programming
Formatting as code: Haml versus embedded Ruby
Digging deeper into Rails programming styles
The last Sharing at Work post showed how to set up a Rails development environment using a Ubuntu Linux virtual machine. This week, I’m in the midst of developing my first ground-up public-facing web application using Ruby on Rails.
Learning a new way to dynamically generate HTML
My Rails development has already been [...]
Get started building web apps with your own Ruby on Rails virtual development server
Today we’re going to take a detour into web programming using Ruby on Rails. The hardest part for me has been getting the development environment up and running. Some guides will walk you through setting up Ruby and then Rails directly on your Windows machine, but I abandoned that pretty quickly. You’ll soon grow tired [...]
Get started building your own web apps with the Google App Engine
I’ve only been at this for an hour or so, and already I’ve gotten a dev environment installed and working properly on this Vista laptop. This is a big step up from my attempts to install & run Ruby on Rails via Ubuntu Linux. I’m stepping through the Google App Engine howto docs [...]
Workplace Communication Opportunities?
I’m taking a quiet day off with my daughter; she needed a rest.
Tomorrow morning I’m meeting with a few coworkers to talk about opportunities to improve communications within our workplace. Each of the invitees is from a different team so this should be a fun session with a variety of perspectives. With any luck this [...]
