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Generic VMs will allow developers to produce better-quality code with more flexibility than ever before Looking at Peter Wayner's examination of possible futures for dynamic programming languages, I'm surprised ...

Merb is a more modular Ruby framework than Rails, with a smaller core and an emphasis on performance.

Several up-and-coming scripting languages--some open-source--are gaining popularity among software developers.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Engine Yard, a company in cloud deployment and open-source tools for Ruby and Rails applications, has announced the first major release of its open-source framework, Merb.

JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and other dynamic languages are remaking the Web and bringing programming to the masses.

Sphincter uses Dmytro Shteflyuk's Sphinx Ruby API and automatic configuration to make totally rad ActiveRecord searching.

Phusion Passenger is an easy and robust deployment of Ruby on Rails applications on Apache web servers.

Welcome to yet another addition in this Week in Rails where we summarize some of the most interesting stories of the past two weeks.

In addition to building Web and console applications with Ruby, you can write complex GUI desktop applications that run unmodified on multiple platforms.

New Bamboo, a software company that's been developing solutions using the infamous Ruby on Rails since its conception, released Panda -- a new Open Source platform designed for the easy uploading, transcoding ...

Andre Bro wrote: Good article. Couldn't find the listings though. Are they missing ? Oct.

It isn't particularly surprising that timezone support is a pretty important component of web applications, as the web really is a global medium.

From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you how the experts have already solved the problems you have.

At the Western Canada Software Symposium this weekend , fellow speaker Brian Maso asked me if I had any short, compelling examples of closures.

I must admit that the only roundhouse I've ever been in or near was at a restaurant somewhere up on the Illinois/Wisconsin border.

Now that we have a Rails app up and running, all be it a simple one, it's time to think about testing.

Arun Gupta is a Technology Evangelist for Web Services and Web 2.0 Apps at Sun. He was the spec lead for APIs in the Java platform, committer in multiple Open Source projects, participated in standard bodies ...

Pearson has announced the agenda and speaker line-up for its dedicated conference for the Ruby and Rails community, Voices That Matter: Professional Ruby Conference, to be held November 17-20, 2008 at Boston's ...

Yes, I do have a life beyond Bitwise, honest! Most of it is taken up with my company, SapphireSteel Software .

Last night, I took a look at James Darling 's Ruminant library for Ruby. It's a little Ruby library that lets you assembled designs and orders and send them to the Moo API for printing.