In this talk we will explore a few of the open source projects we work on here at Engine Yard. I will give a detailed overview of the Merb web framework and what it brings to the table. We will also discuss Rubinius, an alternate ruby VM based on SmallTalk …
Browsers are continually upgrading – providing new features from the latest specifications. We’ll look at modern JavaScript and DOM techniques that you can easily drop in to your applications for instant speed-ups.
When programming, we need a way to break up our thoughts of what we want the program to do. To do this, we use methods, or what we call in some other languages functions or subroutines. http://www.javaomatic.com/javalesson6.html
While sliding doors is far from a new concept and will be obsoleted once we see wider support for multiple backgrounds (CSS3), it is still a good one for your bag-of-tricks. The theory is that if we have an extra hook in our markup, we can apply two overlapping background …
One of a series of excellent short stop-action video explaining key aspects of Agile, written and produced by Mark Anning and David Butler. This episode focuses on Agile Planning
This episode starts a short series on how to use the FluentNHibernate library to create you NHibernate mapping files. We will walk you though creating very simple mappings and showing you how they work when using FluentNhibernate. This is NOT meant to teach you how to use the NHibernate OR/M. …