https://www.developerfusion.com/t/ruby/media/view/video/ 2012-09-24T08:32:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/media/145984/376-jruby-basics/ 2012-09-24T08:32:00.00Z

JRuby is a polished and stable Ruby implementation. Here I show the basics of setting it up and executing Java from within Ruby. I also see how it compares with MRI at running threads.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/144149/358-brakeman/ 2012-06-16T07:13:00.00Z

The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/143610/354-squeel/ 2012-05-30T10:37:00.00Z

Squeel provides a comprehensive DSL for writing SQL queries in Ruby. It is built upon Arel giving you access to many of its powerful features.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/137869/322-rabl/ 2012-02-09T02:16:00.00Z

RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/135257/310-getting-started-with-rails/ 2011-12-27T09:53:00.00Z

Learning Ruby on Rails can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to programming. Here I will take you on a tour through various resources to help get started with Rails.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/130801/290-soap-with-savon/ 2011-10-17T11:21:00.00Z

Communicating with a SOAP API can be a daunting task. Savon makes this easier by presenting the SOAP API through a Ruby interface.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/94460/ruby-on-rails-3-tutorial-learn-rails-by-example/ 2011-02-07T19:34:00.00Z

Learn about Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial LiveLessons Bundle which delivers instant skills, answers, and solutions from more than 18 hours of video training combined with the #1 Rails development guide, Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/118930/238-mongoid/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Mongoid is a polished, high-level Ruby gem for accessing MongoDB. Here I cover installation, adding fields, validations, associations, and keys.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/118948/220-pdfkit/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/118968/200-rails-3-beta-and-rvm/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to open source.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/76317/inside-ironruby-with-jimmy-schementi/ 2010-02-01T03:47:00.00Z

Jimmy Schementi and Ted Neward discuss IronRuby, a Open Source implementation of the Ruby programming language for .NET which relies heavily on Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/118973/195-my-favorite-web-apps-in-2009/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Here I show several of my favorite web applications which I found most helpful as a Ruby developer over the past year.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/119004/164-cron-in-ruby/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Cron is great for handling recurring tasks, but it is an external dependency with a crazy syntax. In this episode I show you how to use Whenever to create cron jobs with Ruby.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/119015/153-pdfs-with-prawn/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/48313/onsoftware-the-cost-benefit-equation-for-ruby-with-glenn-vanderburg-part-2/ 2009-07-17T16:29:00.00Z

Glenn Vanderburg discusses Static versus Dynamic typing in Ruby.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/119033/135-making-a-gem/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Want to create a Ruby Gem instead of a Rails plugin? In this episode I will walk you through creating a gem to extend Rails.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/48315/onsoftware-the-cost-benefit-equation-for-ruby-with-glenn-vanderburg-part-1/ 2009-07-17T16:29:00.00Z

Glenn Vanderburg describes the cost benefit equation for Ruby.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/48338/onsoftware-inside-scala-scalable-language-with-bill-venners-part-2/ 2009-07-17T16:29:00.00Z

In part 2, Bill Venners illustrates Scala's conciseness and expressiveness, giving it the feel of dynamic languages such as Python or Ruby, but also providing a rich static type system that helps programmers prevent errors.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/119082/86-logging-variables/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/media/119099/69-markaby-in-helper/ 2011-05-10T03:36:00.00Z

Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode.

James Crowley