Category Archives: Ruby

PHP – The World’s Best Case Against Static Compilation

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Rob

Let me start off by saying first and foremost that I am NOT anti-PHP.  I like PHP.  PHP was my first web scripting language that I learned (I don’t count Perl as a web scripting language, because it has so … Continue reading →

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No, You Probably Don’t Need Ruby on Rails

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Rob

I’ve taken some flack before for being on the side of the fence that usually doesn’t favor the use of Ruby on Rails for small projects. What have I got against Rails?  Absolutely nothing!  It’s my platform of choice for … Continue reading →

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Hamilton C Shell 2009 – The Missing Shell for Windows

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Rob

Rather than get right down to the details with Hamilton C Shell 2009, I’d like to take a moment to give a bit of software history. The reason I feel this is imperative is that most people buying software today … Continue reading →

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Install MySQL Gem on CentOS 5

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Rob

There’s a lot of conflicting information out there on how to install the MySQL gem on CentOS 5, but it’s very easy to do.  On a clean CentOS 5 install, as root, run: yum install mysql-devel gcc make gem install … Continue reading →

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Can't activate rubyforge (= 0.4.5) problems

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Rob

If you recently updated your gems, you may see this nasty error: can’t activate rubyforge (= 0.4.5), already activated rubyforge-1.0.0] or similar. If you do, the fix is simple. Simply run: sudo gem uninstall -a rubyforge Run the command twice … Continue reading →

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Installing Ruby on Debian and Ubuntu

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Rob

While you can use the version of Ruby that comes with Debian and Ubuntu's repositories, you'll find it to be a bit out of date. It's probably fine for most usage, but if you're like me and like to keep … Continue reading →

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RMagick on Ubuntu Gusty

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Rob

If you're trying to install RMagick on Ubuntu Gusty, you won't have much luck, as the new RMagick doesn't support the version of ImageMagick that Gusty currently has. To install RMagick on Gusty, run: sudo apt-get remove librmagick-ruby librmagick-ruby1.8 librmagick-ruby-doc … Continue reading →

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