Archive for August, 2006
jEdit as TextMate equivalent for Windows based Ruby on Rails development
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 | Programming, Ruby, Work | No Comments
jEdit can be set up to be a very productive Ruby on Rails IDE with efficiency boosting features very similar to the ones TextMate provides to
the Mac users out there. I would argue that it provides more productivity features than TextMate does as it is fully pluggable and has a strong following of plugin creators.
The following links are in some semblance of a suggested order:
- Finding the Best Ruby on Rails IDE for Windows
Chronicles experience in finding the best Ruby on Rails IDE. I landed on jEdit for a number of reasons. - jEdit Tutorial: A How-To on Abbreviations in Superabbrevs for HTML, Ruby on Rails and more
Not sure what “abbreviations†are? Check this article out for an in depth explanation of what they are and how to set them up in jEdit. - jEdit for ruby/rails development
This article includes screenshots of more plugins than any of the others I have found. I’d follow the instructions here and go over to jEdit Snippets for Ruby on Rails to get a great set of abbreviations. - jEdit Snippets for Ruby on Rails
An excellent set of abbreviations with an online quick reference doc so you know what each of them does. - Ruby jEdit Plugin
This is the actual plugin needed to get Ruby on Rails autocompletion, RDoc integration, etc.
Firebug the javascript debugger for firefox
Monday, August 14th, 2006 | Ajax, Programming, Work | No Comments
- JavaScript debugger for stepping through code one line at a time
- Status bar icon shows you when there is an error in a web page
- A console that shows errors from JavaScript and CSS
- Log messages from JavaScript in your web page to the console (bye bye “alert debugging”)
- An JavaScript command line (no more “javascript:” in the URL bar)
- Spy on XMLHttpRequest traffic
- Inspect HTML source, computed style, events, layout and the DOM
Ajax links[del.icio.us]
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 | Ajax, Programming, Work | No Comments
Ajax links and interesting tutorials from Ajaxian.
- How to design a large AJAX Application
- Adding AJAX to a website step by step
- JavaScript Model-View-Controller with Dojo toolkit
- RSS Feed Reader using Ajax and PHP Part1
- RSS Feed Reader using Ajax and PHP Part2
In the guide you can download from the link above they cover the process of developed in the course of implementing two AJAX applications. This approach has made it easier for me to work with the design team, produce estimates for this type of project and communicate what is involved each step of the way to the project managers for scheduling purposes.
Webthumb is a small project of mine that takes a snapshot of a website and gives you thumbnails in 4 different sizes. Currently the site is rather boring and has a couple of usability problems especially on the pickup page. Over the next couple of days I’ll be using various AJAX techniques to upgrade Webthumb, writing about the process as things happen.
The article describes an implementation of Model-View-Controller software design pattern in JavaScript. Created classes conform to Dojo toolkit class building concepts: dojo.lang.declare creates classes and dojo.event.connect supports low coupling of MVC.
This HOWTO I will explain how to build an RSS Feed Reader using AjaxAgent and PHP (sic, better than .net 
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