Sid Sidberry Reads

heres a link to some of the bundles in dev for textmate.

http://macromates.com/svn/Bundles/trunk/Review/Bundles/

while looking for a jedit theme i found this : e-texteditor.

Not only does it support textmate themes and plugins. their also working on pushing out a linux version – sweet!

check it out : http://e-texteditor.com/

A group of us at DIF are getting into ruby / rails. I posted this in our forum, then realized it might help others.

Here’s the book i’m currently reading / doing : http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Development-Rails-Pragmatic-Programmers/dp/0977616630/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4633763-6766336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187036058&sr=8-1

I’m also reading the pickaxe : http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ruby-Pragmatic-Programmers-Second/dp/0974514055/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-4633763-6766336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187036058&sr=8-2

and rails recipes : http://www.amazon.com/Rails-Recipes-Pragmatic-Programmers-Fowler/dp/0977616606/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4633763-6766336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187036074&sr=8-1

I recommend anyone who hasn’t go through the Curtis Hibb ruby intro series over at ONLamp:

what is ruby / rails :
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/10/13/what_is_rails.html

rolling on rails 1 -updated :
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/12/14/revisiting-ruby-on-rails-revisited.html

rolling on rails 2 -updated :
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/01/05/revisiting-ruby-on-rails-revisited-2.html

Development -
If your on windows i’d recommend using a vmachine (ubuntu?) for serving rails. if not you can use : instantrails

Editors -

mac : TextMate (the best), rad rails
linux : gedit, rad rails, or jedit
win : there’s a dreamweaver rails plugin, rad rails, or jedit

I just finished setting up gedit to emulate textpad for ruby development. after using the links below you should have the closest thing to textmate on unix

first things first

http://www.thaumatocracy.com/news/textpad-for-linux/

next

http://rubymm.blogspot.com/2007/08/make-gedit-behave-roughly-like-textmate.html

extra
grigio.org has a good over view of plugins :
http://grigio.org/textmate_gedit_few_steps
also grab his gedit color scheme (near end of page)