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rails_iui：专为iphone开发使用的plugin

http://blogs.pathf.com/agileajax/2008/05/rails-developme.html

The last stable version is nginx-0.6.30: http://nginx.net/

Railscast104: 讲到了exception_notification以及exception_logger

http://railscasts.com/episodes/104

Railscasts Contest: 5 Rails Tips： navigation_helper，input_css， acts_as_lookup， automatic fading flash messages, SOAP web services.

http://rpheath.com/posts/323-railscasts-contest-5-rails-tips

使用YSlow提升应用性能：http://www.letrails.cn/archives/yslow-intro

不错的rails blog: http://www.rubyrailways.com/the-top-10-rubyrails-blogs/

Capistrano 2.3.0 发布， 在部署速度上有了提升，增加一系列新特性，

http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/5/2/capistrano-2-3-0

Plugin: Textmate风格的代码高亮： http://www.unboundimagination.com/Rails-Plugin:-TextMate-Syntax-Highlighting

Insoshi: Open-Source Rails-based Social Networking Platform

Features include activity feeds, profiles, photo sharing, comment walls, blogs, forums, user messaging, and an admin panel.

New Relic to Monitor Performance of Rails Applications

一个Rails性能监控的产品，刚获取一笔风投。

rails search benchmarks， 该文详细比较了Sphinx, Slor与Ferret, 结论是Sphinx是最稳定的，同时，索引速度也是最快的。

Prototip, 基于Prototype及Scriptaculous，可用于在页面中加入各种效果的提示，效果非常棒。

http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/prototip/

21个Ruby on Rails的大牛的twitter：

http://www.juixe.com/techknow/index.php/2008/04/30/ruby-on-twitter/

在javascript和flash中运行ruby，暂不支持exception，一些内建的方法也不支持。

http://ejohn.org/blog/ruby-vm-in-javascript/
http://hotruby.accelart.jp/

Web方式来操作Capistrano，增强了GIT支持，增加了Mod_rails支持。

http://blog.innerewut.de/2008/4/29/webistrano-1-3-released

Ruby1.8 到 1.9 的变化，PDF文档下载

新的一集RailsCast放出： Site Wide Announcements（可在每一页显示一个公告，用户可关闭这个公告）。

http://railscasts.com/episodes/103

SapphireSteel Software推出可视化Rails工作台

http://www.infoq.com/cn/news/2008/04/visual-rails-workbench

Awesomeness: database backups

数据库备份的插件

rake db:backup:create

rake db:backup:restore VERSION=20080427214315

http://gems.github.com/, 可以从GitHub安排 gems 了。

$ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/ (you only need to do this once)
$ [sudo] gem install username-projectname

Building a Social Network Site in Rails, 介绍了一些非常有用的plugin.

Rails Kits: 让你更容易地实现SaaS, from readwriteweb.

The kit is a collection of premade Ruby on Rails files that can plug into an app and handle things like account creation, management, billing (via the Braintree gateway), trials, and user management.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/rails_kits_software_as_a_servi.php

Yahoo! Developer Network - Ruby Developer Center

http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/

Ruby做的开源 flash media server: Flash Media Server(s) in Ruby

来自InfoQ: Phusion Passenger/mod_rails令Rails部署变得更容易

介绍了几个有用的 rails 方法：

query_attribute
polymorphic_path
debug
rake -T `query` ( Not Rails specific, but still handy! )
extract_options!

http://www.railspikes.com/2008/4/23/5-useful-underused-methods

Open-source tumblog/feed aggregator built using the Ruby on Rails framework.

http://aintablog.com/

Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition

http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2008/4/23/agile-web-development-with-rails-3rd-edition

Mysql 2008:

Sphinx: High Performance Full Text Search for MySQL

Memcached and MySQL: Everything You Need To Know

Rails OpenID Server： http://dennisbloete.de/projects/masquerade/