6:28 AM
RE: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - Jon Seidel Aug 27, 2009 6:08 AM
Re: Re: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - > OK, I was curious as to what was happening, so I looked at the Rails > startup. I now know what was going wrong. > > During startup, Rails internals and ActiveRecord in particular does a > lot of trick stuff with method aliasing. If you redefin Steve Midgley Aug 27, 2009 5:50 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - OK, I was curious as to what was happening, so I looked at the Rails startup.  I now know what was going wrong.  During startup, Rails internals and ActiveRecord in particular does a lot of trick stuff with method aliasing.  If you redefine any (s Brendon Whateley Aug 26, 2009 9:34 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - Having spent the best part of a week debugging the sudden failure of sessions recently, I may be able to help.  The first thing to figure out is if the session is saving state and not loading, or loading but not saving.  In my case the ActiveRecordStore w Brendon Whateley Aug 26, 2009 4:08 PM
ROR Position - Nick Aug 26, 2009 10:04 AM
ROR Position - Nick Aug 26, 2009 9:53 AM
Sessions & Rails 2.3.2... - Jon Seidel Aug 26, 2009 9:30 AM
RE: [ruby-81] Re: Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - Preview not available Jon Seidel Aug 25, 2009 5:15 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Re: Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - Preview not available Wolfram Arnold Aug 24, 2009 10:16 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Re: Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Steve Midgley wrote: > Whatever framework you decide to use, one tip that might be helpful in > building legacy tests, is to start with your "smoke tests." You could build > a lot of: "Given this set Chad Woolley Aug 24, 2009 9:15 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Jon Seidel wrote: > I'm in the process of upgrading my site and I want to also improve my > testing.  Right now I just have the basic, built-in Rails testing, but would > like something better... > I Shannon -jj Behrens Aug 24, 2009 5:07 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Jon Seidel wrote: > I'm in the process of upgrading my site and I want to also improve my > testing.  Right now I just have the basic, built-in Rails testing, but would > like something better... > I Shannon -jj Behrens Aug 24, 2009 5:00 AM
Re: Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - Hi Jon, I agree with many of the previous comments -- and I would add that I continue to use Ruby Unit test framework in Rails and am quite happy with it. There are quirks in the Rails integration but a lot of stuff got fixed in the 2.3.x release Steve Midgley Aug 23, 2009 3:05 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Chad Woolley < [address removed] > wrote: Wolfram Arnold Aug 23, 2009 12:10 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Wolfram Arnold wrote: > * I don't believe there is great value in a wholesale test-writing effort > after the fact. Tests written after the code is already existing are *much* > less valuable than Chad Woolley Aug 22, 2009 9:39 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - If you haven't done so, watch Yehuda Katz's talk on "Writing Code that doesn't Suck". It has a lot of good things to say about testing: http://rubyconf2008.confreaks.com/writing-code-that-doesnt-suck.html If you like watching conference videos, Rich Morin Aug 22, 2009 8:38 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - Preview not available Wolfram Arnold Aug 22, 2009 5:11 PM
Pros + cons of various testing frameworks... - Jon Seidel Aug 22, 2009 9:37 AM
Question on iCalendar gem - Has anyone gotten time zone support to work in the iCalendar gem? I am finding the iCalendar documentation somewhat lacking. David Southard Aug 20, 2009 1:56 PM
Building Native Mobile Apps in Ruby - 6:30 - 7:00 - Open Mike 7:00 - 8:15 - Featured presentation 8:15 - 8:30 - Jobs Offered/Wanted Open Mike This is your opportunity to ask questions, get help fixing problems, show your code to the group Jon Seidel Aug 19, 2009 3:29 PM
Ruby.... - Preview not available Michael Aug 19, 2009 12:49 PM
anyone driving from san francisco tonite? - Hey All - If anyone is driving to tonite's meetup from san francisco - and potentially could give me a ride -- i'd be very appreciative. i can meet anywhere in the city pretty easily ... via bart. thx- dan Dan Newman Aug 18, 2009 12:25 PM
Ruby on Rails Fundamentals class in SF - Hey East Bay Ruby! I know this is in SF, but having looked for Ruby classes myself before deciding to just start my own, I know there's not that much out there- thought it might be worth commuting for some people. Ruby on Rails Fundamen Andrea Heilbronner Aug 14, 2009 8:03 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Key Developer Position Follow Up - Preview not available Adam Blum Aug 14, 2009 5:32 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Key Developer Position Follow Up - Preview not available Ben Carpenter Aug 14, 2009 12:17 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Key Developer Position Follow Up - Preview not available Paul Hamann Aug 13, 2009 1:56 PM
Key Developer Position Follow Up - Preview not available Michael Reid Aug 13, 2009 1:31 PM
Re: [ruby-81] New Meetup: Scaling out Rails and MySQL - $100 On Aug 6, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Stuart wrote: > I would be interested.. Please let me know cost. > > Thanks > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: >> Anyone on the list interested in buying up my Ruby Rails and C Mark Aug 7, 2009 9:49 AM
Re: [ruby-81] New Meetup: Scaling out Rails and MySQL - I would be interested.. Please let me know cost. Thanks On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: > Anyone on the list interested in buying up my Ruby Rails  and CSS books? > Great stuff if you're just starting out. > Beginn Stuart Aug 6, 2009 11:31 PM
Re: [ruby-81] New Meetup: Scaling out Rails and MySQL - How much do you going to offer? On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Mark < [address removed] > wrote: Bess Ho Aug 6, 2009 10:54 PM
Re: [ruby-81] New Meetup: Scaling out Rails and MySQL - Anyone on the list interested in buying up my Ruby Rails and CSS books? Great stuff if you're just starting out. Be Mark Aug 6, 2009 10:44 PM
New Meetup: Scaling out Rails and MySQL - Announcing a new Meetup for The East Bay Ruby Meetup Group! What: Scaling out Rails and MySQL When: August 18, 2009 6:30 PM Where: Wozniak Lounge Soda Hall, UC Berkeley Corner of Hearst & LeRoy Berkeley Jon Seidel Aug 4, 2009 3:31 PM
Re: [ruby-81] automagic vulnerabilities connected to habtm - attr_accessible is a good start. I think attr_protected is misleading since no one will remember to protect all the things that really need protecting, for example all the has_many, belongs_to, habtm, etc. relationships. After a lot of thinking abo Shannon -jj Behrens Aug 4, 2009 1:20 AM
Re: [ruby-81] automagic vulnerabilities connected to habtm - Thanks JJ for bringing this up, and I didn't have a good answer for you. The gist of the other tread, is to use attr_accessible or its inverse, attr_protected to guard against mass-assignments in models. For any sensitive field (e.g. passwords) this s Wolfram Arnold Aug 3, 2009 5:51 AM
automagic vulnerabilities connected to habtm - At the last meeting, I brought up the fact that accepts_nested_attributes_for can lead to security holes that you didn't expect if used incorrectly. I was coding something yesterday, and I realized that attributes= can lead to vulnerabilities too. I Shannon -jj Behrens Jul 28, 2009 12:09 PM
Re: [ruby-81] Directory transclusion fantasy - Preview not available Ben Carpenter Jul 27, 2009 1:22 AM
Re: [ruby-81] Directory transclusion fantasy - On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:25 PM, brian schroeder < [address removed] > wrote: Chad Woolley Jul 25, 2009 2:38 PM