Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ruby and Metaprogramming

By aizatto | June 15, 2007

Metaprogramming is something that Ruby developers always get so giddy about. Perhaps because it invokes a high level of power and control over the programming language.
Some would deem it unworldly, unsafe, and perhaps even insane.
Background Behind Metaprogramming
The first paragraph by Wikipedia describes well what Metaprogramming is all about.
Metaprogramming is the writing of computer programs [...]

Posted in Metaprogramming, Open Classes, Ruby | 5 Comments

Setting up Ruby on Rails Database Connection using SQLite (version 2 and 3) on Fedora 7

By aizatto | June 10, 2007

SQLite is good for development and testing, and depending on your needs production even. By default Typo uses SQLite for production. The greatest advantage is that it’s light. (like duh), and very easy to deploy.
Note: There are two versions of SQLite, version 2 and 3. They produce databases which are incompatible [...]

Posted in Fedora 7, SQLite | 1 Comment

Installing Ruby on Rails on Fedora 7

By aizatto | June 10, 2007

Note: Note:

I recommend installing Ruby on Rails via RubyGems
As long as you have Ruby installed, you can install Ruby on Rails, just skip the step about installing Ruby.
I have instructions if you are interested in Installing Ruby On Rails on Ubuntu.

Plan of Attack
This is a quick down and dirty guide to getting Ruby and Rails [...]

Posted in Fedora 7, Installing Rails on Fedora, Installing Ruby, Installing RubyGems on Fedora | 1 Comment