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[ANN] assert_hpricot 0 30 (8/18/2007 4:46:00 PM) comp.lang.ruby Rubies: Here's a blog entry on how to use Why's Hpricot library inside assertions, to constrain your Rails views: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/assert_hpricot_1.html -- Phlip http://www... Phlip

like man or apropos for Ruby 11 35 (7/20/2007 11:56:55 PM) comp.lang.ruby Rubiods: After years of studying Ruby, one factoid has eluded me. Actually, more than one, but I have to start somewhere... How, on a command line, can I do the equivalent of 'apropos' or 'man'? How can I s... Phlip

prototype.js issue: IE thinks $() ain't the same as document.getElementById() 2 98 (1/19/2007 4:58:35 AM) comp.lang.javascript [X-posted to the ruby-on-rails-spinoffs mailing list...] JavaScripters: Steps to reproduce the bug: Save this in "outer.html": Now save this into "inner.html": Surf Internet Explorer (7 BTW) to ou... Phlip

Redux: "It doesn't matter if you're a good programmer, it's the syntax that matters" 5 25 (1/13/2007 1:39:54 PM) comp.programming Hi, guys. Remember this thread? I accidentally suggested that a zip of an XML database was an adequate file format, competitive with the usual roll-my-own-cause-I'm-smart binary data formats. I am aware th... Phlip

where is YAML::Syck's maling list? 3 23 (12/16/2006 3:29:13 AM) comp.lang.ruby Ruboids: I an am adept googler, but this crumb of data eludes me. (Naive attempts rapidly get snared in Perl groups, for example...) I have innard-looking questions about YAML via its Syck vehicle, and I can... Phlip

Non-useless mode for YAML::Syck::Map.children_with_index? 3 43 (12/12/2006 5:58:47 AM) comp.lang.ruby Rubistas: Here's a complete working sample illustrating the issue in YAML::Syck, or its documentation: require 'yaml' y = YAML.parse("i: b\na: sequence") p y.kind # <-- :seq y.children_with... Phlip

YAML::Syck::Map.children_with_index has a non-useless mode? 1 29 (12/11/2006 4:40:41 AM) comp.lang.ruby Ruboids: I have some dirt-simple YAML, and I need to traverse the object model returned by YAML.parse(). So if the top-level object is a Map (corresponding naturally to a native Hash), how do I get the keys... Phlip

Rakefile sound effects 10 24 (11/4/2006 10:58:14 PM) comp.lang.ruby Ruboids: Suppose I wanted to play a WAV file each time any Rakefile tasks all succeed, and play another one each time any task fails. How could one add such a feature, portably between Linux and WinXP? The ... Phlip

assertion reflection 0 34 (10/24/2006 2:02:30 PM) comp.lang.ruby [X-posted from the RSpec mailing list] We discuss RSpec's assertions, which use 'should' for 'assert'. Micah Martin wrote: > x.should_equal 2 > a.should_not_be nil > When they fail they yield messages like:... Phlip

Dot Com Bubble 2.0 2 30 (9/18/2006 8:50:53 PM) comp.lang.ruby Rubies: While I join the crowds bubbling with enthusiasm over RoR, AJAX, and our new version of the Web economy (uh, Web 2.0 to some)... ....I think we might pause to consider how these easy technologies and... Phlip

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Customers and validation (was Agile development in regulated ...) 2 15 (12/17/2007 3:01:34 AM) comp.software-eng xpyttl wrote: >>developers can do whatever they want. That's an interesting conceptual >>legerdemain to remove accountability from the developers. > > Sometimes I wonder if that isn't the objective I work... agabb (96)

Agile development in regulated industries (medical, aviation) 77 43 (12/11/2007 5:14:01 AM) comp.software-eng Do any of you have any experience or background, or even just some thoughts, about using one of the agile processes in software development for medical devices or avionics? I confess that I don't know much ab... reply.in.newsgroup (11)

Tips for writing API docs for AJAX communication 2 21 (12/7/2007 11:14:15 PM) comp.software-eng A couple of the jobs I'm working on require me to develop documentation on the 'conversation' between an AJAX interface and its server application. I'm sure this is something that has been done before, so I'm t... davehenning81 (2)

Cyclic dependencies are evil: arguing the case 6 13 (12/5/2007 2:27:54 PM) comp.software-eng I hope that most of the readers of this group will agree that cyclic dependencies are evil, even if they can cite exceptions. What I am after is some book or web resource where all the arguments and discussion ... apm35 (127)

UML parser 6 34 (12/3/2007 6:43:43 PM) comp.object hi, does anyone know any software able to read uml files and interpret them?it would be really helpfull. ... eldjon_kepucka (5)

phpmvc 1 18 (11/27/2007 5:11:50 AM) comp.object hi i want very basic program for mvc php..i am very new to php..so any of u plz send the basic program like " hello mvc" i want very urgently thanking u ..plz do it fast krishna ... krisshrulzz (1)

Project report requirements 4 25 (11/23/2007 9:02:55 AM) comp.software-eng Hello,everyone.I need some help about project report requirements. Do you know how many reports or documents should be made in the process of sofeware project development .What are they? Thanks. ... ibeleveyou (2)

Model View Controller #2 3 37 (11/22/2007 7:05:50 AM) comp.object Hi Guys We are trying to develop a brand new version of a more than 10 yrs old 16-bit application by state of the art architecture. Due to many views on different business objects we decided to use the MVC pat... martin.widmer (1)

Use cases for forums... 10 35 (11/19/2007 5:16:08 AM) comp.software-eng From the user perspective a simple use case for a forum would consist of 1. Viewing forum 2. viewing post 3. composing post 4. editing post 5. making replies Now the forum is supposed to send notification and ... deostroll (46)

Why do they hate the engineering mentality? 15 20 (11/10/2007 2:05:01 AM) comp.software-eng I was trained as an engineer, which I chose to pursue mostly because I recognized that I had a "can do" approach to problems. When other people said "can't be done" I was optimistic and said it could, and usua... plenty900 (45)