"This looks a whole lot like the initializer block in Rails 2.3, but the Application object, not a global configuration object, now has the configuration information. Similarly, routes.rb now begins YourApp::Application.routes.draw. The application object lives in the center of Railties in Rails 3, providing a core object that the rest of the frameworks can build on."

"The question should not be, “is Rails a safe choice,” but “[how long] can we justify the expense of traditional development approaches.”"

[Installing on Leopard Server seems even simpler, when I think about it]

"...And now you can start your server as usual with script/server. If you see any error, check the backtrace to see which plugin/gem is causing it and try to google about it, but hopefully your application will run smoothly from the first time."

"Then, to display the timeline_events, you'll need an association on your User model. We've frequently defined this as a has_many :through followed items, like how you might imagine it's implemented in the github activity feed. Then, in your dashboards/show.html.erb, you'd have something like this."

"The Shoulda gem makes it easy to write elegant, understandable, and maintainable Ruby tests. Shoulda consists of test macros, assertions, and helpers added on to the Test::Unit framework. It’s fully compatible with your existing tests, and requires no retooling to use."

"Combining these techniques can net us some very sophisticated data manipulations. Below is a form that will update a Creator, his address, updates three existing widgets adds one widget, and deletes two widgets."

"Paperclip is a plugin for Ruby on Rails’ ActiveRecord that lets files work as simply as any other attributes do. There are no extra database tables, only one library to install for image processing, and the ease of being able to refer to your files as easily as you refer to your other attributes."

"I've been playing with R and SWIG, and I think I'm almost to the point where I can call R from Ruby using a SWIG-wrapped R shared library. It took me most of a weekend to figure out the header files, but I got the simple subset of R (Rmath.so) talking to "irb" yesterday. The compilation part of the interface to the full "libR.so" appears to be working, but I (or some volunteer) needs to translate the tests that come with the R distribution from C to Ruby to check this out."

"It’s christmas, baby, and do we have a present for you. We’re ending the bickering between Merb and Rails with a this bombshell: Merb is being merged into Rails 3!"

"Traditionally deployment has been painful because it involves getting all the required software installed, configuring various moving parts, remembering to copy the right files at the right time, and so on. Leopard Server changes all that. In addition to Ruby and Rails, Leopard Server comes pre-installed with everything we need to deploy and run a production Rails application: Apache 2.2, mod_proxy_balancer, MySQL, Mongrel, Capistrano, and a few other unique goodies. Indeed, Leopard Server raises the bar when it comes to ease of Rails deployment."

Rails plugin to add FSM functionality to models

"...overtime is any time when you wish you weren't at the office"

It will want a page title, if I install it....

Love the example

Nice post, but the comments have the highest crap/word count I've seen in many months. Something about Big Shop Programmers? Work culture is icky; let's just *do work* instead.