From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2004-08-08T16:14:05+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Rails 0.6.0 as GEM: Celebrating 1,000 downloads!

I'm really on vacation, but through my 2kb/sec GPRS connection from the 
mobile phone, I spotted that an amazing milestone has been reached for 
Rails. In the first two weeks since release, Rails has been downloaded 
more than 1,000 times (the RubyForge DL count + 35 due to a reset).

I'm extremely pleased with its sweeping uptake and with all the lavish 
praise it has gathered already. Just this morning, I received the 
following email from Gleb Arshinov:

     I write systems code (C++, database kernels, app servers, http
     proxies, etc.) for a living, so web development is not usually my 
cup
     of tea...  I've been helping a friend to get a custom CRM system for
     their office.  I wrote up an MRD and was looking to offshore the
     development.  Then Rails came along, and now I am writing it myself
     :-) It's too much fun, and I think I can get it going in less time
     that it would take me to manage somebody else's work.  That's
     considering that I don't know Ruby.  I mean, I have a pilot running
     and I still don't know Ruby -- I barely had to write any code :-)

     So, cudos!

That certainly made my morning!

Anyway, as a thank-you-all note from the lovely island of Bornholm, 
I've completed the GEM for Rails. It's a tiny little thing as it's 
basically just dependencies. I had Chad Fowler test it out (my 
connection here isn't really to triggering a dependency download 
swirl). Here's what he got:

Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$ gem query -rn rails

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

rails (0.6.0)
     Web-application framework with template engine, control-flow layer,
     and ORM.
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$ sudo gem install -r rails
Attempting remote installation of 'rails'
Install required dependency activerecord? [Yn]   y
Install required dependency actionpack? [Yn]   y
Successfully installed rails, version 0.6.0

Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$ mkdir -p ~/code/ruby/
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$ rails ~/code/ruby/weblog
(in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.6.0)
rm -rf /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog
mkdir /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog
mkdir /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog/app
mkdir /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog/config
mkdir /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog/config/environments
mkdir /Users/chadfowler/code/ruby/weblog/db
....etc.
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$   cd ~/code/ruby/weblog
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$  scp -r 
chad@www.chadfowler.com:/path/to/my/rails/app .
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$  vi config/database.yml
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$  ruby 
public/dispatch.servlet &
Chad-Fowlers-Computer:~/Desktop chadfowler$  open 
http://localhost:3000/contacts/

SUCCESS! :)  It's ready to release/announce.  Of course, it's already 
in the gem repository.  THANK YOU for bringing such wonderful stuff to 
the world of gems.


So fire up RubyGems and get Rails! I'll be back from vacation in a week 
for even activity.
--
David Heinemeier Hansson,
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http://www.loudthinking.com/ -- Broadcasting Brain
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