In this episode, Derek Hatchard and Mike Mullen speak with Ruby on Rails author and developer Bruce Tate about the Ruby programming language, the Ruby on Rails web framework, some of the differences between static and dynamic typing, Rails scalability, how to get started with Ruby on Rails, and a bit about the work Bruce is doing with ChangingThePresent.org.
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Devcasting 8: Ruby on Rails with Bruce Tate [26:41m]:
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December 17th, 2007
Devcasting is back! In this episode, Derek Hatchard and Mike Mullen discuss Facebook application development. Mike has been exploring Facebook development lately and has a few applications under his belt already. [Editor's note: Mike's a good person to tap if you need someone to build a Facebook app. Reach him at mikemullen@gmail.com.]
As always, we appreciate your feedback. Leave comments at http://devcasting.com or email derek@ardentdev.com.
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Devcasting #7 [33:30m]:
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July 3rd, 2007
Greetings from MIX07 in Las Vegas. MIX is a consumer web conference hosted by Microsoft. This is a special short episode covering some of the announcements made at the opening keynote at MIX07.
Devcasting at MIX07 [00:10:06m]:
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May 1st, 2007
It took far too long to find the time to produce this show. Sorry for those who have been waiting so patiently.
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As always, send your comments to derek@ardentdev.com.
Enjoy the show and happy coding!
Devcasting #6 - Microformats [59:49m]:
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March 18th, 2007
This episode took longer than usual to edit and the holidays got in the way but it’s finally ready. Mike and Derek had a good talk with Dan Martell about the notion of “Less is More” in software development. The conversation was a long one so the show is split into two MP3 files.
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January 3rd, 2007
In this episode we discuss our favorite Firefox extensions with a number of developer-oriented extensions in the mix. Derek and Mike also spend some time talking about Derek’s new Zune, which Derek is surprisingly impressed with.
Send your feedback to derek@ardentdev.com – we’d love to hear from you. And don’t forget to subscribe to Devcasting in the iTunes Podcast Directory.
The links you need:
- Zune site: http://www.zune.net
- Firebug – Javascript debugging
- IE View – Provides option to open Firefox links and pages in IE
- IE Tab – Embeds IE in Firefox tabs
- GeckoTIP – Provides Tablet PC Input Panel support in Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, and Flock
- Googlepedia – Shows you a relevant Wikipedia article along with your search results
- Greasemonkey – Greasemonkey allows you to customize Web pages by adding “user scripts,” which are small JavaScript files, to change their style
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer – Foxmarks keeps your bookmarks automatically synchronized between two or more computers
- Web Developer – Allows the user to disable, view, and edit cookies, CSS, HTML, forms, and images; validate pages; and much more
- MeasureIt – Allows you to measure anything on the page using the mouse
- ColorZilla – Like the eyedropper from most common paint programs it allows you to get color values from anything on the page
- FireFTP – An FTP XUL program you can open as a tab
- iMacros for Firefox – Allows you to record activity and play it back. Godd interface and decent editing.
- Sage – A very good RSS reader. Probably better to track only a limited number of feeds.
- Live Http Headers – Records HTTP request and response headers as you browse
- NoScript – Allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content only for trusted domains of your choice
Enjoy the show and happy coding!
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December 28th, 2006
Yes, you are reading it right. This podcast / netcast has a name: devcasting. The new site URL is http://devcasting.com. And we’re now in the iTunes podcast directory. Search for devcasting in the iTunes store or browse in the Technology category or click here.
As always, send your feedback to derek@ardentdev.com. We are looking for your favorite Firefox add-ons for a future show.
In this show we discuss:
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December 6th, 2006
Here you go, episode #2 of the developer podcast that still needs a name. Come on, help us out. We’ve got swag… Send in your name suggestions to derek@ardentdev.com.
In this episode, Derek and Mike discuss:
We want your feedback! Send us your comments on the topics we’ve discussed or topics you’d like us to discuss next time. We’ll read as much as we can on the show. Send it to derek@ardentdev.com.
Developer Podcast Show #2 [42:21m]:
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November 13th, 2006
These are my post production notes on what we did for the nameless developer podcast #1 so I can reproduce and tweak.
We talked over Skype. I fed Skype’s output to my Tascam US-122 USB Audio Interface device. I fed the output from the Tascam (my mic + PC line out) back into my PC. I used Audacity to record the signal coming in from the Tascam. I recorded in stereo with Audacity.
Using Audacity I split the stereo track into two mono tracks. After a lot of experimentation, I found the following worked out well for this recording:
Skype Track: Noise Removal, Low Pass Filter (2000Hz), High Pass Filter (400Hz), Hard Limiter (-2, 0.5, 0.5)
Local Mic Track: Noise Removal, Low Pass Filter (2500Hz), High Pass Filter (100Hz), Hard Limiter (-2, 0.5, 0.5)
Then I did some spot treatments to take out a few noises that the noise filter didn’t catch.
Exported to WAV and ran through Levelator.
In a new Audacity project, I put together my intro, music, and the Levelator-ed WAV. I made each track mono so the exported MP3 would properly end up with a 44,100Hz sample rate.
Exported whole thing to MP3 at 64kbps.
November 3rd, 2006
