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[ruby.mn] New Event Posted

The following event was posted by Tony Collen (tonyc) at or around 16 May 16:31:
Headline: No May Meeting
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Since Memorial day is on the 28th (our normal meeting day), and JRubyConf (www.jrubyconf.com) is the week
before, we're going to skip the May meeting.

We may organize a hack night, stay tuned to this space (or the mailing list) for more info.
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Tony Collen | 16 May 18:29
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[ruby.mn] [Reminder] No May Meeting!

No meeting this month due to Memorial day on the 28th and JRubyConf
the week before!

Anyone want to organize a hack night?

 - Tony

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Mark Wagner | 12 May 18:15
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[ruby.mn] Any Rummies going to ChefConf

Just wondering if anyone else from Minnesota is planning on attending Chefconf next week.



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Steve Fox | 11 May 19:08
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[ruby.mn] ckeditor

Hi,

A few weeks ago I asked about rich-text editors.  ckeditor was recommended by a couple of you guys.  This seems
like a nice one.  Has anyone configured it to work with AWS?  Currently it sticks the images in
public/ckeditor_assets/pictures, and Heroku will balk at that.

Thanks,

Steve
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Steve Fox | 10 May 18:48
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[ruby.mn] bj - background jobs

Hi,

I have inherited a rails 2.0.2 app which I'm eventually going to rebuild as rails 3.2.x or whatever.  The server it's running on is pretty old, too, and features a deprecated kernel.  So, I transferred the app to a new vps while I set up a new app using rvm and all that.

Everything is working as expected except for order processing.  Orders are created, but emailing is failing.  This piece is supposedly handled by bj, and it should 'just work.'  No daemon running.  Has anyone used bj recently?  Here's the code in app/model/order.rb - lines 13 and 14 make the calls to Bj.


And there is nothing exceptional in the logs, which I've set to debug.  You can see the item added to the bj_job table:

Bj::Table::Job Create (0.000398)   INSERT INTO `bj_job` (`runner`, `started_at`, `is_restartable`, `submitted_at`, `submitter`, `tag`, `state`, `stderr`, `stdin`, `env`, `stdout`, `priority`, `finished_at`, `exit_status`, `command`, `pid`) VALUES(NULL, NULL, 1, '2012-05-10 16:17:44', 'elegantfoods.net', '', 'pending', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, './script/runner app/jobs/order_notification.rb 21909', NULL)


And it makes it in to the database

mysql> select * from bj_job where bj_job_id = 63879 \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
     bj_job_id: 63879
       command: ./script/runner app/jobs/order_notification.rb 21909
         state: pending
      priority: 0
           tag: 
is_restartable: 1
     submitter: elegantfoods.net
        runner: NULL
           pid: NULL
  submitted_at: 2012-05-10 16:26:25
    started_at: NULL
   finished_at: NULL
           env: NULL
         stdin: NULL
        stdout: NULL
        stderr: NULL
   exit_status: NULL
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

But it doesn't trigger anything to 1. send along an email and 2. flip the bj_job.state to 'finished.'

Has anyone else set up Bj?  

Thanks,

Steve
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Tony Collen | 9 May 16:39
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[ruby.mn] [ANN] Coderetreat Minneapolis - May 19th 2012

Gang,

A while back, the idea of holding a coderetreat (www.coderetreat.org)
was brought up on the list, so --

The planets have aligned, and I'm excited to announce that on Saturday
May 19, Corey Haines himself will be in town to host a coderetreat!

"That's cool," you say, "but what the heck is coderetreat?"

Coderetreat is a fun, day-long, intensive practice event focused on
the fundamentals of software development and design. BYOL (Bring Your
Own Laptop) with the development tools you need to write code using
your chosen programming languages. Coderetreat is language-agnostic,
so there's a good chance that you'll be able to get outside your
comfort zone. This is a good thing!

* When: Saturday May 19th from 8:30am to 5:30pm

* Where: Code 42 Software (1 Main St SE #100, Minneapolis, MN)

* Sign up: http://coderetreat-mn-2012.eventbrite.com/

While Coderetreat is a sponsored event (Code 42 Software is sponsoring
the space and lunch), a $20 refundable deposit will guarantee your
spot. Attendance is capped at 30 people.

Please forward this and pass it on to whomever may be interested!

- Tony

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notifications | 9 May 15:41
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[ruby.mn] New Opening Posted: RoR Developer ASAP!!

The following gig was posted by Ben Provenzano at or around 09 May 13:41:
Blurb: RoR Developer ASAP!!
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Tarmac has an IMMEDIATE opportunity with an exceptional company in Downtown Minneapolis.  We are looking
for an established Ruby on Rails Developer who will be developing, implementing, and maintaining
web-based application systems for their Legislative web sites and services.  If you consider yourself a
knowledgeable Ruby on Rails Developer, then this is the position for YOU!

