Monthly Archives: April 2008

New screencast online: Flex and Rails

Posted on April 22, 2008 by

I recently did a presentation to the Melbourne Ruby Users Group entitled ‘Flex and Rails’. It demonstrates how we’ve used Flex to build a rich web interface for a real-world Rails application. It includes a demo and code snippets. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Ruby | 3 Comments

Clearing the SCJP Hurdle

Posted on April 7, 2008 by

Having accomplished one of my main short term goals in life, I thought I would reflect on the recent events that earned me my first certification outside of Uni. You might be thinking, whats the big deal about answering a … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Opinion | 5 Comments

Handling AJAX Errors using Prototype & Rails

Posted on April 7, 2008 by

Ruby on Rails comes with a lot of nice helper methods for generating the JavaScript driving the AJAX calls to your controllers. Handling the responses from the HTTP server becomes a snap too, with Rails providing a few simple callbacks … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX, Ruby | 2 Comments

Rails and Windows – the love affair continues…

Posted on April 4, 2008 by

A while ago Ben wrote about how Ruby on Rails development sucks on Windows. It seems that the move by the Rails Core team from subversion to Git has inflamed this issue further. My favourite comment is: If you’re freaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Ruby | 1 Comment