Chawlk

1. Drawar
2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

Been watching Kekkaishi. I really like it.

Hmmm... I thought the visuals were excellent. But I can see where it would be boring. Haven't watched it in a long time...

Can someone explain to me what is so bad about Last Exile? Maybe I just have poor taste, but I really enjoyed it. Any thoughts?

Heroes and Avatar: the Last Airbender Final Seasion w00t w00t!

Thanks Scrivs, I've been meaning to check out Afro-Samurai. Cowboy Bebop's fight scenes are amazing, forgot about that.

Perfect way to setup a Sopranos movie, no?

I'm a fan. I'm really sad that they aren't being subbed anymore. If I knew japanese I would totally do it.

I'm a nerd, so I'm going to read "Ruby for Rails" tonight. I hope to read a real book soon.

That's awesome!!! Computer Science majors CAN make something cool outside of a computer (I'm one too).

I like the note "Please Do Not Steal". Hehe.

Do you have any further plans for it?

vikaskbh - i can't even respond to that. my eyes are twitching. must go to bed. i'll be content being a "small kid" and getting stuff done. on time. and i'm pretty sure that i can program in "Java Scripting" and "advanced html coding". And how the hell do you group ruby with .net and python with c++. seems kinda backwards. also... .net and rails are not languages... they are frameworks. so i guess they do "wrap" functionality, but with a logical purpose of speed, agility, and reuse. if you want to type things over and over and over again, be my guest.
oops, looks like i responded to that. night.

Acura Integra 1990.

- Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
- 20
- Sophomore
- Computer Science

Mmm... php developer feel good'ism. "PHP Eats Rails for Breakfast" is quite a claim.

Let's take a look at the "New Lines of Code" graph. There are a lot more lines of PHP code being written in comparison to Rails code. Interesting. In my opinion, a Rails app is generally more concise, and will create a lot fewer lines of code in relation to a similar PHP app. So generally, I'm guessing there's a lot more lines of PHP code out there. And also I would suspect a lot more PHP is being written because PHP is installed on nearly every web server on the planet.

Now, let's look at the "Active Developers" graph. PHP took somewhat of a dive in 2005, but is now climbing again. Rails went up a bit in 2003-2004 but appears to be holding even now. I don't have any smart remarks for this graph. Other than, obviously, if your a PHP developer, you're not going to be out of a job.

Lastly, the "New Projects" graph. We see a huge spike in Rails projects. We also a smaller incline in PHP projects. Some might explain this is a sign that PHP has a lot more mature libs and this code is being reused. I can definitely see that as a possible reason. I think the high percentage growth in Rails is indicative of a good amount of growth in Rails.

I think the results of this survey is pretty obvious. The proliferation of PHP on servers, makes PHP an easy choice for a lot of web development. I think we can agree that Rails has a long way to go in this department. That is not to say that there aren't a lot of new hosting companies trying to make it as RoR hosts. Rails is young, it has a ways to go, I think that's what this article is trying to say. To say "PHP Eats Rails for Breakfast" is like comparing GM to Toyota/Honda about 10 years ago and saying that GM is selling more cars. Well, of course they are. But Toyota/Honda are future thinkers and are making cars that are fuel efficient and don't break down as often. They will go places.

I gotta say Half Life 2 and any use of its engine (CS:Source, HL2 Ep. 1, etc etc). The use of physics is marvelous and the games are polished. I love it.

I'd like to echo Kyle's thoughts. It really depends on which works better for you, on an application level and on a personal level. I chose Rails because I love Ruby. But Python may be more your thing, so Django would be the choice.

Sometimes when custom business logic is involved or when there are redirects, a back button is required to put the user where the back button "should" go.

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I predict more filler in "various" long running animes.

blissdev

Ok, I'm embarrassed. If I would have read your blog post, I would have seen that it is a modified Futura.

I'm really feeling the logo. What font are you using for your logo text? It seems to me that there might be a better fit. But I definitely really like what you have there.

This seems like an interesting concept. I'll keep it under my eye. Thanks.

Warcraft III... I know it's old school, but I still enjoy playing DOTA.

I agree with Rida with learning Ruby to the max, it will incredibly enhance your rails proficiency.

In reference to scaffolding, I really think you should avoid them and build from the ground up. Scaffolds are weak, and in the end you'll benefit much more from learning how to do everything.

I think the one thing scaffolding is good for, is looking at code in action. See what it does and then try to implement it yourself. That's the only benefit I can see it it.

What did you come from? PHP? I think the best way to get into the language is to just start coding stuff in it. I tried looking at manuals and tutorials when I started
and also tried to start coding an ajax chat app. That was too overwhelming. What I would suggest is trying to build a simple CMS or something. I also ported a few php apps to ruby and that helped me a lot.

As far as books/tutorials the two things the helped me the most were "Agile Web Development on Rails" and "Rails Recipes". These two books helped me the most. Be sure to get the newer versions of each, as they are more update and reflective of the current state of rails.

In summary, get a project that you need to do it, and do it in rails. That's how I learned.

1990 Acura Integra RS - my pride and joy. She needs a lil more lovin in the form of $$$ and maintenance. But we still get along well. I have big plans in the future for her.

Now that I think about it, scite doesn't really have autocomplete, so if that's what you want, that may not be the right direction to go.

On the pc, I've enjoyed using scite, as a more minimal editor in comparison to Dreamweaver. It can be used similarly to Textmate, but for the PC. I would suggest giving it a try.

I have to echo kyle, Ruby is where it's at. I love the blocks and the ability to metaprogram. The language would be great without rails, but rails definitely gives an incentive to learn it.