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Processing Real-world HTML

Edward O'Connor from djangosd gives an overview of html5lib, a major-desktop-browser-com patible HTML parser and tokenizer for both Ruby and Python. This talk was part of the DjangoSD/SD Ruby mashu...
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From Vaporware to Awesomeness in 12 Months

Yehuda Katz returns to San Diego with a report on the latest developments with the Ruby on Rails web application framework. Watch a video at http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/12/....
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Hybrid iPhone Apps with Titanium Mobile

Scott Motte talks about iPhone development using the Titanium Mobile framework, including how to build a basic app. Watch a video at http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/12/....
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Cooking up a Cloud (with Chef & EC2)

Chef is a young and ambitious Ruby DSL built for easy configuration management. Nick Zadrozny will take a look at the philosophy of configuration management, the basics of Chef, and some recipes to...
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Unit Testing: The Easy Way

With Rspec and Cucumber, Ruby has brought testing to a whole new level, but tests still require a lot of work. But things just got better. Llewellyn Falco will show you new patterns and practices ...
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Ruby 1.9.1

Bradly Feeley reviews the new features and syntax changes in the latest production ready Ruby release, Ruby 1.9.1. Watch a video at http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/06/....
  • BestTechVideos published this 06 / 30 / 2009
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Earning An "A" In YSlow

An overview of basic website performance optimization, covering the 13 rules of YSlow with sample implementations in Rails. Watch a video at http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/06/....
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Tanning Bed

Rob Kaufman demonstrates Tanning Bed, his new Solr search mixin for any Ruby class. Tanning Bed makes fewer assumptions about how you want to deal with the Solr search engine, while still providing...
  • BestTechVideos published this 06 / 11 / 2009
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Migrating Legacy Data

Let’s face it. Migrating legacy data into a new app is a giant pain in the ass. It’s slow, error prone, and a ton of work. What if you could import old data into a new app before it’s finished? ...
  • BestTechVideos published this 06 / 04 / 2009
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MacRuby: What's the big deal?

Last year, Apple released MacRuby, an open source Ruby implementation written on top of the Objective-C runtime. Writing native MacOSX applications in Ruby without having to pay the cost of using a...
  • BestTechVideos published this 06 / 02 / 2009
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Web Hooks and the Programmable World of Tomorrow

This talk introduces the concept of web hooks: simple HTTP callbacks with huge implications. This model allows web services to be customized by the user and tightly integrated with each other unlik...
  • BestTechVideos published this 03 / 23 / 2009
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Ruby for Data Processing

Brian Chapados talks about using ruby & rake to build a simple workflow to coordinate external processes. Watch a video at http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/07/....
  • BestTechVideos published this 03 / 22 / 2009
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Demystifying Windows Communication Foundation

The purpose of the talk is to get developers interested in WCF by taking out some of the mystery of the new technology. There are a lot of developers still using ASMX to build services and have he...
  • kpumuk published this 03 / 20 / 2009
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