Understanding Ruby on Rails:"X" Things You Need To KnowRuby on Rails is perhaps the most innovative web application framework since WebObjects , with developers claiming 10x boosts in productivity over J2EE. But, what is it "really"? And why should I care? These notes and sample code complement the enormous number of Ruby and Rails tutorials... Continue Reading →
DNSSEC: DNS Secutity Extensions
Somewhat off-topic, but I've recently been doing some research on DNSSEC (aka Secure DNS). I was quite surprised to discover that the current RFCs about this were only published last March, so it is a relatively recent development (not counting the earlier, un-implementable versions :-).[Read more] for a list of interesting resources I've discovered about... Continue Reading →
OSI Membership Policy: Request for Proposals
Ken Coar just posted an official "Call for Proposals" regarding OSI membership. [Read more] for the full text, though the key sentence for me is:The objective of moving to a membership model is tobroaden the "ownership" of the OSI to include the globalcommunity of people who are investing their lives in opensource. Those members then... Continue Reading →
A Theology of REST?
Over on REST discuss, transplanted Ghanese IBMer Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah posted a fascinating economic analysis of REST. [Read more] for some choice excerpts from his Biblically-inspired parable(emphasis mine); I should ask him if he knows economist-theologian Sayo Ajiboye! ? There's a Reverend: HTTP ? There's a choir: the HUHXtable quartet (HTTP, URI, HTML, XML) ? There... Continue Reading →
Sam Ruby goes Jeff Foxworthy on REST vs. SOAP
SAM got a little wistful today about this ancient post where he hoped that the REST vs. SOAP debate would focus on substantive issues. [Read more] to see why he isn't giving up his day job... From Sam Ruby:Rest vs RPCÊ In reality, there aren't two sides.Ê There are at least four.Ê ? Everything is... Continue Reading →
Microformat T-Shirts
I'm not quite geeky enough to buy one -- but I am geeky enough to blog about them. :-)Microformats.org: we do it with class
REST defined, concisely
Hat tip to Sam Ruby for pointing me to Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah's recap of the "REST Elevator Pitch" as four brief points: ? Identification Of Resources ? Manipulation Of Resources Through Representations ? Self-Descriptive Messages ? Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State[Read more] for a longer, metaphor-laden excerpt from Koranteng's Toli about the "HUHXtable (?)... Continue Reading →
Plan: ActiveData
Based on the encouraging responses to my original post on rails-core, I've put together a plan of action. [Read more] for the details, and stay tuned for the implementation. [Update: Hat tip to Rubert Barrow for suggesting ActiveSalesforce as a possible starting point]Just to summarize, the best plan appears to be:a) Create a plugin ("activedata")http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowTosPluginsb)... Continue Reading →
“ActiveRecord” for non-SQL Data in Rails
The heart of Ruby on Rails is arguably ActiveRecord (AR), which implements their version of Object-Relational Mapping. For greater generality (and locking across apps) it would be nice to have Rails on Mac OS X talk directly to CoreData. In particular, that would allow it to a) utilize the model file, and b) access data... Continue Reading →
Application for OSI Board Membership
Since I'm applying for public office, I may as well state my agenda and qualifications publicly for anyone who wants to comment (or hold me to them later, if I should attain such office). What is your prior experience with open source software??ÊÊ?http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/C1923057755/index.htmlÊ?* Long-term participant in OSI License DiscussÊ?* Active on license proliferation and membership... Continue Reading →
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