Why use a framework like Rails? Ruby on Rails is all about adding structure and built-in functionality to your projects, with the goal of limiting dull, repetitive and confusing coding.

App dev: Martin Heller has an update on Ruby on Rails IDEs. Those would be Aptana IDE + Rails (nee RadRails), Ruby in Steel and ActiveState Komodo. “The Rails IDE market is continuing to evolve ...

In the May 2007 issue of Linux Journal, I described my initial foray into the world of Ruby programming, combining Ruby with CGI and AJAX to produce a Web-based Ethernet Analyzer. Although I had fun ...

Sep 2, 2008 was the Tutorials Day @ Rails Conf Europe. I attended Renegade’s Guide to Hacking Rails Internals (partly) and Deploying and Monitoring Ruby on Rails. The first session did exactly what it ...

I’m a student in the third cohort at Ada Developers Academy (ADA), and GeekWire invited me to chronicle my leap from my prior career as a clinical psychologist to becoming a software developer. ADA is ...