http://migrate.libretech.net from perl to ruby Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:02:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I want to learn about linked data, ideally for use with online texts and library data, but that's a big and complicated task and it makes sense to start with something smaller and better defined. So having an interest in family history I thought I'd try with data from 18th ... http://migrate.libretech.net/2010/03/03/a-linked-data-exercise-part-1/ If the exam went ok I should shortly be a 'PRINCE2 registered practitioner'. The problem is that at first sight there is a total mismatch between the top-down approach of Prince2 and the Agile approaches Ruby is at home with. "The core value of an egalitarian meritocracy runs deep ... http://migrate.libretech.net/2008/02/04/can-prince2-be-agile/ I don't usually like templating languages. Ones I've known before (like TT) are intended to keep both developers and designers happy, and tend to do neither: developers miss having a full language, and designers want to know why everything can't just be html. Haml is different; it doesn't pretend ... http://migrate.libretech.net/2008/01/23/haml-is-neat-but-fussy/ After playing a bit with Ruby the language I decided to get a crash-start in Rails and turned up for the Ruby-on-Rails class run by Skillsmatter. We got Jamie van Dyke from Engine Yard as our instructor. One of the good things about courses that is hard to ... http://migrate.libretech.net/2008/01/21/starting-rails/