I never wrote anything about tests on this blog and the reason is simple: I never considered testing to be something fun. The little slogan you see at the top left (a bit cheesy I admit) is the reason why I started Ruby Fleebie back in 2007. I was amazed by the possibilities of the […]

It’s been a while since I wrote about XMPP and XMPP4r. I’m glad because my introductory posts on this topic were very well received. Today I want to push further and share with you a tutorial-like post explaining step by step how to build a simple application with a XMPP interface. The complete listing is […]

The situation You want to type “cap deploy” without having to enter your ssh password every time The background You have configured your server to allow public key authentications over ssh and have given the proper permissions to the resulting files & folders (how to do this). Oh and the repository as well as your […]

This first part aims at explaining how Ruby in the background is not Ruby anymore. In the next part I’m going to talk about HOW to bridge some existing C library with your ruby application. As you might know already, the official ruby interpreter is written in pure C. This means that whenever you type […]

Flashback time. We are in 1999 and you are coding in ASP… yet people are not laughing at you.

Today I will take a break from the IM integration with XMPP4r series and write about something completely different. Writing about XMPP4r just for the heck of it would become boring for everyone quite fast. Let me dim the light, start some sentimental music, light some candles, make an exaggerated smile so I can become […]

In this 3rd part we’re going to be concrete but a little bit less technical. Here are 2 big mistakes you have to avoid when trying to setup an IM based application (Sorry for those who wanted more technical info about xmpp4r… maybe in the next one). The #1 mistake : Trying to run XMPP4r […]

In the first part, we talked less about XMPP4r and more about XMPP, this time it will be the other way around. Now that we know that XMPP messages are XML bits of information exchanged between a client and a server via a TCP connection, we are more able to understand the purpose of XMPP4r. […]

Some of you might be aware that I worked on a project called TimmyOnTime. It is a product that allow you to track your time using your Instant Messaging application only. How we did it exactly? Where’s the code? Nice try! But I won’t tell you… however I will help you getting start with XMPP4r […]

It’s modules like Comparable and Enumerable that makes the concept of modules so attracting. Yes, modules can be used as namespaces only, but they really shine when you use them to enhance your classes.