Archive for June, 2006

Ruby + PayPal

I don’t normally like throwing up a basic link or copying another blog but this, THIS, really is good news – certainly for me anyway. There’s been a number of libraries released for using Ruby with Paypal providing full integration with the online paytment service. vPayPal RoR::PayPal Ruby PayPal

Microsoft Code Site Launched

Microsoft recently launched their new code-sharing site to woo the open source community. It has a number of interesting projects up on there already including the IronPython Beta and Microsoft’s own Ajax toolkit.One notable absence though – especially considering IronPython’s presence – is the Ruby.Net project. Why hasn’t this been included?

New Ruby Homepage

Finally on its way after much fanfare the site is now up and running though not officially on the main site. You can reach it here: http://new.ruby-lang.org/en/. I’m a big fan of the new logo and hope they produce various promotional versions of it such as buttons, different sized banners, etc as the Ruby community [...]

Methodologies, Martial Arts and Philosophy

I can’t help but make comparisons between software development, philosophy and martial arts as I’m passionate about all three. However, I’ve tried three times so far to write an in-depth analysis of the similarities and links between various types of each and failed to put it quite right so I thought a short sharp post [...]

Ajax Scaffold – Improved Search/Filter

I can’t take the credit for this one this time but its a huge improvement on the previous category filter I created using the Ajax Scaffold Generator earlier in the month. This one courtesy of a gentleman at ASG Google Groups who posted a filter with an auto complete search box and after giving it [...]