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The advent of Object#returning first, and Object#tap consequently, quickly lead to a very common and elegant pattern in the Rails community to scope a variable to a block in your template code. Here’s a simple .erb file. <% "Simone".tap |string| %> Hello, <%= string %>. <% end %> Once executed, in Rails 2.3 the template [...]
How to fix the DEPRECATION WARNING: You are using the old router DSL which will be removed in Rails 3.1.
How to run a command in Capistrano as a root without using sudo.
I'm an Italian software developer and technical writer, also known as weppos. I started my technical career in 2001, studying search engine algorithms and behaviors, and exploring what would later go on to become the field of Search Engine Optimization. I worked as a SEO specialists, programmer and technical manager before deciding to focus on my own startup.
I'm very passionate about data management, programming languages and best practices. I'm a Ruby addicted. I've been working professionally with Ruby since 2006, as well as with related technologies such as Ruby on Rails. I'm the author of the Whois Gem, as well as an active contributor to the open source community.
I'm currently available for consulting, development or speech opportunities. I prefer short, catchy projects. Let me know if I can help you.
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In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
This one hour screencast is a live example of upgrading a real-world application from Rails 2 to Rails 3. It also includes several links to articles and resources that cover the most important Rails 3 changes.
Whois is an intelligent pure Ruby WHOIS client and parse. It supports WHOIS queries for domains, IPv4 and IPv6.
Money is an library for dealing with money and currency conversion. It supports money exchange between currencies.
WWW::Delicious is a Ruby client for 
HTTP Header Checker inspects the HTTP headers and the HTTP status code returned by a server: check your server free.