From bothari at gmail.com  Fri Feb  6 13:09:17 2009
From: bothari at gmail.com (Bothari)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:09:17 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Best approach for a very simple REST web
	service?
Message-ID: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>

Group,

At my company I'm looking for opportunities to use Ruby where it makes
sense.  We need a web service that accepts a post of ~200 bytes of
data from 500 clients ~5 times per second, persists the body of the
message to a Berkly database and returns a 200.  Right now the service
is fronted by Active MQ, but it falls behind during the peak times and
we're getting rid of it.  The first option is Apache and Tomcat and
write a simple servlet, but what's a good ruby approach for something
like this?

Joe

From ara.t.howard at gmail.com  Fri Feb  6 13:44:30 2009
From: ara.t.howard at gmail.com (ara.t.howard)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:44:30 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Best approach for a very simple REST web
	service?
In-Reply-To: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F14D1A90-8173-4E5A-9C18-B834D0916483@gmail.com>


On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Bothari wrote:

> Group,
>
> At my company I'm looking for opportunities to use Ruby where it makes
> sense.  We need a web service that accepts a post of ~200 bytes of
> data from 500 clients ~5 times per second, persists the body of the
> message to a Berkly database and returns a 200.  Right now the service
> is fronted by Active MQ, but it falls behind during the peak times and
> we're getting rid of it.  The first option is Apache and Tomcat and
> write a simple servlet, but what's a good ruby approach for something
> like this?
>
> Joe

without question simply write in rack and put it on mod_rails/mod_rack.

extremely fast, robust, and zero maintenance.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
--
we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being  
better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama




From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Fri Feb  6 13:47:42 2009
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:47:42 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Best approach for a very simple REST web
	service?
In-Reply-To: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <72799cd70902061047l32ab8eadr97efc84bc36a955e@mail.gmail.com>

Forwarded to the Chicago Ruby Brigade in hopes that it's an
interesting question there also.
-Chris

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Group,
>
> At my company I'm looking for opportunities to use Ruby where it makes
> sense.  We need a web service that accepts a post of ~200 bytes of
> data from 500 clients ~5 times per second, persists the body of the
> message to a Berkly database and returns a 200.  Right now the service
> is fronted by Active MQ, but it falls behind during the peak times and
> we're getting rid of it.  The first option is Apache and Tomcat and
> write a simple servlet, but what's a good ruby approach for something
> like this?
>
> Joe
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>

From tony at medioh.com  Fri Feb  6 13:45:57 2009
From: tony at medioh.com (Tony Arcieri)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:45:57 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Best approach for a very simple REST web
	service?
In-Reply-To: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c7e6b2b00902061045yd911ac6wafe9b9bf3e6e0f68@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:

> what's a good ruby approach for something like this?
>

Probably using Rack <http://rack.rubyforge.org/> in conjunction with
something like Thin <http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/> or
Ebb<http://ebb.rubyforge.org/>

-- 
Tony Arcieri
medioh.com
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From renderful at gmail.com  Fri Feb  6 13:49:43 2009
From: renderful at gmail.com (Codey Christensen)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:49:43 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Best approach for a very simple REST web
	service?
In-Reply-To: <F14D1A90-8173-4E5A-9C18-B834D0916483@gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902061009iba558eaq68726c1a57badc84@mail.gmail.com>
	<F14D1A90-8173-4E5A-9C18-B834D0916483@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7d1c5580902061049v663a84fdu6e8a4d284868be7c@mail.gmail.com>

The Rack + Mod_Rails solution is what I've done in the past, for a web
service polling system(1,000's of clients at varying intervals(3-30 seconds)
depending on the client's mode).

The speed gain I got from switching this service from part of a Rails app to
a standalone Ruby app with a Rack adapter + mod_rack saved so much memory
and processor power and really sped things up.

