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Episode #31 - December 1, 2009

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Jemini, Amp, and Oria are covered in this episode of Ruby5. Also, Rails 2.3.5 has been released and projects are springing up making use of the Google Closure Compiler.

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  • google_closure_compiler
  • GitHub Assets
  • Oria
  • Amp
  • Jemini
  • Watir
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Optimizing Asset Bundling and Serving with Rails Jump to Story

GitHub produced a fairly thorough writeup on how they use Google's Closure Compiler in their custom asset compression and deployment setup. They also selectively deploy new asset files based on their modification date, and claim to be able to deploy, "a dozen times per day," with no end-users noticing a down/boot-up time.

May 20th, 2012

Devise 2.1, running your uncommitted rspecs, feeling dirty with soap, grabbing data out of Google spreadsheets, and more in this edition of Ruby5

May 15th, 2012

We look at easier schema-less hstore on Postgres, Ruby versions in your Gemfile, and Skype in your app. We learn how to DRY better, build a Gem from scratch, build a book without scratching yourself and how to binge on Code School for free.

May 11th, 2012

Bootstrapping young JS framework released, poppin BubbleWrap, internationalizing with alchemy, mixins and refactoring, hanging out at Rpub, and a rack middleware for contact importing.

May 8th, 2012

We Hook into Common Rails Mistakes, Process an Ox, drink some Oj, and watch RailsConf videos of a Monologue with Opee on this episode of Ruby5.