Because of its dynamic nature, Ruby is very difficult to optimize; as a result it is a slow language. It has long been an unrequited dream of mine to write a fully static Ruby compiler, which converts Ruby into efficient, directly executable machine code. I had given it up as …
If you want to create a Ruby on Rails model without a database backend, you simply need to define a couple methods in the model like I show in this episode. http://railscasts.com/episodes/193-tableless-model
This screencast demonstrates how to use Rake to build .NET solution, run unit tests and build documentation. Rake with Ruby is a perfect combination which will eliminate Nant and MSBuild hell.
In this screencast Mohammad Azam introduces Rake. Rake is a build framework for Ruby language but it can also be used to build, compile .NET applications.
Ruby’s testing culture goes way back, and has been a force for making many Ruby projects a showcase for solid, maintainable code. That said, within a business an exclusive focus on TDD and BDD can easily miss the bigger picture and drive optimizations in the development process that negatively impact …
MongoDB is an open-source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database. The goal of the MongoDB project is to bridge the functionality gap between a key/value store and a traditional RDBMS. There is a native Ruby driver for MongoDB, as well as several open-source projects providing additional support for using MongoDB from Ruby. …