Codey

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:44 AM, ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Bothari wrote:
>
>  Group,
>>
>> At my company I'm looking for opportunities to use Ruby where it makes
>> sense.  We need a web service that accepts a post of ~200 bytes of
>> data from 500 clients ~5 times per second, persists the body of the
>> message to a Berkly database and returns a 200.  Right now the service
>> is fronted by Active MQ, but it falls behind during the peak times and
>> we're getting rid of it.  The first option is Apache and Tomcat and
>> write a simple servlet, but what's a good ruby approach for something
>> like this?
>>
>> Joe
>>
>
> without question simply write in rack and put it on mod_rails/mod_rack.
>
> extremely fast, robust, and zero maintenance.
>
> a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
> --
> we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being
> better. simply reflect on that.
> h.h. the 14th dalai lama
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>
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From harrylove at gmail.com  Fri Feb  6 22:43:34 2009
From: harrylove at gmail.com (Harry Love)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:43:34 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] TechStars?
Message-ID: <978195830902061943r31a91b4do2d8dca91a11a3fbd@mail.gmail.com>

Howdy!

1. Do you work with Ruby/Rails/et al?
2. Does the idea of applying for TechStars (http://www.techstars.org/)
sound exciting to you?
3. Are you a pilot or aviation enthusiast?

If you said yes to the first two questions, I want to talk to you. If
you said yes to all three, I really want to talk to you. My partner
and I believe we've got a shot and we're looking for a third
co-founder/developer.

You must be able to work in Boulder from May to August and this would
be your full-time job. See the TechStars web site for details if
you're not familiar with the program.

If this feels like you, contact me off list.

Cheers,
Harry

-- 
Harry Love
harry at harrylove.org
harrylove at gmail.com
http://harrylove.org/
http://twitter.com/harrylove
http://www.linkedin.com/in/harrylove
m (720) 938-2486

From mghaught at gmail.com  Tue Feb 10 11:23:15 2009
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:23:15 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] BRG - February Meeting - Feb 18th
Message-ID: <57f29e620902100823w159251cbu7b22471d0ab9c196@mail.gmail.com>

The Boulder Ruby Group will have its February meeting on the 18th at
7pm.  This month's meeting will have two talks.  First, Paul Sadauskas
will be presenting on writing adapters for DataMapper. This is a
preview of his Mountain West Ruby Conference talk. Next, Corey Donohoe
will speak on Testing with Webrat. Improve your test suite by writing
fewer, but more meaningful, tests. Using a combination of user stories
and blackbox testing to deliver functionality, not useless code
metrics.

As always, we'll have refreshments and great company.  If you want any
more details on the group or directions to the meeting please check
the website: http://boulderruby.org

Cheers,
Marty

From bothari at gmail.com  Tue Feb 10 14:49:38 2009
From: bothari at gmail.com (Bothari)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:49:38 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Wednesday Meetup?
Message-ID: <c09158680902101149j75c9a627m93ce4b0639c72e90@mail.gmail.com>

Does anybody still go to the Wednesday morning meetup? I heard about
it, but I haven't been.

If so, where is it?
Joe

From atmos at atmos.org  Tue Feb 10 15:04:01 2009
From: atmos at atmos.org (Corey Donohoe)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:04:01 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Wednesday Meetup?
In-Reply-To: <c09158680902101149j75c9a627m93ce4b0639c72e90@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902101149j75c9a627m93ce4b0639c72e90@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c75e5f320902101204hda48e3x599a778512cf8546@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody still go to the Wednesday morning meetup? I heard about
> it, but I haven't been.
>
> If so, where is it?

I'm usually there if I'm in town.  There's been anywhere from 4 to 12
people there in recent weeks.  It's at the cup
boulder(http://www.thecupboulder.com/contact/).


