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Episode #142 - January 18, 2011

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Safe(r) monkey patching, GeoMagic, custom RSpec2 matchers, Sanitize, Sunspot and Solr, widgets, zero-copy, and even a Hamster are on this episode of Ruby5.

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  • RubyThere.com
  • Patching
  • GeoMagic
  • Matchers
  • Sanitize
  • Sunspot & Solr
  • Widgets
  • Zero-copy
  • Hamster
  • Ruby5

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