Ruby on RAILS jobs, immediate requirement

I got this mail a couple of days back from Anu and basically she wanted to know if I was looking for a job.

I am sure there are many of you who are Ruby on RAILS expert and would be interested in taking up on this opportunuty.

Here is the mail(posting this mail here with Anu's consent):

Hello Mr Kumar

We need ROR expert and looking at your description i am sure you are good with Ruby.

I am from London and our company in London deals with real estates as i mentioned. The company we are outsourcing is in hyderabad in Punjagutta. Work will primarily be on ROR to develop one of our websites called Link Up properties (www.linkprop.co.uk), we are trying to reconstruct the whole website with all advanced features. I assure you will love this Job. We are looking for 2 ROR experts so if you are interested or have anyone with relevant experience please come back to me.

Please feel free to contact me, the salary will be to your expectations once you are selected. Please forward this email to any one with ROR expertise and if you are interested do come back. This job will start a.s.a.p

Will wait for your feedback

best wishes
Anu

You can write to Anu at: kanumuria [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in

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Barcamp5 at Google Hyderabad, pics and little RAILS

Passionate RAILS developer Sumanth Krishna (sorry, if thats not the correct spelling) talking about RAILS and its usefulness for startups, the above picture from Barcamp5 at Google Hyderabad lists a few of Sumanth Krishna's recent favorites RAILS applications.


Ruby on RAILS in 10 points, yes thats almost all you need to know :).
Click on the "Read more" link below to have a look at a few more interesting pics and read..


Mantra of Ruby on RAILS framework, follow the convention and forget about the configuration.


This whole flow stuff looks complicated at the first glance but this makes life of a web developer so easy, everything has its own space to live in, there is no mess in RAILS unless you really want to mess it up.


If you are still lost in the sea of resources and trying to figure out where to start. The above stack of books is enough keep you busy for months. Though "Agile Web Development with Rails, second edition" is not included in the list above, I would recommend it to anyone who is still trying to figure out where to start with Ruby on RAILS. Thanks Murali for sharing this list.


For all those looking forward to get their hands dirty with RAILS, March 8th 2008 is the day. Yes you heard it right, there is a workshop on Ruby on RAILS scheduled to take place on 8th of March.


Nanda Gopal, founder and creator of www.atuitu.com and Sumanth Krishna smiling at the usual discussion going among the audience- "RAILS, django and CakePHP, which one is better??" You know the answer, don't you ;).

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Who is it god for? MyBlogLog Profiles Going Dynamic

So, this email I got from yahoo, it seems their MyBlogLog service is going dynamic. It means that yahoo will start aggregating all the content that you create/generate on other services like Twitter, Last.fm, Digg, and YouTube and will display a link to those content maybe along with a small snippet and description on your MyBlogLog profile page.
Is it good?? yes for yahoo it is good they get more content for free :)
Is it good for you as a MyBlogLog user?? depends.. All these big players are finding all the possible ways to get hold of user created content and expand their internet assets.

Hello, MyBlogLoggers:

It took a long time for word to get out about our changeover to
Yahoo! IDs. Lesson learned. This time we're reaching out to you via
old-fashioned email.

In a couple weeks, we'll be launching a new feature called New with
Me. This feature will use the URLs on the Services tab of your
MyBlogLog profile to aggregate your latest activity on sites such as
Twitter, Last.fm, Digg, and YouTube. As a result, your profile page
will look different - publicly available updates from the services
you have listed will be merged with your existing information. Your
latest Flickr photos, Last.fm tracks, and YouTube videos, will all be
in one place. Updates from your contacts on MyBlogLog will be merged
and available as well. Simply put, the New with Me feature will
transform your static profile into a dynamic one.

MyBlogLog respects your privacy. We will aggregate and display only
information that is publicly available. If you're uncomfortable with
MyBlogLog aggregating and displaying publicly available information
from a particular service, you can remove that service from your
profile at any time.

Of course, we hope you're excited about the broader distribution of
everything you produce on the Web. If you use any of the sites
featured in the Services tab, you know the value of being able to
display all your activity in one place.

Your MyBlogLog profile, About Me widget, and Email Signature were the
first steps in distributing your Web identity. New with Me is the
next, pulling together a unified picture of who you are on the
distributed social Web. We have lots of cool things planned for this
feature -- I hope you'll use it to help build the next generation of
the Web.

For details, please check out our FAQ on this feature.

As always, check our blog for the latest news from us.

See you online!

Ian Kennedy
Product Manager, MyBlogLog

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proto.in Chennai, January 2008, My take

These are a few random pics that I clicked during the "Startup Presentation Sessions" at Proto.in Chennai, January 2008. If I didn't click you I am extremely sorry about it :).



Click on the image to see the larger version. To see a few more click on the Read more.. link below. I know I could have named it View more... ;)

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GOD -- Google Oriented Development, Developer's maai baap :)

Please read this post only if you can read and understand Hindi. Otherwise its all gibberish content.

