Fabio Akita (not the Fabio) has an excellent interview with Adrian Holovaty, creator of the Django Framework.
I’ve been following Akita’s work for some time and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. Recently he reproduced the original Rails screencast, to update it. I also enjoyed his two-part interview with Avi Bryant.
Even if you’re not doing Rails stuff, Akita’s feed is a Must Subscribe.
There’s been some buzz lately about Hobo, a plugin extension to the Rails framework that makes it easy to do rapid prototyping of web applications. You can find out about all of the features at the HoboCentral website. One exciting feature is the implementation of DRYML, a way of drying up your views and providing extendable tag libraries.
Check out the screencasts. They’re very well done. I haven’t been this stunned by a screencast since I saw the original DHH Rails screencast. It’s exciting times.
Ryan Bates provides an excellent collection of Ruby on Rails screencasts for free. If you have a couple of minutes, literally, please check out what he’s put together.
Some time ago I had envisioned producing something similar, but in no way could I have even come close to this. Ryan really nails it, with high production quality and keeping it concise. Show him some love.
