So, here goes… there’s plenty to say so my overview of Ruby on Rails is going to be a multi-parter. Note, this isn’t going to be a tutorial – there are plenty of those about. This is my view on what makes Rails hot and where it’s not based on my experiences as a Rails newbie. My background, for reference, is with J2EE professionally, and PHP on the side.
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Rails Overview: Intro and Getting Started
May 24th, 2007Hosting by the slice
May 23rd, 2007A couple of months back I was looking for somewhere to host a Ruby on Rails app (of which more in another post shortly). In the end I settled for a Virtual Private Server from US firm Slicehost (who are themselves Rails developers). For just over £10 a month I get 10GB of storage, 100GB of bandwidth and 256MB. Bargain! I’d love to use a host in the UK but I’d easily be paying twice that and getting half the spec (unless someone out there can point me at a good deal I’ve missed).
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Pitter patter of tiny feet
May 22nd, 2007Process Server and ESB exception handling
May 21st, 2007Another useful fact I picked up at WSTC was around retry behaviour for JMS exports. Pamela Fong and Jeff Brent have put together a very detailed developerWorks article covering all aspects of exception handling in WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB. Definitely worth trying to get your head round this stuff.
Virtualized WebSphere Application Server
May 21st, 2007I mentioned that Ruth Willenborg gave a presentation at WSTC on virtualization and WebSphere Application Server. She now has an article on developerWorks that covers one technique she was talking about: creating and then deploying customized WebSphere Application Server images. Now where this gets really interesting is when you apply it to something like WebSphere Process Server…
WordPress 2.2
May 20th, 2007Having missed the previous security update I decided to upgrade to WordPress 2.2. I’m glad to say everything seems to have gone smoothly (although PlusNet managed to take the site down again at one point which had me a little worried). Nothing really different for you, the reader, to see. Widget support is now there out of the box but then I had the plugin installed previously anyway.
Hillier Sculptures
May 19th, 2007Chilworth Chow
May 19th, 2007By way of diversion from the lack of baby, we went out to the nearby Chilworth Arms for dinner last night. It’s the first time we’ve been there since it changed hands and ceased to be The Clump. Although Christine is unsure about the new external colour scheme (as the locals are uncertain about the provenance of the new name and insignia) the extensive refit has made the dining area a much lighter an airier place.
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