Luca Guidi

I'm proud to announce my presence as speaker at the RailsConf Europe 2008 with a speech on Click to Globalize.

Yesterday i got a 16Gb iPod Touch at the Rome Apple Store: it's a really, really amazing gadget. I love it!

I'm going to migrate this blog on a new server, I apologize for eventual inconveniences.

I have finished to work on Click To Globalize, to made it Rails 2.0 compatible.

What's Changed?

All and nothing: from the user point of view, the plugin has the same behaviors of the previous version. My recent activity was a refactoring, now it:

• Works with CSRF Killer
• Works with Prototype 1.6.0.1 and Scriptaculous 1.8.0.1
• Works with rewritten version of Scriptaculous Ajax.InPlaceEditor
• Works with new Prototype events handling
• Uses new Prototype's Element#addMethods and Function#wrap to add methods and AOP
• Uses Protoype Hash#get, instead of square brackets
• Uses .html.erb as helper, instead of .rhtml
• Has a more clean installation/disinstallation process
• Has DRYed up tests
• Hasn't prototype.js into the packaging

How To Use It?

Rails 2.0

$ ./script/plugin install http://dev.23labs.net/svn/rails/plugins/click_to_globalize/trunk

Rails 1.2.x

$ ./script/plugin install http://dev.23labs.net/svn/rails/plugins/click_to_globalize/branches/for-1.2.x

For a detailed guide, howtos, snippets, video-tutorials and other infos, please visit the Click To Globalize page.

As I previously announced, I'm working on Rails 2.0 compatibility for Click To Globalize.

I decided to move the stuff for Rails 1.2.x to for-1.2.x branch and continue the porting into trunk.

How To Install

Rails 2.0

$ ./script/plugin install http://dev.23labs.net/svn/rails/plugins/click_to_globalize/trunk

Rails 1.2.x

$ ./script/plugin install http://dev.23labs.net/svn/rails/plugins/click_to_globalize/branches/for-1.2.x

As I previously announced Ruby on Rails 2.0 was released.

What's new?

Active Record

• Performances
• Sexy Migrations
• Foxy Fixtures
• XML Deserialization
• JSON Serialization
• acts_as Plugins Removal From Core
• Database Adapters Gems
• with_scope Protection

Action Pack

• Resources
• REST Improvements
• Multiview
• Record Identification
• HTTP Loving
• Security Improvements
• Exception Handling
• Cookie Store Sessions
• New Request Profiler
• AtomFeedHelper

Active Resource

• Official Inclusion In Core
• Remote CRUD

Action Mailer

• Bug Fixes
• Testing Improvements

Active Support

• Date Extensions
• Array#rand
• Hash#except
• Testing Improvements

..And More

If you want more details read the official announcement or check the Rails APIs.

Ruby on Rails 2.0 will be released in the next hours!!

I'll be at the Rome JavaDay 07 as speaker, with a presentation on JRuby and DSL.

See you at the conference!!

Rails To Italy 07 will have a Q&A session with David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails.

If you want to ask something to him, just send a mail to program@railstoitaly.org, the organization will select the questions.

Coding Challenge

The Rails To Italy conference has started a Coding Challenge. The topic will be "Your Favourite Thing" - create a small, interactive web application that is related to your favorite thing or activity*.

Prizes

Prizes are 1 iPhone or iPod touch + 2 iPod shuffle!

Deadline

Submission deadline is the 20th October 2007.

[Rails To Italy 07 - Coding Challenge]

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