Comments for @AstonJ's Blog http://astonj.com Fri, 24 May 2013 06:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Best way to learn Ruby & Rails by postscripter http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails/#comment-101297 postscripter Fri, 24 May 2013 06:58:15 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=1621#comment-101297 I recommend this skillshare course, you will have to do a project of your own by the end of the class which encourages you for better learning. http://skl.sh/116I1an I recommend this skillshare course, you will have to do a project of your own by the end of the class which encourages you for better learning.
http://skl.sh/116I1an

]]> Comment on Best way to learn Ruby & Rails by Jaret Manuel http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails/#comment-101269 Jaret Manuel Fri, 24 May 2013 03:39:59 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=1621#comment-101269 Mike and Nicole of PragProg have a Rails Course out now as well and they are polling for RubyMotion. I really enjoyed their Ruby course. Mike and Nicole of PragProg have a Rails Course out now as well and they are polling for RubyMotion. I really enjoyed their Ruby course.

]]> Comment on What’s special about Ruby? by AWS http://astonj.com/tech/whats-special-about-ruby/#comment-87624 AWS Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:44:41 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=1573#comment-87624 I don't see anything wrong with a post on why somebody likes ruby in comparison to other languages. Yes, when it comes to enterprise use, ruby is at a slight disadvantage when compared to languages like Java, due to the "speed" of the JVM. However, ruby is "fast enough" 99% of the time. Until you get to the size of twitter, in which case you will end up switching from ruby... to java. Tell me though, how many "enterprises" ever actually have that much traffic? Not Many. So, unless you plan to process millions of tweets a second, it's not likely to matter. Besides, if you want to talk speed and scaling, then Lua is the real master. Just be prepared to create everything from scratch. I don’t see anything wrong with a post on why somebody likes ruby in comparison to other languages.
Yes, when it comes to enterprise use, ruby is at a slight disadvantage when compared to languages like Java, due to the “speed” of the JVM. However, ruby is “fast enough” 99% of the time. Until you get to the size of twitter, in which case you will end up switching from ruby… to java.
Tell me though, how many “enterprises” ever actually have that much traffic? Not Many. So, unless you plan to process millions of tweets a second, it’s not likely to matter.
Besides, if you want to talk speed and scaling, then Lua is the real master. Just be prepared to create everything from scratch.

]]> Comment on Vim for Ruby on Rails (and a sexy theme!) by Anthony Candaele http://astonj.com/tech/vim-for-ruby-rails-and-a-sexy-theme/#comment-87201 Anthony Candaele Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:30:10 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2519#comment-87201 Hi Aston, I did manage to edit the /.gvimrc.after file, but somehow the colorscheme is not showing up in vim. But for now I installed the Codeschool colorscheme in Textmate. I'll think I'm not ready yet for vim, and will stick for now with Textmate :) Also thanks for the learning tips. For the moment I'm making my way through 'Agile Web Development with Rails (Fourth Edition), which is a great tutorial as the code demo's actually do work (which cannot be said of lot's of computer books out there). greetings, Anthony Hi Aston,
I did manage to edit the /.gvimrc.after file, but somehow the colorscheme is not showing up in vim. But for now I installed the Codeschool colorscheme in Textmate. I’ll think I’m not ready yet for vim, and will stick for now with Textmate :)
Also thanks for the learning tips. For the moment I’m making my way through ‘Agile Web Development with Rails (Fourth Edition), which is a great tutorial as the code demo’s actually do work (which cannot be said of lot’s of computer books out there).
greetings,
Anthony

]]> Comment on Vim for Ruby on Rails (and a sexy theme!) by AstonJ http://astonj.com/tech/vim-for-ruby-rails-and-a-sexy-theme/#comment-87051 AstonJ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:18:41 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2519#comment-87051 Hi Anthony, go ahead and create the file - also, you may need to create the colors directory too (for the theme). Good luck with your Mac and Rails - be sure to check out my guide to learning Ruby and Rails too :) http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails// Hi Anthony, go ahead and create the file – also, you may need to create the colors directory too (for the theme).

Good luck with your Mac and Rails – be sure to check out my guide to learning Ruby and Rails too :)

http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails//

]]> Comment on Vim for Ruby on Rails (and a sexy theme!) by Anthony Candaele http://astonj.com/tech/vim-for-ruby-rails-and-a-sexy-theme/#comment-86989 Anthony Candaele Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:51:59 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2519#comment-86989 Hi AstonJ Thanks for this blogpost. I'm a complete Rails and Mac newbie (just bought my first Mac), so following your instructions is not completely evident for me. I managed to install MacVim and the Janus: Vim Distribution. However, when I try to install the Codeschool Colorscheme, I'm stuck because I can't locate the /.gvimrc.after file to paste in the customization code. Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be? Thanks for your help, Anthony Hi AstonJ

Thanks for this blogpost. I’m a complete Rails and Mac newbie (just bought my first Mac), so following your instructions is not completely evident for me.

I managed to install MacVim and the Janus: Vim Distribution.

However, when I try to install the Codeschool Colorscheme, I’m stuck because I can’t locate the /.gvimrc.after file to paste in the customization code.

Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be?
Thanks for your help,
Anthony

]]> Comment on Vim for Ruby on Rails (and a sexy theme!) by Aleksey http://astonj.com/tech/vim-for-ruby-rails-and-a-sexy-theme/#comment-85768 Aleksey Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:53:47 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2519#comment-85768 Using MacVim, Codeschool looks very well. There was some roughnesses: invisible vertical split margin and incorrect color in diff file type - so I made some fixes, one who wishes could checkout it here: https://github.com/isch/configs/blob/master/.vim/colors/codeschool.vim Using MacVim, Codeschool looks very well. There was some roughnesses: invisible vertical split margin and incorrect color in diff file type – so I made some fixes, one who wishes could checkout it here:

https://github.com/isch/configs/blob/master/.vim/colors/codeschool.vim

]]> Comment on How to install MySQL on Lion (Mac OS X ) by Mahesh http://astonj.com/tech/how-to-install-mysql-on-lion-mac-os-x/#comment-85165 Mahesh Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:00:50 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2147#comment-85165 i m getting rbenv command not found error i m getting rbenv command not found error

]]> Comment on How to get Capistrano to ignore upload directories (Carrierwave) by rusllonrails http://astonj.com/tech/how-to-get-capistrano-to-ignore-upload-directories-carrierwave/#comment-81709 rusllonrails Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:42:32 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=2508#comment-81709 Simple and Nice solution. It works. Thanks you. Simple and Nice solution. It works.
Thanks you.

]]> Comment on Best way to learn Ruby & Rails by Aras http://astonj.com/tech/best-way-to-learn-ruby-rails/#comment-71239 Aras Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:35:14 +0000 http://astonj.com/?p=1621#comment-71239 Step 1 - completed :) Step 1 – completed :)

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