Well... no, but recently I was listening to a podcast (can't remember which one of the top of my head), where they were talking about licensing considerations...
well actually what I was looking for was an easy install. I have a situation with lots of boxes where a rails app needs to be deployed and I want to make the...
O.K. O.K. I didn't want to say it for the sake of looking like a huge goober, but you may want to consider Microsoft Access. I have seen it work even under...
If you're considering Access you might also consider FileMaker Pro. I have at least one OSX application that uses an imbedded FileMaker Pro db. On Wed, 1 Nov...
Sqlite (http://www.sqlite.org/) is another light option, and there is a ruby/rails driver for it. The database is a single file, and the binaries are small....
I would think SQLite would be the db of choice for this kind of situation, but I have to admit that I haven't tried it with Rails and don't know what kind of...
... sqlite sounds perfect. It's a file. The rails database driver is sqlite3 (for database.yml purposes), and the gem is called sqlite3-ruby (I ran into some...
Recently, I was confronted with a task in one of the apps. I'm building that would allow the parsing of data in an Excel spreadsheet where the number of rows...
Hey Wes. Here's another thought to ease your scalability worries. You could write all of the excel parsing code in Java and call it via a webservice. It...
The AJAX is nice. But I scrolling through that long list with the little window is very tiring. I prefer to see something like cambrianhouse.com, where two...
You can expand the list to see the whole thing. Actually, I was not as interested in the UI as the small amount of code needed. He used AJAX libraries. I...
Just a reminder - the meeting this month is on the 14th - next Tuesday. I will be talking about lambda functions, and Aris will be giving a presentation on...
Right on. ... From: "Nathan Eror" <bignate@...> ... Hey Wes. Here's another thought to ease your scalability worries. You could write all of the excel...
Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday the 14th. I will be doing a talk on lambdas in Ruby, and Aris will be talking about inflections and HPRICOT. Thanks to...
O´Reilly has just upped our user-group discount from 30% to %35. You have to use the discount code I mentioned earlier (I´ll announce it again in Tuesday´s...
I just received two more books from O´Reilly to add to the Houston.rb library. Together with the titles I received from them last month, our library now...
As an FYI, registration for RubyConf (being held May 17th, 2007) does not open until the beginning of next year, but they are currently seeking proposals from...
... I used Stripes about a year and a half ago and it was much simpler then. At that point the author made a big deal about the fact that no XML was required....
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All, We had a good meeting last night, although the attendance was not as good as usual. Too bad for you regulars that chose to skip it - two outstanding...
I don't know if any of you are interested, but Yahoo has added a Ruby section to their Yahoo! Developer Network. http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/ Don...
Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI onsdag, november 08, 2006 Nooks and Crannies of Ruby There are many small parts of Ruby, tips, tricks and strange things. I...
If you are like some of the members in our group, you have been wanting a new Mac/MacBook for a while now. Or, you may just want some accessories. Apparently,...
