Ruby on Rails

In this episode, I talk with Brian Eng and Jeff Cohen from the Softies on Rails blog, and James Avery about the Ruby on Rails web framework and what Alt.NET can learn from it.

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We discuss the following:

• Ruby on Rails
• Softies on Rails blog
• Rails for .NET Developers
• IronRuby
• Learn a new language each year
• Domain Specific Languages
• Hacker Mentality
• Sneaking Ruby into the Enterprise
• Rake
• Rails’ “Sweet Spot”
• Separation of Concerns
• Test Driven Development
• Agile Mindset
• Writing the book
• Opinionated Software
• JRuby
• Making Open Source contributions
• Importance of software documentation

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More jQuery in ASP.NET

In this episode Chris Brandsma, Rick Strahl, Dave Ward, Bertrand Le Roy, and Scott Koon conclude their discussion of Microsoft’s jQuery in ASP.NET announcement¹.

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¹ Steven Harman lost his hard drive part way through and was unable to remain on the call. You can leave him your heart felt condolences on his blog.

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jQuery in ASP.NET

In this episode Chris Brandsma, Rick Strahl, Dave Ward, Bertrand Le Roy, Scott Koon, and Steven Harman discuss Microsoft’s jQuery in ASP.NET announcement.

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The panel discusses the following:

• JavaScript
  • JavaScript: The Good Parts
  • FireFox and Firebug
  • AJAX
  • The Next Big Language
  • Prototype Model
  • Closures
• jQuery
  • Documentation
  • jQuery UI
  • jQuery Plugins
• Microsoft shipping jQuery in ASP.NET
  • John Resig’s announcement
  • Scott Guthrie’s announcement
• CSS3 Selectors
• Code Generation
• Is this a “Win” for ALT.NET?
• Microsoft accepting user-contributed code

The panel’s conversation continues in the next episode…

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Object-Oriented Programming in Ruby

In this episode, I talk with Scott Bellware about object-oriented programming in Ruby, and Ruby’s object model. This is taken from a private conversation, and the audio quality suffers at times. Much thanks to Scott for allowing this to be released.

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We discuss the following:

• The Ruby Object Model and Metaprogramming screencasts with Dave Thomas
• “Actually I made up the term “object-oriented”, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.” — Alan Kay
• Is C++ Object-Oriented?
• IronRuby + C# = Awesomeness
• Object Thinking
• Neal Ford’s Meme Agora blog
  • Ruby Matters: A Place to Put Your Stuff
  • Ruby Matters: Meta-programming, Synthesis, and Generation
  • Ruby Matters: “Design Patterns” in Dynamic Languages
  • Ruby Matters: Language Beauty Part 1
  • Ruby Matters: Language Beauty Part 2
  • Ruby Matters: Contracts vs. Promises
  • Ruby Matters: Unleash the Brainiacs!
  • Ruby Matters: Frameworks, DSLs, and Dietzler’s Rule
• Polymorphism by Inheritance vs. Behavior
• Overuse the Matrix analogy
• Message passing vs. method invocation
• IronRuby and the DLR
• Polyglot Programming
• Microsoft Live Labs Vota
• One language to rule them all
• Mentors and mentorship

P.S. I first met Scott when I interviewed him on the Rubiverse podcast a year ago. You may also find that conversation interesting.

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The State of IronRuby

In this episode, I talk with Aaron Junod and Michael Letterle on the state of the IronRuby project for the .NET framework.

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We discuss the following:

• Why Ruby?
• Dynamic Typing
• How Ruby has affected the industry
• Microsoft accepting community contributions
• What about running IronRuby on Rails?
• What about running IronRuby on the ASP.NET MVC?
• Sneaking Ruby into the enterprise with IronRuby
• IronRuby’s readiness
• Ruby Programming Language
• try ruby!

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