Previously I pointed out some excellent video resources for learning Ruby and Rails. Not to be outdone, the Flex community (well, Adobe actually) has their own set of training materials in video form as well. And they are available for free. The Adobe Flex in a Week Video Training series is like attending a week-long [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Creating a Mac Desktop Icon in AIR
My company offers a Kid Browser, an AIR application downloaded and installed by parents, then used by their children. Adobe’s AIR installer on the whole provides a good user experience, and it creates a nice icon on the desktop for Windows users. But it does not create a desktop icon for Mac users, who then [...]
Aptana RadRails is a Big Bag of Suck
You might have noticed I was less than impressed with IntelliJ RubyMine. So I decided to give Aptana RadRails a try. One of my co-workers had already given Aptana a big thumbs-down, based on his experiences with it about a year ago. It couldn’t handle the most basic IDE functions, such as a complete list [...]
Automating Unit Tests in Flex
My company’s development culture is very test-driven, enabled in large part by our use of Rails on the server side. But we also feature an Adobe AIR application as part of our customer offering. Until now, it’s been the “ugly stepchild” compared to the server app, with a minimal set of unit tests and no [...]
Posted in Flex, Test driven
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My RubyMine Feedback
Dear XXX, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on RubyMine. To give you some background, I am a longtime Java developer who has just recently made the switch to Rails, and am now climbing the Ruby/Rails learning curve. I have prior experience with IntelliJ IDEA, as well as Eclipse. To answer the [...]
Ruby on Rails Screencasts
Although I’m new to the Ruby world, I’m struck by the community’s willingness to reach out to newbies. There’s an astounding amount of material online designed to get people going quickly with Ruby and Rails. Screencasts are definitely a new way for me to learn a new language or environment, and the Ruby community seems [...]
Posted in Rails, Recommendations, Ruby
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Welcome
It’s been on my to-do list for a long time, but now I’ve finally created my own blog where I can share technical discoveries with the rest of the world. Modern languages and development platforms have grown so large and so sophisticated that few people can afford the time to study them and learn all [...]
Posted in Musings
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