[Rails] Inherited Resources Views Now Supports Rails 2.x

I have just pushed a commit that added Rails 2.x compatibility to Inherited Resources Views. Please give it a spin! :-)

Reinvigorate – Realtime Website Traffic Analysis

It isn’t the first time realtime website traffic analysis has been introduced. Reinvigorate is one of the services that provides realtime traffic tracking and analysis.

Poke me on Github! :D

I have just added a Github ribbon to my blog (look at the top left corner!). Please feel free to poke me! :D

[Rails] Releasing Inherited Resources Views – DRY Your View Files

Using Inherited Resources is an excellent way to reduce the amount of repetition in your controllers. But what about views? A lot of times resources share the same views, so why not DRY ‘em up using Inherited Resources Views!

[jQuery] Releasing Inline Confirmation, Confirm Actions Done Right

In a web app, it is very common to have actions that destroy (delete/remove) data. These actions, if you don’t already know, should always map to POST methods. On top of that, because these actions are destructive, the UI should always ask the user for confirmation…

I’m Now a Ruby on Rails Contributor

I am extremely happy that my patch was accepted, so I am now one of the 1600 odd people who have contributed to the Rails project! :D

[PHP] Releasing KThrottler, A Kohana Module for Throttling Actions

Similarly to Action Throttler for Rails, KThrottler is an easy to use Kohana module to quickly throttle application actions based on configurable duration and limit.

#whatdatingislike What Dating Is Like

Dating girls is like calling a callback function without knowing the accepted arguments. Random exceptions would throw right in your face.

Dating girls is like running prerelease ruby gems. Things might not be compatible, there might be memory leaks and other weirdnesses…

[Rails] Introducing Datamappify – ActiveRecord Without DB Migrations

ActiveRecord is without doubt the de facto ORM library for Rails and many Ruby web frameworks. Many developers however, do not like database migrations and prefer to use DSL for data mapping. Datamappify is created with the sole purpose of getting rid of the DB migration headaches…

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[Rails] Releasing Action Throttler, A Rails Plugin for Throttling Actions

Sometimes we would want to throttle certain application actions. For instance, a user should only be allowed to send x amount of emails to other members of the site in order to reduce the spam risk …

A Whole World of Difference: Phusion Passenger Apache to Nginx, Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.8.6 to 1.8.7

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[Rails] Use App_Config For Your Application Specific Configuration

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[Rails Tip] Model Attributes Not Updating? `reset_column_information` To the Rescue!

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[jQuery Tip] Traverse/Parse HTML String

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[Rails Tip] DataMapper Timestamps Bug and Workaround

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Today, I decided to set up a Tumblr blog in the hope that I would post more regularly.

There were quite a few times where I found Twitter’s 140 characters limit very limiting (duh), yet the thoughts did not necessarily warrant a full blog post here. Tumblr therefore seems to be a perfect fit. ;)

My Tumblr blog is located at fredwu.me. Please drop by. :)

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Gotta love open source. :-)

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Meanwhile, please feel free to follow us: @wuitcom, @fredwu and @scotti3g.

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I am very proud to announce that, I will be joining Envato next week, as a full time software developer.

My immediate responsibility will be primarily focused on the Tuts+ network of websites. But if you know Envato, and if you know Collis Ta’eed (CEO of Envato), you *know* there will be more awesome websites/services popping out in the future.

It was such a wonderful experience chatting with the guys and gals at Envato. The Rails development team (lead by John Barton) also excels at Hacky Sack. :)

Want to know more? You can follow me on Twitter at @fredwu.

Here is a list of current websites under the Envato umbrella.

• FlashDen Flash Components
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• VideoHive After Effects Projects and Loops
• GraphicRiver Layered Photoshop, Vectors, Icons and Add-ons
• Tuts+ Tutorials & Resources
• Psdtuts+ Photoshop Tutorials
• Vectortuts+ Illustrator Tutorials
• Audiotuts+ Music & Sound Tutorials
• Nettuts+ Web Development Tutorials
• Aetuts+ After Effects Tutorials
• Flashtuts+ Flash Tutorials
• Cgtuts+ 3D and Graphics Tutorials
• Creattica Gallery Creattica Inspiration Gallery
• Creattica Daily Creative News
• FreelanceSwitch Freelance Advice
• Jobs.FSW Freelance Jobs
• Rockable Press How-To Books
• AppStorm The Mac Apps Blog

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If that wasn’t enough to convince you, all proceeds of the 5-for-1 sale will go to victims of the recent bushfires in Victoria, Australia! Let’s help the SitePoint guys reach their target of $50,000 for Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009. Those Management & Business books look mighty good to me – but I might grab a PHP, CSS or design book too for good measure.

Help SitePoint raise $50,000 for bushfire victimes – 5 books for only $29.95

The bushfires are still burning and the death toll may go over 300. When you couple this with the pain the survivors are feeling (through loss of friends, loved ones, animals, property…) it’s even more devestating. If you ever thought about buying any of the SitePoint books please take up this opportunity.

Thank you.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to present this new website: beyondcoding.com, with my fellow developer friend Scott Gruer! Together we are working hard towards a better blog as well as some interesting projects.

Scott and I have been working together for more than 2 years now. We share very similar goals and mindsets, we believe our collaboration will not only do ourselves a favour, but ultimately also to produce even more values to the web design and development community.

If you are a regular visitor or subscriber of thislab.com, you’d notice that I haven’t been posting much lately. Rest assured, this new website will pack a lot more content, from coding to beyond coding. :)

If you haven’t already noticed, all the page links as well as RSS feeds are now redirected to this new domain name, but just in case, please update your bookmark!

Oh by the way, a brand new identity and theme are in the works and they will be published in the coming few weeks.

“Our interests are in the future, because we’re going to spend the rest of our lives there.”

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