links for 2007-07-22

The Eric Python IDE
Eric is a full featured Python and Ruby editor and IDE, written in python. It is based on the cross-platform Qt gui toolkit, integrating the highly-flexible Scintilla editor control.
(tags: python ide programming . . . → Read More: links for 2007-07-22

Django vs. Rails

I just finished going through a Django tutorial.

My first impression is that Django is perhaps a little trickier to get going than Ruby on Rails (though this probably becomes immaterial once you get accustomed to it). The thing that I really like about Django is that the basic paradigm for setting up models makes more sense . . . → Read More: Django vs. Rails

Capistrano on DreamHost

I keep meaning to play more with Ruby on Rails when I get a chance.

It’s nice to know that Capistrano can be used to deploy RoR apps to DreamHost. That way I can develop at home in a secure environment with a comfortable development environment and then deploy to DreamHost.

Here’s a nice Wiki page on how . . . → Read More: Capistrano on DreamHost

Learn Ruby through song

Courtesy of oddball Ruby personality Why the Lucky Stiff (yes, that’s his name), here’s a medley of two songs that he did with his band, The Thirsty Cups:

The Parts of Ruby + Chunky Bacon.mp3

You won’t get the “chunky bacon” reference unless you’ve read Why’s Poignant Guide . . . → Read More: Learn Ruby through song

Ruby and Java and Stuff

Steve Yegge, interesting as always:

Ruby and Java . . . → Read More: Ruby and Java and Stuff

Komodo, a Komodity

ActiveState Komodo is a programmer’s IDE for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows that is tailored for programming with a number of dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl.

I came across this post the other day which gives the promo code kmd3n9-ur8 for getting Komodo Personal Edition for free, but says that the . . . → Read More: Komodo, a Komodity

Why Ruby is an acceptable LISP

Eric Kidd has an interesting post entitled “Why Ruby is an acceptable LISP”.

As it turns out, Ruby compares well as a functional language, and it fakes macros better than I’d thought….

Now, given a choice between a powerful language, and popular language, it may make excellent sense to pick the powerful one. But if the difference in . . . → Read More: Why Ruby is an acceptable LISP