Archive for 'Programming'
Ruby on Rails screencasts
Posted on December 4, 2006, by admin, under Blog, Programming.
In these days there’s plenty of different resources for people to learn, from podcasts, tutorials, books and…screencasts.
I was a little hesitant about that last option but after watching some of the videos in PeepCode about Ruby on Rails I quickly changed my mind. It’s a fantastic way to learn and totaly worth the price (9$) I paid for it.
PeepCode, for those who don’t know, it’s a website which contains a series of screencast episodes dedicated to learning various aspects of programming with Ruby on Rails, like REST practices, RJS templates or even using Textmate more efficiently as an editor.
A great idea, the video quality is top notch and the voice is understandable even if it’s not your natural language. It’s also nice to download the source code for the examples.
Nothing beats seeing things in live action, that’s why these screencasts are so usefull, go take a look at the demos on PeepCode and see for yourself.
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RailsConf Europe 2006 podcasts
Posted on November 8, 2006, by admin, under Blog, Programming.
RailsConf Europe 2006 was held in London in September, it was a good opportunity to meet some great minds, talk to the Rails Core Team and learn about a series of technical aspects about Ruby On Rails.
It was a blast, three days of non stop Ruby action and I’m not talking about the drinks after the conference. *wink* *wink*
Anyway, for those who enjoyed the talks or couldn’t attend the conference you’ll be happy to know that the podcasts for the talks are now available online from SkillsMatters inc (the lovely people who organized everything).
So, download away and check out the Flickr feed too.
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WeBreakStuff won at RailsDay 2006
Posted on October 25, 2006, by admin, under Blog, Events, Programming.
WeBreakStuff won the first place for best user interface award at RailsDay 2006.
RailsDay 2006 was a 24 hour event in which anyone could participate with a team and create a web application in Rails, there were prizes and it was a great opportunity to show off your great skills in,well, whatever your keen at.
Anyway, WeBreakStuff is a Portuguese startup, composed off Frederico Oliveira, Tiago Macedo and Pedro Eduardo Lemos Freitas and they entered the competition with weRateStuff (original name!). In Fred’s words a “social review-anything web application”.
The interface was in fact simple and beautiful. The team is in the meantime working on Goplan (an online project-manager in Rails) and they also made a post about their recent victory, read it here.
You can also check out the reviews that fellow blogger Evan Weaver made of the rest of the participants in the competition, there were alot of different ideas and I guess everyone ended up gaining positive experiences from this event. See you guys next year.
