Backdrifter

I’ve just released initial, 0.1.0, releases of two Ruby libraries, VStudioIDE and XcodeIDE. VStudioIDE is a parser for Visual Studio solution files, and XcodeIDE parses Xcode project files.
My main motivation for writing these libraries was to get at the build configurations, so convenience methods are provided for reading those. However, a full parse [...]

Last night I released the initial version of Chrysalis, a simple, yet powerful dependency manager built on Ruby and Rake. This morning, the gem has circulated out to the mirrors, so the launch is off the ground.
I’ve long thought that building applications, along with their dependencies, could be easier and more efficient. Chrysalis [...]

This weekend I polished up some code that had been sitting idle on my hard drive. With its new shine, it needed to be properly displayed, so I created a RubyForge project and released mongrel-soap4r 0.0.1.
mongrel-soap4r allows you to host SOAP-based web services using Mongrel as the underlying HTTP server. Incoming SOAP messages [...]

Ruby on Rails 1.2 has been released! This is the latest version of the popular framework for building web applications. Coinciding with this release of Rails 1.2 is the release of Prototype 1.5. Prototype is the JavaScript framework that powers the rich functionality of many web applications.
Ruby on Rails dramatically altered the [...]

RubyConf 2006 wrapped up last weekend, with one of the most debated topics being Ruby 2.0 and the need for a new virtual machine. Adding fuel to the fire was the announcement that Ruby 2.0 would eliminate (temporarily?) support for continuations and green threads.
This announcement came down from the top, by both Matz and [...]