{"id":182,"date":"2006-10-25T23:15:59","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T04:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2006\/10\/25\/rubyconf-lighting-talk\/"},"modified":"2006-10-25T23:15:59","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T04:15:59","slug":"rubyconf-lighting-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2006\/10\/25\/rubyconf-lighting-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"RubyConf: Lighting Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because Josh Susser<\/a> was unavailable for his RubyConf session, the organizers opened the time slot to the audience members, allowing each 5 to 10 minutes for demos or presentations. Here are some of the noteworthy presentations from this time slot.<\/p>\n

Someone from NOAA<\/a> presented on Ruby Queue<\/a>. Ruby Queue is a tool for building linux clusters. The speaker recommended that Ruby Queue be used in small research teams with between 5 to 30 nodes. Here is a description of Ruby Queue from its website, “ruby queue (rq) is a tool used to create instant linux clusters by managing sqlite databases as nfs mounted priority work queues”<\/p>\n

Someone else presented on irb tips and tricks<\/a>. One great tip was a short script that allows irb to maintain a shell-like history. If you are like most Rubyist, you use the irb console for a lot of prototyping. Make your life a bit easier and trick out your irb. The Tips and Tricks page listed above mentions several other useful tips such as tab completion.
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\nAndre Lewis<\/a> gave a small and powerful presentation on a Google Maps zoom control he calls GZoom<\/a>. GZoom allows users to draw a rectangle on a Google map by dragging the cursor. When the cursor is released, Google Maps will zoom into that rectangle.<\/p>\n

Another great presentation was by a Seattle.rb<\/a> member on Hoe<\/a>. Hoe is a rake helper that helps to generate rdocs, runs tests, and build the project packaging.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: ruby<\/a>, rubyconf<\/a>, rubyconf2006<\/a>, seattle.rb<\/a>, google<\/a>, gzoom<\/a>, google maps<\/a>, hoe<\/a>, rake<\/a>, irb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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