Open Source Tools for Software Development Videos and Tutorials
Pickle adds many convenient Cucumber steps for generating models. Also learn about table diffs in this episode. Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific language and serves as documentation, automated tests and development-aid – all rolled …
As web developers, we live in an arranged marriage with JavaScript. What is a Rubyist to do? Use JavaScript as a compile target? Abstract it away on the server? With JRuby, we can embrace the shared language of the web in a compelling way, building reusable libraries that work across …
San Francisco Java User Group presents Kohsuke Kawaguchi from Sun who introduces us to Hudson, an open-source continuous integration (CI) system, which improves the productivity of a development team by automating various things. Additional resources: Hudson Blog Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop Continuous Integration Tools Directory
An introduction to the features of the Hobo extensions to Ruby on Rails, focusing on rapid development. Hobo is a collection of open-source gems/plugins for Ruby on Rails that help you build anything from throwaway prototypes and internal utilities to meticulously crafted full-blown web apps. The goal: write less code. …
The :include and :joins options for the find method can be a little confusing because they are so similar. In this episode I show specifically when to use which option. http://railscasts.com/episodes/181-include-vs-joins
Igal Koshevoy of Pragmaticraft speaks about Comparing Non-Relational Databases: MongoDB, Tokyo Tyrant, CouchDB at the November 2009 OpenSQLCamp in Portland, Oregon.