Interesting Ruby Tidbits That Don’t Need Separate Posts #8

Experiements with Windows Form Design with IronRubyIt's still early days, but Huw Collingbourne takes a look at the first steps made by IronRuby, a .NET implementation of the Ruby language, into native Windows form design.JRuby 1.0.2 ReleasedIt's only a point release, but JRuby 1.0.2 has hit the streets. Support for Rails 1.2.5 has been included, and almost 100 issues have been fixed since 1.0.1. Several "nasty issues" being experienced by Windows users have also been fixed. Remember that you can keep up with this and other JRuby news over at our sister site JRubyInside.com.eBay Backed Rails Site LaunchesJosh Susser has announced the launch of MicroPlace, a new eBay-backed Web site developed in Rails and aimed at allowing people to make "micro investments" in projects in the developing world. The site is all Rails (using ActiveRecord too) and MySQL, and unusual because eBay is typically a strongly Java environment.Ruby Developer Tortured?On the lighter side of this week's news, Meng Wong highlights a poor Ruby developer being tortured by a gorgeous woman in Mountain View, CA.

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