One of the aspects we have to work around building and improving a dynamic language implementation on the Java Virtual Machine is the way the JVM loads and executes bytecode. In order for JRuby to take advantage of the Hotspot just-in-time (JIT) compiler,
You've built a vibrant community of Family Guy enthusiasts. The SVD recommendation algorithm took your site to the next level by allowing you to leverage the implicit knowledge of your community. But now you're ready for the next iteration - you are about
Passadinha rápida só pra deixar registrado uma dica pra quem for instalar (ou tentar) o novo serviço de internet móvel da Claro com 3g no Mac OS. Eu assinei o serviço de 1mps e recebi “de cortesia” o modem USB Huawei E226. No manual que acompanha
Note that I made a grave error of thinking before writing this article: I forgot the copy-on-write page sharing of modern Unices. I added two paragraphs to this article that should clarify the point. Thanks for your comment, Alex.
Behold, behold, Rails 2.0 is almost here. But before we can slap on the final stamp, we’re going to pass through a couple of trial release phases. The first is this preview release, which allows you to sample the goodies in their almost finished state.
I have been thinking much about Metaprogramming lately. I have come to the conclusion that I would like to see more examples and explanations of these techniques. For good or bad, metaprogramming has entered the Ruby community as the standard way of accom
If you read discussions about programming languages, one topic is quite common: "Why do people use an inferior language like Java/C++/what-the-hell and not a superior language like Lisp/Haskell/Python/you-name-it"?
Like I wrote earlier, it’s frustrating to learn a new language when you don’t get to use it straight away. So I’ve come up with 10 creative ways that will get you started today with making big money (or fame) with your newly acquired Ruby skills
rcov is a code coverage tool for Ruby. It is commonly used for viewing overall test coverage of target code. It features: * fast execution: 20-300 times faster than previous tools * multiple analysis modes: standard, bogo-profile, "intentional testing", d
TWO YUMMY LIBRARIES! Ruby Facets is the single largest collection of core extension methods and standard library additions available for the Ruby programming language.
This is an insanely long and gnarly essay about implementing, then optimizing, the low-level bits of a pure-Ruby XML parser. If you obsess about XML reading, deterministic finite automata, or Ruby code optimization, you may find some part of it interestin
I'd been planning to add full-text search capabilities to FastRI from the beginning, and in Ruby-land "full-text" means Ferret. But I wanted to keep dependencies to a minimum, as FastRI could someday aspire to replace parts of the agonizing ri in the stdl
Here at Ohloh we've accumulated an enormous database of open source development facts. So far, we've indexed over 3,000 projects and 220 million lines of source code. In addition, we've followed the history of these lines of code, to identify when and by
On Wednesday in Frankfurt at the PHP International Conference I gave a fairly general talk on issues in Web frameworks. I had fun making a graph comparing Java, PHP, and Rails, and you might enjoy it too. [Update: Theserverside.com has a grossly inaccurat
Whether you’ve forgotten the name of a function or the property of a cascading style sheet - handy cheat sheets deliver the information you are looking for - immediately. Most cheat sheets are available as .pdf or .png-files, so you can print them and u
"Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice
Yesterday I was glancing Douglas Bowman’s Photo gallery and a fun idea came to me. Inspired by using photo slides on a light table, Douglas employs a unified theme and feel across his gallery. Kindly he released the theme free for use and is available f