Is it 1.9? I love single-purpose sites that have a purpose. Currently using is it ruby 19 to track which popular gems are Ruby 1.9 compatible.
Dictionary attack. You can use Dictionary.app to lookup words, Wikipedia entries, why not APIs? Priit Haamer created a dictionary for Ruby and one for Ruby on Rails.
Scaling Rails. A series of videos created by New Relic and and Rails Envy’s Gregg. I’ll give you three reasons to watch it.
- You want to learn about scaling Rails and video gets you attention better than a blog post.
- You want to learn about scaling Web apps, and there are no good videos for your framework of choice. The principles are often the same.
- You want to create useful videos that also promote a cool product without coming off as a sleazy informercial.
Repeatable resources. If you’re cranking out a lot of resources, let inherited_resources do the heavy lifting. Good example for defaults over boilerplate code.
Nested objects. New in Rails 2.3, updating a model and its nested attributes. Impressive what URL encoded can do, when pushed to the max.