Monkeybars: easy cross platform GUIs
Monkeybars is a JRuby library that gives Ruby developers easy access to the world of Swing GUI development. Much of the complexity of Swing is removed and appropriately Ruby-ized. There is an emphasis...
View ArticleTest-Driving GUIs (with RubyCocoa)
Test-driven design is probably more popular in the Ruby community than in other language communities. Nevertheless, test-driven design of graphical user interfaces is still seen as something of a black...
View ArticleImproving the Usability of Your Ruby on Rails Applications
This session will explain the importance of usability and teach essential interface design principles for better user experiences on the web. The session will then dive into how to apply these...
View ArticleFlexiblerails (1 of 10): Getting Started
In this getting started with Flexiblerails we demonstrate how to install ruby on rails and create a skeleton. This tutorial was created by Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University.
View ArticleFlexiblerails (2 of 10): Instant Rails & Plugins
In this tutorial we demonstrate how to install Instant Rails and discuss plugins.
View ArticleBuild Applications on the Microsoft Platform Using Eclipse, Java, Ruby and PHP
Microsoft has delivered multiple technologies that focus on interoperability with non-Microsoft and Open Source technologies. In this video you will learn how to use the Eclipse tools today to build...
View ArticleSD Ruby – Episode 065 HotRuby + jQuery Ruby in the Browser
Daniel Moore will demonstrate using the HotRuby VM to execute Ruby code natively in the browser. The demonstration shows how Ruby can call native JS libraries, like jQuery, to perform DOM manipulation....
View ArticleFlex on Rails with RubyAMF
Using RubyAMF to build AMF services in Rails and how to use these services in Flex.
View ArticleRailscasts – Pagination with AJAX
Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery. http://railscasts.com/episodes/174-pagination-with-ajax
View ArticleEmbracing Collaboration with JRuby and JavaScript
As web developers, we live in an arranged marriage with JavaScript. What is a Rubyist to do? Use JavaScript as a compile target? Abstract it away on the server? With JRuby, we can embrace the shared...
View ArticleScripting Android With Ruby
Mark Ranallo will give an introduction to using JRuby in conjunction with the Android Scripting Environment. Bonus content: download the slides from this talk. http://sdruby.org/podcast/78
View ArticleUsing Dynamic Languages to Develop Microsoft Silverlight Applications
Learn how to use the Microsoft Visual Basic/C# DLR integration to test a statically-typed application with IronRuby. See how to develop a Silverlight application end-to-end with IronRuby, and how...
View ArticleUnobtrusive Javascript
Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript
View ArticleForms Don’t Have to be this Complicated
HTML Forms have made huge strides in recent years, with AJAX and HTML5. Unfortunately, our tools to make them haven’t been keeping up. Since Forms have been talked to death many times before, I’ll...
View ArticleManaging Javascript and CSS with Rack
In most web applications, managing Javascript and CSS is a mess. This video presents a new Rack-based approach to packaging assets using a lightweight gem called Stork. You’ll learn organizational...
View ArticleRuby, JavaScript and the Mobile Web
Rich interactive mobile web applications requires applications that are built with JavaScript but still require server backends. While there are many new JavaScript frameworks, only a few are suited to...
View ArticleCoffeeScript for Rubyists
This video provides a CoffeeScript introduction from the perspective of a Ruby aficionado. The talk focuses on what’s in the language, as well as what makes CoffeeScript so compelling for a Rubyist....
View ArticleBuilding Rails Applications with Aptana RadRails
RadRails is a free open source IDE for the Ruby on Rails framework that can be used as a stand-alone product or as an Eclipse plug-in. Four videos are currently available on the site aptana.tv Aptana...
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