Interesting Ruby Tidbits That Don’t Need Separate Posts #7

Note: Ruby Inside service will be slow until Thursday as I'm on vacation. The flow will then return to regular levels! Thanks!Sinatra - A New Ruby Web App FrameworkIt's still in its infancy but Sinatra is an interesting looking new Ruby Web app framework. It relies very heavily on a custom DSL but is otherwise in a similar niche to Merb or Camping.PackR - Ruby JavaScript CompressionPackR is a port of a Javascript compressor originally developed by Dean Edwards. The interesting thing about PackR is that it comes as a Rails plugin to enable you to have the JavaScripts associated with your Rails apps "packed" on the fly. Packing isn't a sure-fire way to stop someone ripping off your code, but it makes it significantly harder.Great resource on Rails' sessions and cookiesThe guys at QuarkRuby have put together a great guide to lots of other sites that show how sessions and cookies are managed in Rails and how you can work with them.Ruby In Steel 1.1.5 ReleasedThe latest version of the Visual Studio based Ruby / Rails IDE, Ruby In Steel, has been released. New features include much improved Rails related Intellisense and the ability to debug embedded Ruby in RHTML templates. A beta for Visual Studio 2008 has also been made available.

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