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Posts on ‘February 21st, 2005’

TivoHME and Python

For those of you that don't know, "TivoHME":http://tivohme.sourceforge.net/ is, basically, an SDK to allow developers (or enthusiasts) to provide services to TivoHMO. However, most enthusiasts are most likely not programmers, and even less likely Java programmers. Luckily, with Jython, they don't have to be — they can use Python instead. At least one person has [...]

Ruby on Rails Components

Anyone who closely follows "Rails":http://www.rubyonrails.com/ development has been suffering some serious shock and awe lately. At least for me, one by one, every complaint I've ever had about Rails (during those times when I'm being really nit picky) is being solved in the core.
Just last week, "Routes":http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/archives/2005/02/15/routing-now-available-in-beta-gems/ were added, removing the need to deal with [...]