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Publising CAP Alerts using APP
August 14 2007
James Snell has just published an article on developWorks, which illustrates how to use the Atom Publishing Protocol to publish Common Alert Protocol (CPA) alerts. CAP defines a XML data model for specifying hazardous alerts and notifications. The article uses... read moreJuly 30 2007
restlet v1.0.4 was released last week with improved Spring integration. Check out the change log or download the zip archive. The public restlet maven repository will be updated on the 1st August. Well done Jerome, Thierry et al! read moreJuly 02 2007
On a recent flight from Boston to Melbourne i decided to have a play around with buildr and convert a small rest based web application from maven to buildr. Buildr is a ruby-based DSL build system for Java applications. The ruby plugin comes from the folks @ Intalio and born… read moreJune 17 2007
Nice introductory tutorial on Rake from the guys @ Rails Envy, which provides a brief history, introduces concepts such as tasks and namespaces and talks about its role within Rails. read moreJune 07 2007
The Concordia Project is an effort to define an interoperability layer between the various security specifications and protocols. The project is represented by members from Liberty Alliance, OpenID, WS-Federation, CardSpace and SAML 2.0. The first task for this group is... read moreCool JavaScript Data Time Widget
March 28 2007
Here is a nice looking javascript date widget that you can embed in your RoR application. Instructions on installing the widget into your Rails applications is provided on the home page. I’ll definitely be giving it a whirl. read moreCool JavaScript Data Time Widget
March 28 2007
Here is a nice looking “javascript date widget”:http://datetime.toolbocks.com/ that you can embed in your RoR application. Instructions on installing the widget into your Rails applications is provided on the home page. I’ll definitely be giving it a whirl. read moreMarch 25 2007
Since picking up RoR I have had to dig in to technologies which I had previously only glanced at. One of these is CSS, part of the DHTML set of technologies. The experience has been rewarding and at times frustrating but the outcomes has been positive. It is a technology that… read moreRoR on Sun Java System Web Server
March 20 2007
Today I came across this article, which describes how to install RoR on a Sun Java System Web Server 7.0. read moreMarch 19 2007
Rails for All is a RoR web site, which is interested in promoting RoR as the platform of choice for user centric, database-backed web application. The site allows you to promote your Ruby or RoR users group and also register yourself or your company as RoR developers. RoR content portals are… read moreMarch 18 2007
It’s old news now that Aptana has picked up the RadRails development effort and you’d probably notices that the radrails.org domain no longer exists. The new domain is radrails.net. Aptana has already introduced nightly builds and are working towards a 0.8 release, although I couldn’t find any information on time… read moreMarch 18 2007
There has been more talk on top RoR blogs on the the ror-talk mailing list this week. Here are five blogs i subscribe too. Loud Thinking Riding Rails Ruby Inside Nuby on Rails Rails Envy read moreMarch 11 2007
Recently on the ror-talk mailing list there was a question on navigational menus, which revealed some interesting resources. link_to_unless_current helper Goldberg, Integrated Site Design for RoR NavTab Plugin” The navtab plugin, which is part of SeeSaw toolbox, is a neat little plugin, which provides instant support for tabs in your web… read moreMarch 09 2007
I recently replied to an email on the ror-talk mailing list about resources on agile methodology and RoR. Here are four non-RoR specific resources that i have used during the past 12 months Lean Software Development Getting Real Practices of an Agile Developer Martin Fowler’s Site I’d like to hear what resources other… read moreLooking for a new Rails IDE for Windows
March 04 2007
It looks like development for the RadRails plugin for Eclipse has stalled and the key contributors are flat out working on a startup venture. Who can blame them we all need to eat. So the search for an alternative Windows Ruby\RailsIDE has started. I’ve read a log about textmate/, the… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