-- 
Corey Donohoe
http://atmos.org
http://engineyard.com

From atmos at atmos.org  Tue Feb 10 19:19:56 2009
From: atmos at atmos.org (Corey Donohoe)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:19:56 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Wednesday Meetup?
In-Reply-To: <7afa427a0902101616o1f7e0a0fg7155435475b85fb4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c09158680902101149j75c9a627m93ce4b0639c72e90@mail.gmail.com>
	<c75e5f320902101204hda48e3x599a778512cf8546@mail.gmail.com>
	<7afa427a0902101616o1f7e0a0fg7155435475b85fb4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c75e5f320902101619o371706f9o4459cfd445299b41@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/10/09, Michael Leon <m at mikeleon.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Corey Donohoe <atmos at atmos.org> wrote:
> > I'm usually there if I'm in town.  There's been anywhere from 4 to 12
> > people there in recent weeks.  It's at the cup
> > boulder(http://www.thecupboulder.com/contact/).
> >
>
> Is it usually 8-10 or so?
>
I think that depending on who you are, you get there between 8 and
9:30.  Folks usually bail around lunch time.  We're a pretty easy
group to pick out, we're usually at the large table in the backroom.

On a related note, we registered #boulder.rb on irc.freenode.net.
Feel free to drop by and say hi.

-- 
Corey Donohoe
http://atmos.org
http://engineyard.com

From brianpdoyle at gmail.com  Wed Feb 11 17:58:15 2009
From: brianpdoyle at gmail.com (Brian Doyle)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:58:15 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Rails UI Engineer position
Message-ID: <a2c7a60e0902111458r765b30e7xbc08f07ece4b7581@mail.gmail.com>

We have a position open at my company for a Rails UI engineer.
If you are interested please contact me or employment at localmatters.com.
Here is the description:


It's not about cubicles, endless meetings and rigid communication protocols.

Instead we thrive on a fun, casual atmosphere and the creativity that can
only be
found in loving what we do.

At Local Matters, headquartered in a historic LoDo warehouse, we're building

a team of the smartest, nicest, funniest, coolest, Hippest... you get it...
people
in the tech industry. Our team includes former Mapquest, Trip.com,
The Onion, and Yelp personnel.

You would be working in a small, collaborative team on a fun and creative
website, guidespot.com. Not only will you be contributing with code, but
also
input on new product features and improvements.

You might be a great addition to our team if you:

* Are the best UI engineer that you know.
* Are willing to learn and use bleeding-edge web technologies.
* Understand the intricacies and insanities of cross-browser development.
* Want to work in a highly challenging and fun environment.
* Would enjoy knocking off work at 3pm on Fridays for happy hour.

Qualifications:

* 3+ years with core web technologies (HTML, Javascript/DOM, CSS).
* Some experience with prevalent Javascript toolkits/frameworks.
* Experience with Ruby on Rails.
* Knowledge of web standards principles and practices.
* An eye for design and layout.
* Experience with Agile Methodology.
* Ability to work with Product Managers, Designers and Information
Architects.

If interested, please include a cover letter, resume and salary requirements
to employment at localmatters.com. Also indicate the job title in the subject
of the email.
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From ara.t.howard at gmail.com  Sat Feb 14 00:56:10 2009
From: ara.t.howard at gmail.com (ara.t.howard)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:56:10 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] rfc - ar-defaults for rails 2.2.2
Message-ID: <C8A62E91-FD37-479B-9627-562C8CBB1A9F@gmail.com>


let me know if you have any luck with this:


http://drawohara.com/post/78208216/rails-activerecord-defaults-for-rails-2-2-2



a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
--
we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being  
better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama




From kweller at asapwebsoft.com  Sat Feb 14 17:40:00 2009
From: kweller at asapwebsoft.com (Kevin Weller)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:40:00 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Multiple Rails Engineers Needed
Message-ID: <78AA1503-EEA1-42D1-B46B-89816CD33043@asapwebsoft.com>

ASAP WebSoft, LLC (http://www.asapwebsoft.com) is seeking Rails  
developers.  We are looking to immediately fill a handful of contract- 
to-hire positions with a key client to supplement the capacity of  
ASAP's existing project team.  We'll also be looking to farm out some  
Rails micro-projects (ranging from a few hours to a few days per) on  
specification to some willing-and-able independent contractors.

