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Rubymash has been ticking along nicely as a map of freelancers and companies working with rails throughout the world. Traffic has been fairly consistent since the site was first released. However all Rubymash offered was a directory of freelancers and companies on a map.

Sticking with the on-a-map idea, we have just released a jobs section [...]

Since last week I have been working on upgrading a major project from Rails 2.3.5 to Rails 3.0.0.beta and also on moving other projects to use the latest version of bundler. Getting all to work was not easy, but this gave me a chance to look into the rails initialization code in detail. Based on [...]

Here’s a quick howto guide on installing Ruby 1.9.1, Rubygems 1.3.5 and dependencies on Ubuntu.

The apt-sources version of Ruby is not the latest version, as such it is better to compile everything from source.

First make sure your package sources are up to date and you have build essential and zlib1g-dev installed:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install [...]

One of the issues that keeps on rearing its ugly head, and I have never got round to fixing is the following error locally on Textmate:

env: ruby: No such file or directory

Well today I decided to put an end to it!

Textmate assumes (wrongly in my case) that Ruby is located at:

/usr/local/bin/ruby

Whereas a quick check on [...]

We are looking for two Ruby on Rails developers to join a friendly fast expanding team based near Windsor, UK.

Work Environment
The job involves working on a variety of different projects in a friendly work environment with other Rails developers and designers, a IMac is provided.

Job Details
This job is permanent, 5 days a week on-site, there [...]

About a month ago we released RubyMash which lists companies working with Ruby throughout the world on a map.

The result has been really positive, and now there are 170 companies listed. If your company is not yet listed, please feel free to add it here.

RubyMash is written using Merb and uses DM-Paperclip for the image [...]

Rails comes with built in HTTP Authentication.
This is great if you want to password protect your application before it is released, for example, if you are showcasing a client prototype and do not want anyone else other than the client see it.

To add HTTP authentication to the entire application simply place the following in [...]

We currently have a number of openings for short to medium-term freelance projects here at Ruby50.
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Today, we’re looking for an experienced Rails developer with a Java background to join our publishing client’s existing team.
We’re looking for developers with a good knowledge of JRuby and, as mentioned above, a Java background with an open mind to possibly go back to this if required. Any knowledge of Scala a distinct advantage.
The company [...]

A 6 month contract has opened up for a Ruby developer to develop a start-up job board. Ideally someone with front end testing experience, who can write and maintain view specs and selenium tests.
There is a possibility for remote working in this role, with regular trips to the office in Berlin, and daily contact via [...]