Plugins

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by thetacom

Here are some of the rails plugins that I am currently working on.
Dojo Helpers Plugin
Inline Editor Plugin w/ Selection

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Dojo Helpers Plugin

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by thetacom

This is a plugin that is design to assist in the usage of the dojo toolkit with your rails application. It is still very much in the works, so any recommendation are definitely welcome. It is designed to be used with Rails 2+ and Dojo 1.1.   The full dojo 1.1 library [...]

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Dojo plugin for rails is in the works.

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by thetacom

Coming Soon! 
I am working on a plugin that will assist in integrating the Dojo Toolkit libraries into your rails applications.  I have made good progress so far.  It has a variety of helpers to make short work to inlude the dojo core library and specify the requires, create dijits, use dojo functions and experiment with dojox.  Currently [...]

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Essentials for a web developer’s toolbox

Posted on March 24th, 2008 by thetacom

These are some of the items that I use frequently throughout the development process. Hopefully you will find them useful also.
Serverside Frameworks

Ruby on Rails: An open-source web framework that’s optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity.

Homepage - Download - API - Community

CakePHP: Enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications.

Homepage - [...]

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President’s Day Weekend

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by thetacom

Long weekend are great!  Hopefully I should get a lot accomplished on loadmotions over the next couple of days.  I think I’m going to switch over to ExtJS for the main application.  From the experimenting that I’ve done, it just feels lighter and more responsive.  There are a few things I will probably still use [...]

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My JS Framework Dilema

Posted on February 12th, 2008 by thetacom

I have been using primarily two frameworks on my various projects. Usually I use the Dojo Toolkit, but recently I’ve become fond of ExtJS. They are both great setups with loads of functionality. I’m trying to determine which types of sites each fits best in. From my experience, ExtJS seems [...]

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