Click on the image to see the readable(Hindi) text on the image.

This Google Aarti Image was lying in my mailbox for sometime :)
Thanks Prerna for sharing it with me.


Below is the Hinglish version that was sent by Deepti:

Om Jai Google Hare !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare
Programmer’s ke sankat, Developers ke Sankat, Click main door kare!!
Om Jai Google Hare !!

Jo Dhyawe vo pawe, dukh bin se man ka, Swami dukh bin se man ka,
Homepage ki sampatti lawe, Homework ki sampatti karave kasht mite work ka,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Tum puran seach engine Tum hi internet yaami, Swami Tum hi internet yaami Par karo hamari Salari, Par karo hamari apprisal, Tum dunia ke swami, Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Tum information ke saagar, Tum palan karta, swami Tum palan karta, Main moorakh khalkamii, Main Searcher tum Server-ami Tum karta dhartaa !! Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Din bandhu dukh harta, tum rakshak mere, Swami tum thakur mere, Apni search dikhaao, sare reasearch karao Site par khada mein tere, Swami Om Jai Google hare!! Google devta ki aarti jo koi programmer gaawe, Swami jo koi bhi programmer gaawe, Kehet SUN swami, MS hari har swami, Manwaanchhit fal paawe. Swami Om Jai Google hare.

BOLO GOOGLE DEVTAA KI JAI!!!

Thanks Deepti for sharing it.

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An interesting video I stumbled on

http://www.shoob.com/index.php/2008/01/24/et-si-le-web-social-etait-une-soiree-de-djeunz/

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Make desktop clutter free, arrange desktop icons neatly - Windows XP

All of us who use computer have tons of icons on our desktop, these icons might be shortcut links, files and folders. If you haven't arranged your decktop icons for a while now, you would know how difficult it becomes to swim throgh the mess of icons on your desktop to finally find out that one icon you are looking for. Its straining for your eyes, your hand and your brains.

There are many different techniques and softwares programs that can help you keep your desktop arranged and easily accessible, the one that I came across very recently is this software named "DcolorXP", it works with your Windows XP machines and gives you a clutter free list view of all your desktop icons.

Follow these simple steps to arrange your desktop icons to make your desktop clutter free and easily accessible.

-Go to http://dliboon.freeshell.org/
-Download and Install DcolorXP 1.2
-Go to Start>Program Files> DL Software and run DcolorXp.exe
-Right click on the little monitor icon in your system tray and select either Small icons or Tile icons.
-Enjoy your neatly organized WindowsXP desktop.
-Play with those options to set background color of your and etc.

Direct link to the download : http://dliboon.freeshell.org/files/software/dc12xp_app.zip

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New Year 2008 SMSes

With the change in technology everything around has changed, from paper greeting cards the world moved to e-greeting cards and now its the world of SMS, no wonder this year all the new year wishes I got are all in the form of SMS. Forget about the paper card not even a single e-greeting, it was all SMS.

Life is fast and people want to do everything with the click of a (if you thought a mouse button, think again) button on their mobile.
Here is a selective list of all the creative and not so creative Happy New Year 2008 wish SMSes.

This same message came from at least 5 different persons, strange but they all live in the same place Chennai.

"A Great Jan,
a Lovely Feb,
Peaceful March,
No Worries for April,
Fun for May,
joy from June to Nov
and Happiness for Dec,
Have a wonderful and rocking 2008."

This friend of mine was 18 hours late in wishing me, so here is his creativity:
"Before 18 hrs. I have entered in ur life to make u crazy, happy, successful, rich, healthy - yes i m 2008. Happy New Year"
This one was the regular short and simple:
"Happy New Year to U nd ur family"

and this friend of mine even regrets that she is not sending any flowers or paper greetings
"No greeting card to give...
No sweet flowers to send..
No cute graphics to forward...
Just a CLEAN HEART saying...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008"

Here is the hinglish SMS:
"Naya sal apke liye sukhad, mangalmay aur kalyankari ho. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008"

Funny:
"no tear, no fear, khao murga te piyo beer, kyon ki o my dear :) :) :) 1 din baad hai new year.
dkhi mitra di yaari, 1 din pehele hi baazi mari. HAPPY NEW YEAR"

This one has a little bit of shaayarana andaaz in it, after all its coming from a friend who used to take a lot of interest in shaayari.
"Sunhari Dhoop Har Barsat Ke Baad,
Ushi Tarah Ho Mubark Aapko Naya Saal Aaj Raat Ke Baad, Hamare badhaio ke saath.
Nav varsh laye anginat khushiyan inse kamnayon kay saath.
HNY2008"



This one had the most number of VERY:
"VERY VERY VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2008"

There is a lot of learning in this one, I dint know many facts ;)
"24hrs make a lovely day
7days make a lovely week
52weeks make a lovely year
nd knowing a person like u makes world lovely.
Wish u Happy new year"

Learning continues in this one:
"I Wish
In 2008 God gives U,
12 Months of Happiness,
52 weeks of Fun,
365 Days of Success,
8760 Hours of Good Health,
52600 Minutes of Good Luck,
3153600 Seconds of joy"

believe me my life is filled with joy every second, aftereffect of the above SMS.