Our client is a growing publicly-traded company that retains the best  
qualities of a startup, with a casual yet entrepreneurial and  
motivated culture, and with plenty of interesting technical work to be  
done.  We've spent the past year and a half building a comprehensive  
software infrastructure on the Rails platform to run their business,  
including several web applications and batch processes, all on a  
common database and a shared library of models and other components.   
Yet there is still so much more to build and maintain.  Our release  
cycles vary from one to several weeks depending on scope.  We have a  
solid team communications and coordination infrastructure and some of  
the brightest local Rails and Ruby minds.

All contract-to-hire positions are located on-site with the client in  
downtown Denver.  They will involve a mix of requirements analysis,  
Ruby and Rails development and maintenance, and quality assurance.  In  
terms of Rails knowledge and experience, we'll need a mix of junior to  
more senior developers.

Core skills and experience:  Ruby, Rails, OO, HTTP, HTML, XHTML and  
variants, XML, SSL, web services, REST, CSS, AJAX, Unix/Linux, open  
source, and RDBMS.

Useful skills and experience: PostgreSQL, and Rails-specific QA/Testing.

A testing specialist with Test::Unit and/or rspec experience and  
related tools would be a real plus.

The same technical skills requirements apply to the micro-project  
independent contractors, but all work will take place off-site using  
your own facilities and tools.  You will work on specification to  
produce mini-applications and subsystems as required and agreed to in  
a corresponding Statement of Work.  Company-specific platform/API  
documentation will be provided.

Respond privately to work at asapwebsoft.com if interested.

Thanks!

Kevin

From mghaught at gmail.com  Mon Feb 16 16:37:51 2009
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:37:51 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Advanced Ruby Studio in Denver
Message-ID: <57f29e620902161337i2022fd98x7b57a412c9a5f216@mail.gmail.com>

I'm forwarding on a message from Mike Clark on the upcoming Advanced
Ruby Studio.

Cheers,
Marty

Hi Folks,

Just a quick reminder that the next Advanced Ruby Studio will be here
in Denver on March 9-11, 2009.

If you know some basic Ruby, but want to become a more proficient Ruby
or Rails programmer, then this is the course for you. You'll take away
practical and time-saving techniques to write more powerful libraries
and Rails applications. Don't miss this opportunity to learn Ruby
directly from Dave Thomas and Chad Fowler at one of Denver's premier
training facilities.

We still have a couple seats available.  We'd love to have a few more
local attendees. If you or anyone you know is interested and can join
us, we'll extend you the early bird price (a $300 savings). Just be
sure to register by the end of day this Friday.

All the details are available at:

 http://pragmaticstudio.com/ruby

It's an ideal venue for learning Ruby from these top-notch instructors!

Thanks,

Mike Clark

From mghaught at gmail.com  Tue Feb 17 16:42:25 2009
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:42:25 -0700
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] BRG - February Meeting Reminder - Feb 18th
Message-ID: <57f29e620902171342t3a39abffk4f07332db35f11b0@mail.gmail.com>

Here's your friendly, two day reminder about the Boulder Ruby Meeting
that will be happening this Wednesday, February 18th at 7pm in our
usual location (directions below).   First, Paul Sadauskas will be
presenting on writing adapters for DataMapper. This is a preview of
his Mountain West Ruby Conference talk.  Next, Corey Donohoe will
speak on Testing with Webrat. Improve your test suite by writing
fewer, but more meaningful, tests. Using a combination of user stories
and blackbox testing to deliver functionality, not useless code
metrics.  As always, we'll have refreshments and great company.   Hope
to see all you there.

Also, I know there are still tickets available to the Mountain West
Ruby Conference on March 13-14 in Salt Lake City.  It's very
affordable at $100 for two days of great Ruby/Rails talks.  You can
read up more on it here:  http://mtnwestrubyconf.org/2009/

Cheers,
Marty Haught
http://boulderruby.org


Directions:

Collective Intellect
1433 Pearl St, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80302

The office is behind and above Starbucks on Pearl. The entrance is on
Pearl Street just east of Starbucks, behind the statue of the wolf.
Come straight through all the doors.

URL to google maps: http://rubyurl.com/pKfB