IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL at Java Entrepreneur

I keep reading about the relatively new language Ruby and its web framework Rails but I haven't felt compelled to try it out. However, after reading David Geary's recent post titled Tipping Rails. I'm going to give it a try. David writes: The context in which we currently find ourselves in the Java community, I believe, is a strong factor in tipping Rails. Java caught on like wildfire because it was [...] Read More


Java's Answer to Ruby on Rails at Java Entrepreneur

TheServerSide.com has covered the release of GRails 0.1. GRails is suppose to be "the java community's answer to Ruby on Rails" but I'm not so sure. I've tried GRails and had a number of problems when I did but don't hold that against anyone. I mean come on it is only version 0.1 right now. When it does mature a bit I'm sure it will start drawing some serious attention. [...] Read More


Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials at Java Entrepreneur

A few days ago I ran across this post and thought it was a really good reference so I'm covering it here. Jim Rutherford is the Author of the Digital Media Minute blog and writes the following: A former student asked me a few days ago how I learned Ruby on Rails. The answer was that I simply read alot of great tutorials. So in the spirit of sharing, here [...] Read More


Go Jewelry Shopping at Ruby Lane at The Jewelry Weblog

Time to go holiday shopping and you can shop down Ruby Lane and find all kinds of great hand-crafted jewelry for sale. Pictured above is a fine silver and genuine ruby box pendant crafted by jewelry artist Laura Hastings of Eclectica. This is just one of a number of artisan created jewelry pieces I saw over there, so get yourself a cup of java and be ready to do some relaxing [...] Read More


Wollersheim Winery Ruby Nouveau at Celebrate Wine

As Thanksgiving gets closer and closer I'm seeing a lot of wine blogs put up their list of suggestions for Thanksgiving wines. (Don't worry, I am working on my own list._ The thing I've noticed about a lot of "wine people" is the tendency to look down on Beaujolais Nouveau in recent years. OK, perhaps there are other wines that are more exciting to serve at Thanksgiving dinner, but do [...] Read More