June 27th, 2009
In which I formally release MongoMapper, a high level wrapper similar to ActiveRecord, but for MongoDB.
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In which I formally release MongoMapper, a high level wrapper similar to ActiveRecord, but for MongoDB.
In which I show how to use a Ruby implementation of JSONQuery to test JSON in Rails apps.
In which I summarize my favorite points from an old, but awesome article.
In which I provide an intro to MongoDB and it’s awesomeness.
In which I wax poetic about the trendy new addition to the Twitter gem.
In which I show the difference between include and extend when working with modules in Ruby.
In which I show the difference between a class method and an instance method.
In which I discuss some recent updates to the site.
In which I discuss how I added simple permissions into flightcontrolled.com an app I created and how cool clearance, shoulda, factory girl and paperclip are.
In which I show off the rewritten Twitter gem and an example app that takes advantage of it.
In which I release a new gem that allows parsing XML or JSON with a simple, consistent API.
In which I attempt to explain OAuth in simple terms and what it is good for.
In which I release a new gem named Columbus that auto-discovers feed urls.
In which I show how easy it is now to create ruby gems that wrap APIs, using Google Weather as an example.
In which I show all the dirty secrets of custom matchers using matchy.
In which I show an example of how to use HTTParty to consume the MyMileMarker undocumented API.
In which I describe simple guidelines for contributing to other people’s open source projects.
In which I revive clogging by presenting a simple class that follows a limited number of redirects on its journey to an endpoint.
In which I mention my first time in print, an article for the first issue of Rails magazine.
Authored by John Nunemaker (Noo-neh-maker), a web developer and programmer who has fallen deeply in love with Ruby. More about John.
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