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Being Conventional
May 9, 2007 - One of the biggest selling points about Ruby on Rails is that it favors "convention over configuration." By following certain well-documented conventions in development, you can eliminate the need for all but the most fundamental configuration in your application. This appeals…
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Cursor Keys in Vim: You Mac’ing Me Crazy!
June 18, 2007 - Switch from PHP to Ruby on Rails? Check! Switch from Windows to OS X? Check! Switch from Vim to TextMate? Check! Well, most of the time. Vim is useful in many situations, particularly for quick edits (especially as root), and editing files on a remote server. One annoyance…
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Will Ruby and Rails Scale?
June 22, 2007 - "Can Ruby on Rails scale when my web traffic takes off like a rocket ship?" This is a common question we get (or some variation). I have a simple answer: "Yes, it can." As with any technology or framework, it's easy to build something that won't scale. Furthermore, there are…
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Scofield to Speak on Static Sites at CVREG
July 2, 2007 - FALLS CHURCH, VA – Senior Developer Ben Scofield will be presenting “Building and Working with Static Sites in Ruby on Rails” at the Central Virginia Ruby Enthusiasts’ Group on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Richmond.Scofield, who is leading the development…
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Reagan to Present at Viget-Sponsored NovaRUG Meeting
July 3, 2007 - FALLS CHURCH, VA – On July 18, Viget Labs will sponsor the Northern Virginia Ruby User's Group (NovaRUG) meeting in Reston at which Director of Application Development Patrick Reagan will compare FlexMock and Mocha, two mocking libraries, used in testing Ruby and Rails…
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Razoo Launch Aims to Inspire Positive Change
August 3, 2007 - FALLS CHURCH, VA – August 3, 2007 – Viget Labs is proud to announce the public beta launch of Razoo.com, a social networking site that rallies users to accomplish social changes by connecting and acting on shared passions and causes.Razoo, a major Ruby on Rails…
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Liveblogging: BarCamp DC
August 11, 2007 - I'm here at BarCamp DC enjoying the first session on Voicemail to Twitter. The Viget team is well represented and we're expecting a great day. I'll try to update this post throughout day when I can, and Brian will be helping out as well. You can also keep an eye on the Twitter…
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Viget Developers Experience International Rails
September 11, 2007 - FALLS CHURCH, VA – Two of Viget's own – Patrick Reagan and Ben Scofield – are updating their passports and practicing the basics of German over the next week in preparation for RAILSCONF, Sept. 17-19, in Berlin. Reagan, the Lab's Director of Application Development, and…
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Lone Star Ruby Conference 2007 Recap
September 12, 2007 - This past weekend, from September 7th to the 8th, marked the first-ever Lone Star Ruby Conference in Austin, Texas. Great coding minds from around the nation convened to discuss the language they've all come to know and love. Some people lived in the area, some convinced their…
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Fall Rumble Shakes Out Harvest of Applications
September 14, 2007 - Last weekend, September 7 and 8, Viget Labs entered two teams in the Rails Rumble, a 48-hour grueling marathon of web application development. In those 48 hours, each team had to design, develop, and successfully deploy a web application built in Ruby on Rails. Both Ben's team…