Position Title:	Developer - Ruby on Rails

Engagement:	3-month contract

Position Summary:	Develops, implements, and maintains web-based application systems for the
Legislative web sites and services.  The qualified candidate will have extensive web development
experience and be familiar with the standard development life cycle.  This person will:

•	Assist in the development of our legislative web sites and web-based applications according to
defined business and technology standards.
•	Have extensive experience with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, CSS, XML, JSON, Sass, Haml, and Git. 
•	Monitor application performance and help scale site capacity to meet traffic demands performance.   

Reports To:	Product Development Manager

Coordinates With:	Business Information IT Team

Scope:
•	Work closely with the company’s development/project management teams and third party
developers.  
•	Develop web sites and web-based applications using the company’s SDLC. 

Specific Responsibilities:

•	Develop web sites and web-based applications based on business requirements/use cases compiled by
project management team. 
•	Develop technical design documents based on use cases generated by project management team. 
•	Provide detailed documentation for all application components. 
•	Coordinate task assignments with the development team (including third party resources). 
•	Assist with recommendations on web platform architecture and tool selection

Qualifications:
•	Exceptional customer service skills
•	Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
•	Bachelor’s Degree (related   field a plus)
•	5-7 years web development experience

Location:	The position will be located in Minneapolis, MN.  There will be opportunity to work from home on occasion.

Contact: staffing@...
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Ben Damman | 6 May 17:24
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[ruby.mn] RubyMotion

Hi all,

With the recent release of RubyMotion I'm wondering if anyone else in the group has started using it to build native iOS apps.  I'm diving in head-first.

This seems like a superior way to build mobile apps, period, without even getting into language debates:
  • Your ruby code is compiled to run within the ObjC runtime.
  • True native apps, with zero limitations on what iOS libs and frameworks you can use
  • Interactive console that allows you to modify the app, LIVE, inside the simulator.
  • Use your fav editor (use of xcode is actually discouraged)
  • Build, manage, and deploy your project using simple rake tasks
I'll volunteer to present on the topic at a future meet up if there's enough interest. (Are you interested?)

Also curious...do we have any experts on these topics in the group?
  • MacRuby
  • CocoaPods
  • Ruboto
  • people that have loaded the entirety of iOS framework documentation into their brain
If you like screencasts, the one to watch is here.

Ben Damman
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Nick Sieger | 2 May 04:07
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[ruby.mn] KidsCodeCamp at JRubyConf needs you!

Hi Everyone!

Last night at the meeting I spoke a bit about the KidsCodeCamp event
we're having this month on Sunday, May 20. We have 50+ eager youth
coming downtown to learn to program! We'd love it if you could join us
for a couple free hours on Sunday to help mentor the kids, give them
tips, look over their shoulders, and help debug their code. If you can
join us, please go to the EventBrite page and sign up as a volunteer.

http://kidscodecampmn.eventbrite.com/

In addition to volunteers, we are also looking for one or two
potential speakers/teachers to lead a session. We have Corey Haines
and Ron Evans on hand to teach sessions on Scratch and KidsRuby, but
we also have some time in the afternoon available. If you have a topic
you think the kids would be interesting in hearing, we'd love to have
you on board! I'll even throw in a free conference pass to JRubyConf
for your time and enthusiastic energy. Possible topics: Your First
Sinatra Webapp, PyGame, simple graphics programming, Alice, or your
area of interest!

Finally, we are looking for some help to buy lunch and snacks for all
the kids and volunteers, in the neighborhood of $500. If you or your
business can help, please visit the Eventbrite page above and select
the "Help Pay for Lunch!" ticket and enter a donation amount.
JRubyConf will match $1 for every $1 you can donate. If we've reached
our goal, the ticket will be marked as "Sold out."

Thanks so much for helping us with KidsCodeCamp, it's sure to be a
rewarding event for all involved! Here's hoping we can make this a
regular event in MSP!

/Nick

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Tony Collen | 27 Apr 18:36
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[ruby.mn] Please sign up for April meeting!

We're going to try this again, to see if we can get a better count for
food and drinks for the April meeting.

If you plan on coming to the meeting on Monday, please let us know.

https://rubymn.eventbrite.com/

 - Tony

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[ruby.mn] TI Tech Days

Thought a few of you might be interested in TI's Tech Day coming to St
Paul next week. Registration is free.

I'm getting more into embedded stuff lately, and there's several
topics that interested me. Perhaps of the broadest general interest
are two seminars on "Intro to Android" that talks about how it's
structured and why it's interesting for embedded applications and
"Android Development Environment" that talks about Google's and TI's
toolchains for doing Android dev on TI processors.

Once I'm a little further into all this embedded stuff I'll try to
give a RUM talk about some of it, if there would be interest in such a
thing.

- Charlie

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