February 2009 - Jason Meridth

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Design Patterns in Ruby by Russ Olsen

After nudging by Joe Ocampo and Scott Bellware , I finally sat down at finished "Design Patterns in Ruby" by Russ Olsen. The format of most of the chapters made the book an interesting read: 1. A introduction to why you might need the pattern...

Published Wed, Feb 25 2009 11:29 PM by Jason Meridth
Gitosis and a non-standard SSH port

I recently installed gitosis , a free way to host your own git repositories, and I am using a non-standard port (not 22). I tried to clone the gitosis-admin repository and it timed-out. Learned via this post that I needed to create a config file under...

Published Fri, Feb 13 2009 2:44 PM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: git, ssh
Current Status

UPDATE: I'm very eager to see where IronRuby and RSpec go for the .NET world. Testing my C# Applications with RSpec would be awesome. Check out the MSDN magazine article about this stuff if you haven't already. I'm working with a Ruby on Rails...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2009 11:53 PM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: Linux, ruby, rspec, rails, test::unit, nginx, shoulda
Slicehost articles

If you are Linux newbie or are still unsure about how to setup your Linux box/slice/server, take a serious look at the Slicehost Articles . Other articles include setup of Apache, Nginx, Postfix, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Capistrano, SSH, Self-signed certificates...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2009 11:49 PM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: Linux, slicehost, howto
Hudson and Nginx

UPDATE: I left HTTP Auth in place via Nginx and removed security from my Hudson instance. This works for me because I don't need the Hudson security. Every developer should be able to manage the CI server. I'm just trying to prevent external access...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2009 11:46 PM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: htpasswd, apache, hudson, nginx, continous integration
Selenium-client and fun

So I've had the pleasure of working with selenium-client , the official Ruby client API for Selenium Remote Control (bare bone client driver). Assumptions: 1. You have Ruby 1.8+ installed 2. You have rubygems installed I'm going to use the Slicehost...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2009 11:35 PM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: ruby, testing, test::unit, slicehost, selenium, selenium remote control
LosTechies welcomes Chris "Cruz" Taylor

I had the pleasure of working with Cruz on an agile team for about 2 1/2 years. His passion for software development, best practices, and knowledge sharing/gathering are bar none. He's currently working for a small development shop in San Antonio...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2009 8:40 AM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: LosTechies, members
Houston ALT.NET Open Space (April 3rd - April 5th, 2009)

I've just become aware of an ALT.NET Open Space conference happening in Houston during the first week of April Registration isn't open yet but will be soon. I'm not involved with the event but wanted to make the announcement (thanks to Ben...

Published Wed, Feb 04 2009 9:50 AM by Jason Meridth

Filed under: altnetconf

February 2009 - Jason Meridth

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Design Patterns in Ruby by Russ Olsen

Gitosis and a non-standard SSH port

Current Status

Slicehost articles

Hudson and Nginx

Selenium-client and fun

LosTechies welcomes Chris "Cruz" Taylor

Houston ALT.NET Open Space (April 3rd - April 5th, 2009)