From: Obie Fernandez Date: 2006-05-26T03:32:39+09:00 Subject: ANN: InfoQ Ruby Community "unlaunched" ------=_Part_116774_15069405.1148581956649 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline InfoQ was "unlaunched" last week, (meaning we're still doing some final bug-fixing), but you should still check it out and see all the good stuff w= e have so far. Exclusive video interviews with DHH, David Black and other well-known Rubyists, as well as presentations such as Charles and Tom demo'ing JRuby at JavaOne last week are coming soon. I'm serving as the Ruby community editor, so contact me via email if you're interested in contributing news or articles. BTW, the founder of InfoQ.com, Floyd Marinescu, is famous for starting theserverside.com, one of the world's most popular technical websites. He's a big fan of Ruby and Rails and we're proud of working together to be the first site to give Ruby top-billing along with Java, .NET and other topics such as Agile and SOA. For your convenience, here is a list of all content and news on InfoQabout Ruby to date... Agile Asset Management with Ruby DSLs Ruby makes it easy to craft Domain-Specific-Languages with Ruby syntax. Thi= s article is a story about the benefits derived from implementing a Ruby DSL for a PLANET ARGON development project. Ruby and Rails: In your face... but out of your way Ruby on Rails is in many ways a system in itself. But in many, many other ways, Rails exposes, explores, and exploits its connections to Ruby, rather than hiding or disguising them. David A. Black, author of the book Ruby for Rails from Manning, shares his thoughts on whether or not Rails developers should take the time to master Ruby. News about Ruby Ruby Coverage Tool Making Rapid Progress Earlier this week, Mauricio Fernandez released version 0.4 of Rcov, his too= l for simple code coverage analysis in Ruby. Rcov is fast, feature-packed and progressing rapidly. New Rails Powered Sites Announced A couple of shiny new Rails-powered websites were announced in the last couple of days. Invitika is described as SMS + mobile blogging + event planning + LBS + photos. Thebeststuffintheworld.com is a comprehensive database of, well, the best stuff in the world, just as implied by the name= . RailsDay 2006 Announced RailsDay 2006 is a 24 hour competition scheduled to be held in mid-June, right before RailsConf. During the contest, teams of Ruby on Rails developers from around the world will compete for valuable prizes to see wh= o can author the best Rails application in just a day. Interview with Mongrel Author Zed Shaw Well-known Rails programmer Zed Shaw was interviewed by O'Reilly. Zed talke= d about Ruby on Rails and his work on an up-and-coming new HTTP server named Mongrel that is winning accolades all over the community. JRuby on Rails Unveiled at JavaOne The latest version of JRuby will be presented to JavaOne attendees this week. Included in the demonstrations is a working Rails application and an ActiveRecord adapter backed by JDBC. Canadian Firm Posts Bounty for New Rails Database Support ICI, a stainless steel truck accessory business in Canada, today announced = a 900USD bounty to the first person to deliver ODBTP support for Rails. ODBTP (Open Database Transport Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol ideal for connectin= g Linux-based programs to ODBC data sources on Windows servers. ------=_Part_116774_15069405.1148581956649--