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Get in TouchConversations: The Controller Setter Pattern
One of the first things that anyone has to do in an application is assign instance variables in controllers for use in views, etc. This pattern, while dead simple, has a number of possible implementations that each have their aesthetic benefits and drawbacks. At RailsConf I had the opportunity to hash this out with none other than DHH and David Chelimsky, so I thought it might be a good opportunity to represent the different sides in a post.
Read more…Intridea Client, DealPop Acquired by Tippr
Yesterday it was announced that one of our clients, DealPop, was acquired by Tippr. Tippr, a collective buying daily deals site founded in 2010 and known for their "accelerated deals" model acquired DealPop, a "neighborhood deals" startup from WhitePages Inc. Congratulations to the DealPop team on this great news and for all the hard work, innovation, and energy that was poured into this initiative.
Read more…Rubies to Prevent DevOps Mayhem
You've just written a masterpiece of a web app. It's fun, it's viral, and it's useful. It's clearly going to be "Sliced Bread 2.0". But what comes next is a series of unforeseen headaches. You'll outgrow your shared hosting and need to get on cloud services. A late night hack session will leave you sleep deprived, and you'll accidentally drop your production database instead of your staging database. Once you serve up a handful of error pages, your praise-singing users will leave you faster than it takes to start a flamewar in #offrails. But wait! Just as Ruby helped you build your killer app, Ruby can also help you manage your infrastructure as your app grows. Read on for a list of useful gems every webapp should have.
Read more…RailsConf To Go: OmniAuth from the Ground Up
I had the opportunity to speak at RailsConf 2011 about OmniAuth, outlining some of the reasoning behind it as well as some current and upcoming features of Intridea's own "authenticate with anything" middleware. While the session wasn't video recorded, a little trick I've picked up is to run a screencasting program in the background while I present to generate a "poor man's Confreaks" version of the talk. Well, that's exactly what I've done for OmniAuth: From the Ground Up!
Read more…How to use the Application object of Android
We know there is an Application class in the Android api and according to the class name, it's used for global settings or running entrance. What does it to do for an application? I will dive into it in this blog post.
In the Android reference it describes the Application class: "Base class for those who need to maintain global application state. You can provide your own implementation by specifying its name in your AndroidManifest.xml's
Introducing Socialspring: Business Software, Humanized
Socialspring is business software, humanized. The suite offers a complete set of tools for internal social collaboration, productivity, expert search and more. Unlike current social enterprise software, Socialspring is not just a dressed-up social network. We’ve re-imagined how business software can mimic real world social connections to help you be more productive and make work a more pleasurable experience overall. Socialspring apps will be united with single sign-on and although all of the apps can be used standalone, the more apps you use within the suite, the more powerful Socialspring becomes for your company.
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