Monthly Archives: November 2006
The adventure continues: New job, with Ruby
Kumputunturi Originally uploaded by sushipumpum. And Javascript. And all the rest a web developer does. Now I commute to Malmoe, Sweden, to do this. I love it. A great team, here at Polar Rose. I’ll post more on my progress … Continue reading
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Ruby and libxml: Collect your XML::Node::Set
Use collect and map in Ruby says Lucas Carlson. Thanks for pointing out that code arthritis, Lucas. So, I was working with the libxml-ruby library (fast XML parsing) and found some loops in my code which could be converted. But, … Continue reading
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Installing libxml-ruby for libxml2 with Ruby, on OS X
Just had an exciting package management adventure with Ruby and XML on OS X. I wanted Libxml2 wrapped in a Ruby gem. So, I ran sudo gem install libxml-ruby …and watched the software fail to build. Darn OS X not … Continue reading
Kiva microlending data point
Jonas says Kiva Works, and his first loan just got paid back. Great! (Previously, I introduced Kiva here at the blog.)
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irb with wirble
Using irb with your Ruby? Yeah, I thought so. If you want syntax coloring, ri inside irb and a shorter prompt, get Wirble: sudo gem install wirble And add an .irbrc file to your home directory, following Wirble’s advice on … Continue reading
Go snippet away, Rubyboy
Just started my morning with fixing a personal annoyance with the current Rails distribution I am using with Ruby 1.8.5: warning messages about deprecated syntax. All I did was heed the advice in the warnings and edit all the when … Continue reading