Posted by Gerald on June 4, 2008
Let’s follow the example of the Seattle Ruby Brigade (Seattle.rb) and let’s start a weekly Vancouver Open Ruby Hack Night every Monday.
Interested? Let us know on the Vancouver.rb mailing list/forum and join us for the 1st Open Ruby Hack Night at Waves Coffee at the Hastings and Richards corner (offering free wireless) in downtown Vancouver one block from the Harbour Centre.
When: Monday, June 9th, 2008 – 7pm – Whenever (9ish)
Where: Waves Coffee, 492 West Hastings St.
Comments? Suggestions? Send them along to the Vancouver.rb forum/mailing list. Thanks!
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Posted by Gerald on November 16, 2007
Welcome to episode one of the Q&A with Vancouverite and Nitobian Brian LeRoux.
Ruby on Rails, especially in recent incarnations, has powerful support for creating RESTful applications. You can serve JSON encoded data back to the client as easily as XML or HTML which from an Ajax perspective kicks serious ass. While Rails does come bundled with Prototype and Scriptaculous it works equally well with JQuery, MooTools and, of course, the Nitobi Complete UI Ajax Suite. Ruby-generated JavaScript (RJS) changed my life. Specifically, the ability to dynamically render partials via an XMLHttpRequest (XHR). Building kick ass user experiences has never been more elegant, easier or faster.
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