similar to: Ruby Central''s Regional Conference Grant Program

Hi -- I''m going to be giving a free (but limited enrollment) one-day Rails workshop in Malmo, Sweden, on September 17. The event is presented by Polar Rose (http://www.polarrose.com). For more info: http://www.polarrose.com/about/ruby-on-rails-workshop-by-david-black Hop on over from London if you''re at RailsConf Europe! (Which [London] is where I am now.) David --

Hi -- Here''s the current status of RubyConf registration: I''m tinkering with the form.... We''re using an outside registration service for the first time, so I have to make sure I get it right, and it''s actually pretty complicated (I think). We got our credit card merchant account, so we''re good to go on that score. My current plan, barring

Hi -- Registration for RubyConf 2006 is still scheduled to open on August 2, in the early evening Pacific (US West Coast) time. Also, there''s more info at http://www.rubycentral.org/conference (e.g., the fact that this year we''re only taking credit cards, etc.). David P.S. Any LA area Rubyists around? I''ll be there this week doing Rails training. --

Hi -- Just a quick note to announce the creation of DABlog, David A. Black''s Log, at http://dablog.rubypowerandlight.com. You can also reach it at http://dablog.rubypal.com, if you want to type less :-) DABlog runs on Typo. Meanwhile, greetings from Chicago -- I hope I''ll see lots of you here. David -- David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net) Ruby Power and Light, LLC

Hi everyone -- In the excitement of the Chicago RailsConf and other recent events, don''t forget the excitement of RailsConf Europe! You''ve heard of it, but it seems kind of shadowy compared to the "big" events? Here''s the news: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It IS a big event!

Hi -- Registration for RubyConf 2006 is now open, at http://www.regonline.com/101503. Please note that we are accepting credit cards *only*. There''s more conference info at http://www.rubyconf.org. Thanks -- David for RubyConf 2006 and Ruby Central, Inc. -- http://www.rubypowerandlight.com => Ruby/Rails training & consultancy ----> SEE SPECIAL DEAL FOR RUBY/RAILS

Hi -- Is anyone else getting this? ./script/console Loading development environment. ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:331:in `require'': ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/core.rb:35: too short multibyte code string:

[Strictly speaking, this isn''t really a "reminder", since I''m fairly sure the original announcement didn''t go to this list. Nonetheless -- here it is!] Hi everyone -- In case you missed it the first time (and rather a lot of you seem to have...) -- You can now submit a RubyConf 2006 presentation proposal, at: http://proposals.rubygarden.org You

Hello everyone -- Ruby Central, Inc. is pleased to announce the first official.... EUROPEAN RAILS CONFERENCE September 14-15, 2006 TUC Congress Centre London, UK Sponsored by Skills Matter Ltd. (UK) Speakers scheduled to appear at this exciting event include: * David Heienemeier Hansson * Dave Thomas * Kathy Sierra * Scott Baron

Hello all -- And a special greeting to those of you who were at RailsConf 2006 in Chicago. You know how great the event was, and how great the European Rails Conference is going to be in London in September! We''re now accepting proposals for talks at the European Rails Conference, to be held September 14-15 in London. Accepted speakers will get free admission to the conference.

I know that the folks at Ruby Central (David Black, Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, et al) had a big impact on Ruby being added to Google''s ''Summer of Code''. They tried last year, but they made it happen this year. Based on that, I''ve made a donation to Ruby Central [1] to support the work that they do (as I did last year). I''d love to see my (almost a)

I''m having a problem getting this example from the book to work: class Cookbook attr_accessor :title, :author def initialize @recipes = [] end def method_missing(m, *args, &block) @recipes.send(m, *args, &block) end end cb = Cookbook.new cb << recipe_for_cake cb << recipe_for_chicken beef_dishes = cb.find_all {|recipes| recipe.main_ingredient ==

Hi all -- The second printing of "Ruby for Rails" is happening soon. If you''ve spotted any small errors, let me know... like... *very* soon :-) (I want to know about large errors too, but those fixes won''t make it into this printing :-) Thanks! David -- David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net) Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypowerandlight.com) See what

I''m using Rails-1.1.4 with Ruby-1.8.4 So let''s say I have 2 model classes: class Item has_and_belongs_to_many :things end class Thing has_and_belongs_to_many :items end i = Item.new i.things << Thing.new( :value => "Something").save i.things << Thing.new( :value => "Something Else" ).save i.save Fine, now I have two records in the

Hi -- I''ve created and registered an IRC channel, #rubyforrails on irc.freenode.net, for discussion of, and questions about, my book "Ruby for Rails". I''ll do my best to be on hand to field questions and comments. This is in addition to, not instead of, the other ways you can reach me (email, Ruby and Rails mailing lists, Author Online forum at Manning, Author

Hi everyone -- Registration is now open for the upcoming Silicon Valley Ruby Conference, April 22-23. This event is a co-production of SDForum and Ruby Central, Inc. Some FAQ: Is this the same as RubyConf? No, it''s an event unto itself, and quite a substantial one! Is it only for Silicon Valley people? No. It''s got some regional Ruby community emphasis --

class Page < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :lists end class List < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :page end ######### controller code, inside action: list = List.find(params[:id]) old_page = list.page list.page = new_page # what is the value of old_page now? old_page now is the same as new_page! what the heck?!? The only thing i can think of is that old_page is

I''m attempting to set up a rails app so that I can add rhtml files without having to create controllers for each one. I want a simple solution to serving static-like rhtml files as well as those with a little logic. The solution I found is this one: I added the following controller static_controller.rb ##################### class StaticController < ApplicationController end I

I''m trying to figure out how multiple partials in one page would be configured when they are based on some action in the controller. As an example - I have a main/welcome page. If someone new or a user not logged in arrives at this page I display both a registration form and a login form. However, if they are logged in then those forms should not show up on that page. Also should

I''ve got a weired problem. I got a RHTML page which is not rendered properly in the browser all other pages in my app do renders correctly. Only this one page returns the page''s HTML with the following header Content-Type: text/html Set-Cookie: _session_id=cb3c140fd4ef907c99ef203a053fba1a; path=/ Status: 200 OK Cache-Control: no-cache <html> .....................