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Best Ruby I.D.E?Just started with Ruby on Rails ( Rails 3) and I'm trying to figure out the best I.D.E. Here's what I've found so far: Eclipse / DLTK - w… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Opening Call for Proposal - RubyConf India 2012This just in from Satish N Kota of the Bangalore RUG: "Hello Folks,Lets begin the begin and in that spirit, call for talk proposals isop… Started by Michael Levin |
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EasyBThis just in from Luis Espinal of MJUG: http://www.easyb.org/ The EasyB syntax for writing stories and specifications is a lot more succ… Started by Michael Levin |
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HoboI read a fascinating thread (on the Bangalore RUG) there's a application builder for Rails called Hobo. "...It generates views by inspectin… Started by Michael Levin |
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Ruby on the JVMWho is using Ruby on the JVM? Please share your sweet successes with us. Started by Michael Levin |
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Ruby and Cloud ComputingI'm embarking on an adventure. The mission is to discover all I can about cloud computing. I'm interested to hear anything you've learned… Started by Michael Levin |
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