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Recently, I wanted to learn how to make Facebook applications using Ruby on Rails. For my first project, I decided to build a small application to let people find, share, install and promote Ubuntu software right from within Facebook. Determining which software we use can be a very social experience, often we’ll ask our friends [...]

Ever wonder what your website looks like in different browsers?  Even though most of us would prefer that people didn’t use browsers like Internet Explorer 6, these old browsers are still widely used.  If you want to make sure that your site is not completely broken in these old browsers, try Browsershots.org.
Browsershots generates screenshots of [...]

I wanted to learn some about YAML so I could use it in one of my current Ruby on Rails projects. A quick google search turned up a lot of information, but nothing quite as useful as the Yaml Cookbook for Ruby. The cookbook is full of examples of YAML and the corresponding Ruby code. [...]

While working on a new site today, I was reminded of just how great the Firebug extension for Firefox really is. I used Firebug heavily about 6 months ago for a Ruby on Rails application. I used it mostly for monitoring and debugging my AJAX calls. Firebug has come a long way [...]

The guys over at Ruby Inside are putting together a
Ruby Advent Calendar.  The Calendar features a new article about Ruby for each day of Advent.

Following the trend, Err the Blog has put together their own Advent Calendar that’s packed full of useful Rails tips (focusing mostly on ActiveSupport).  There are some great gems in there!