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This Week's Ruby News - Issue 127
Ruby Weekly - A Weekly Ruby Newsletter Issue #127 - January 10, 2013 ================================================================================ Featured -------- Ruby 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Released http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-co... The latest step on the road to Ruby 2.0's final release in late February. The default encoding for Ruby scripts is now UTF-8. Rails 3.2.11, 3.1.10, 3.0.19, and 2.3.15 Released Due to Security Flaws http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/1/8/Rails-3-2-11-3-1-1... A couple of significant security vulnerabilities have been found in Rails 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, and 2.3, resulting in rapid point releases each of each. These are billed as "extremely critical" upgrades. MountainWestRubyConf 2013 (Salt Lake City, April 3-5) http://mtnwestrubyconf.org/ The <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!topic/ruby...">CFP is open</a> until January 19. RubyConf Uruguay 2013 (March 22-23) http://rubyconfuruguay.org/ The CFP is open until the end of January. From Our Sponsor ---------------- Are You Ready For Better CI? https://semaphoreapp.com/ Treat yourself with fast, amazingly easy to use continuous integration. Use coupon code RWHAPPY2013 in January and save 50% in your first month. Reading ------- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Parameter Parsing in Action Pack https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-secur... Billed as CVE-2013-0156 in the National Vulnerability Database, this is one of the two rather bad security vulnerabilities in many versions of Rails and could allow attackers to bypass authentication systems, inject arbitrary SQL, inject and execute arbitrary code, and more. If you want to be convinced to do an upgrade or disable features as a workaround, read this. Dependency Injection Is Not A Virtue in Ruby http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2012/dependency-inject... David Heinemeier Hansson's latest opinion piece. Constant and Global Optimization in JRuby 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 http://blog.headius.com/2013/01/constant-and-global-optim... Charles Nutter shares some interesting implementation practicalities in JRuby and how they affect performance. RubyFlux: Statically Compiling Ruby to Java http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/01/06/rubyflux-statical... Last week we linked to a Ruby-to-Java static compiler project by JRuby's Charles Nutter. This post by Shawn Anderson explains more and shows off a simple benchmark. Why I Love DATA http://caiustheory.com/why-i-love-data Caius Durling shows off Ruby's DATA variable/constant, why it's useful, and some ways you can use it. 'A letter to my daughter, Augusta, in Ruby' http://jpfuentes2.tumblr.com/post/39935683274/a-letter-to... In which a Ruby developer creatively expresses his affection for his daughter. mruby-browser Is Now Called WebRuby http://qiezi.me/2012/12/11/mruby-browser-is-now-called-we... Xuejie Xiao's project to bring mruby to the Web using JavaScript and Emscripten now has an official name and some ideas for progression. Cleaner Specs With Custom RSpec Example Groups http://benediktdeicke.com/2013/01/custom-rspec-example-gr... Know Your Closures: Blocks, Procs, and Lambdas http://www.dev.gd/20130107-know-your-closures-blocks-proc... John Biesnecker shares some basics. Watching and Listening ---------------------- What's New in Rails 4 (RailsCasts Episode #400) http://railscasts.com/episodes/400-what-s-new-in-rails-4 Rails 4.0 still isn't finished and released but it nonetheless shaping up to become a great release. In this 20 minute episode of RailsCasts, Ryan Bates shows how to set up a new Rails 4.0 (edge) application and walks through many of the new features. Libraries and Code ------------------ rbenv 0.4.0 Released https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv/tree/c56f727#version... ruby-local-exec deprecated. Now prefers .ruby-version files to .rbenv-version files (for added cross version manager support). And lots more. DismissibleHelpers: Dismissible Help Text Helpers for Rails http://reefpoints.dockyard.com/ruby/2013/01/04/dismissibl... Have an application where you want to add some help text for the user, but they really only need to see it once? With the dismissible_helpers gem, you can quickly add dismissible help text to your application. Demo visible online. RubyOnRuby: Ruby Compiled to JavaScript Running on V8 under Ruby (Whoa..) https://github.com/cantino/ruby_on_ruby Describes itself as an 'unholy amalgam' of therubyracer's V8 engine and emscripted-ruby which provides a truly sandboxed Ruby-on-Ruby environment. An interesting experiment, at least. μLithp: A Lisp in 27 Lines of Ruby http://fogus.github.com/ulithp/ Ruboto 0.10.1 Released: Ruby App Development on Android https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/wiki/Ruboto-0.10.1-relea... Updates JRuby to 1.7.1, changes the stdlib location to one that meets new Google Play Store restrictions, and more. JewelryBox 1.4 Released: The Official OS X RVM GUI http://jewelrybox.unfiniti.com/ Jobs ---- Senior Software Developer at State [London, United Kingdom] http://jobs.rubyinside.com/a/jbb/job-details/781325 Full Stack Software Engineer at FreeAgent [Edinburgh, United Kingdom] http://jobs.rubyinside.com/a/jbb/job-details/781911 Post a full job listing here in Ruby Weekly https://cooperpress.com/jobs Last but not least.. -------------------- Why The Lucky Stiff's Site is Back? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5015087 The folks at Hacker News noticed that 'whytheluckystiff.net', a domain belonging to Why The Lucky Stiff, has been resurrected. Why, commonly known as _why, was an enigmatic and whimsical character in the Ruby world for many years before he went 'missing' in 2009. ================================================================================ You opted in for Ruby Weekly at http://rubyweekly.com/ to get weekly e-mails about the Ruby programming language. Our mailing address is: Office 30, Lincoln Way, Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, Lincs, UK, LN11 9EJ. You can e-mail the list maintainer directly at rw@peterc.org in case of problems/questions. (Log in to post comments)
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