Back to some English:
"May dawn of this new year, bring promises of new joys for you...
May your each day be blessed with peace, prosperity and happiness too!!.."

"Wish you a very happy and prosperous new year.
May all your dreams and ambitions be fulfilled."


"May the fragrance of joy, warmth of love and the glow of success brighten your day today and everyday. Wish you and your family a happy new year"

"Wish you a Fantastic January,
Lovable February,
Marvelous March,
Foolish April,
Enjoyable May,
Successful June,
Wonderful July,
Independent August,
Tastyest October,
Beautiful November,
Happiest December,
Have A VICTORIOUS YEAR...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008..."

He missed September ;)

The shortest one:
"Wishing u a very Happy New Year 2008.

"WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL AND PEACEFUL YEAR 2008"

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Easiest and the best way to display HTML code in your blog posts on blogspot blogs

Use <textarea></textarea> and embed all your HTML between them.

<a href="http://tpops.blogspot.com">link to myblog</a><p> Everything in the textarea is displayed as it is, no html gets interpreted. "readonly" makes it even more beautiful</p><p>Scrollbar appears automatically if the content grows bigger than the textarea, for this example I have used cols="55" rows="5"</p>

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A little bit of RAILS for Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications readres

This post will be of use to you only if you happen to be a newbie to Ruby and Ruby on Rails and currently working on the Shovell web application from the book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications" by Patrick Lenz.

This post will be helpful to you if you are trying to add a feature to the Shovell application where the users of the Shovell should be able to update/edit stories posted by them.

After completing the Shovell application as guided in the book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications" I wanted to add edit functionality to my stories of Shovell application and after a few hours of struggle (I am very new to Ruby and Ruby on RAILS RoR) I was successfully able to implement the edit functionality to Shovells's stories.

This is how I achieved it :)

--Display a "edit story" link next to the "Submitted by" link on the show story page.
(validation done: display the "edit story" link only if the current story being displayed is submitted by the current logged in user.)


Add this code to your /views/story/show.rhtml file within the submitted_by class

<% if logged_in? %>
<% if @story.user.login.to_s == @current_user.login.to_s %>
 <span id="edit_story_link">
   <%= link_to 'edit story', :controller => 'story',
 :action => 'edit_story', :id => @story %>
 </span>
<% end %>
<% end %>

the submitted_by class after adding this code looks like this

<p class="submitted_by">
 Submitted by:
 <span><%= link_to @story.user.login,
 :controller => 'account',:action => 'show',
 :id => @story.user.login %></span>

<% if logged_in? %>
<% if @story.user.login.to_s == @current_user.login.to_s %>
 <span id="edit_story_link">
   <%= link_to 'edit story', :controller => 'story',
 :action => 'edit_story', :id => @story %>
 </span>
<% end %>
<% end %>
</p>

--Once the user clicks on the "edit story" link, take him to /views/story/edit_story.rhtml page prefilled with all the story details and tags. Allow user to make changes and save the updates.

Create a new file named edit_story.rhtml in /views/story/ and add the following code to it.

<%= error_messages_for 'story' %>

<% form_for :story do |f| %>

<p>
 Title of the story:<br />
 <%= f.text_field :name %>
 </p>
<p>
 link:<br />
<%= f.text_field :link %>
</p>

<p>
Description:<br />
<%= f.text_area :description %>
</p>

<p>
Tags:<br />
<%= text_field_tag 'tags', @story.tag_list %>
</p>

<p>
<%= submit_tag %>
</p>
<% end %>

Add the following code to your story controller named story_controller.rb located in /controllers/story_controller.rb

def edit_story
   @story = Story.find(params[:id])
   @story.user = @current_user
  
   if request.post? and @story.update_attributes(params[:story])
     @story.tag_with params[:tags] if params[:tags]
     flash[:notice] = 'Story was successfully updated.'
   end

 end

note: this controller part of the code should be added anywhere above the protected section.


All the code above looks self explanatory but in case you have a question please leave me a comment.


Other Questions that got answered by this post:
1. How to update a record in the database using form_for in Ruby on RAILS ?
2. How to use form_for to update data in database in Ruby on RAILS?
3. What method to use in the controller to update a record in the database?
4. How to fetch all the values of tags associated with a story and assign those values to a text_field_tag?

If you downloaded the word doc and the code din't work from there, try removing the extra pre tags or try the code from this post.

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