Ruby on Rails – The Introduction
Well, it’s a few short weeks into it and I’ve been working away at Ruby on Rails. After the initial set-up, this has been an amazing experience and I’ve only just begun.
This is an incredible framework and once I master more of the programming, I’m itching to take this to the next level and develop a new site utilizing the power of Ruby. The most likely test-bed will be a new variation of my personal site.
From my intial work, this is a programming language NOT for general use. The trend in web design is going toward more and more dynamic elements which means that the guys who design the websites of the current and future will not be the casual “oh-I’ll-just-buy-Frontpage-and-make-a-site”. Rather there will be the high-end custom design experts and a ton of TEMPLATE-driven web solutions being peddled as the next best thing. I could say a lot about my personal opinion of 95% of web template systems (not too favorable)…but the trend is there and there are some (I emphasize SOME) that seem to be doing it well.
From my initial work and research, I see Ruby on Rails becoming my defacto site developing tool-set. The power and relative ease (once mastered) is incredibly attractive.
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What? Another Internet Explorer Vulnerability?
Ok folks…as passe as this is becoming, it does bear mentioning that there is yet another vulnerability on Internet Explorer. This one has been listed as “CRITICAL” on Microsoft’s Dev site which means this is a serious threat that everyone who uses IE should get patched right away.
I have two recommendations:
1. Switch to Firefox – a free and virus/spyware free browser that will allow you to browse worry free and sleep well at night…or
2. If you MUST use IE (a fallacy you need to get over) – then make sure you visit the following link to download the necessary security patches and plug this hole right away.
LINK: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx
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Project Collaboration Made Easy
I just happened upon this excellent online project collaboration resource from Basecamp. I had a client that needed to send me large photo files and the FTP resource I have used in the past is simply not user-friendly and becomes more work than it’s worth.
I signed up at Basecamp (they have a free account with small fees for more features) and created a project for this particular client. I set-up collaboration and voila! – instant online project management. This is a slick tool that appears to be using the latest in AJAX programming giving it a feel of real-time interactivity.
Check it out. This is great when working with teams where collaboration on to-do lists, messages and file uploads makes the work flow easier and easy to track.
So far…I give it Two Thumbs Up.
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