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#061 - apr 6th 2014

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This month on 25th there is a rubyconf in Taipei, so I prepared simple stickers because geeks like to stick stuff on their laptops. If you want some, just come there, or send me a mail see if I can send you a bunch of them.
Side Note: There is no stupid april's fool joke in this edition (pfew).

Look

Examples of UI/UX, graphic performance, web design and flashy things.
Nightwalk
A visit in Marseille on Cours Julien (with the french accent).
The uncomfortable
Gallery of design that for some reason made me laungh a lot.

Use

Web applications, resources and tools, available for making our life easier or funnier.
Ruby Asia rb
A recent newsletter focused on ruby publication in Asia.
Nginx Admin Guide ops
The new official Nginx Guide, espcially good if you discover it.
The Magic of Css css3
A textbook with examples to (re-)learn CSS.
WakaTime tool
Time tracking for programmers.
Codacy tool
Automated code review platform (seems like codeclimate).
Ghost Inspector tool
Record yourself browsing. Make assertions. Replay in the cloud.
Scalyr tool
Monitoring tool based on log parsing, similar to logentries.

Install

A selection of gems or applications updated during past week.
Gor go
HTTP traffic replay in real-time.
Priscilla rb
For displaying console output values in a flashy way.
Rubymation mobile
Smooth animation in Rubymotion.
Sysdig ops
Capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance.
Snapi rb
A modular API functionality definition tool based on sinatra.
Slick js
The last carousel you'll ever need.

Read

From the blogosphere or news feeds ...
Wrapping C libraries with Ruby using SWIG mar 25 rb
Write C code for ruby extensions is not that hard.
Heap Overflow in YAML mar 29 rb
This is a vulnerability issue, that you need to get fixed.
Go development environment for Vim mar 29 go
vim-go is a pathogen compatible bundle.
Heroku on Docker mar 31 ops
Examples on how to containerize your apps for Heroku.
Debugging Asynchronous JavaScript with Chrome DevTools mar 31 js
Now in Chrome Canary DevTools, the full call stack of asynchronous JavaScript callbacks.
What's new in edge Rails: Active Record enums apr 1 rb
A tiny but useful new ActiveRecord feature.
Working From Home? Here's an Extra Shot of Focus apr 2 tool
Experience from a remote worker.
The Three Most Heated Debates In Git apr 3 tool
Pull or fetch and merge ? Merge or rebase ? Pull request or code review ?
6 JS Libraries for Building Visualized Charts & Graphs apr 3 js
A good selection if you need more data vizualization (and you do).
Opal: Ruby in Your Browser, the Basics apr 4 rb
Opal translates Ruby code into Javascript..

Watch

Screencasts and conferences videos, or other video feeds ...
Setting up Bower and Polymer (23m) mar 28 js
A screencast with some polymer demo.

Listen

What could be heard last week ..
Giant robots #92 (33m) mar 31 web
Program to the Machine You Have (Ryan Hoover from Producthunt).
Ruby Rogues 150 (1h28) apr 2 rb
The Debugging Mindset with Danielle Sucher.
Javascript Jabber 102 (47m) apr 2 js
Angular and Open Source Projects with Brad Green.
NodeUp 61 (1h26) apr 2 js
a cls show (Continuation-Local Storage).
Ruby5 453 (5m) apr 4 rb
Rails PDFs, ruby 2.1 GC, mobile CDN, ActiveRecord::Enum, iOS on rails.
Links curated by mose (editor).

Green Ruby News was a feed of fresh links of the week about ruby, javascript, webdev, devops, collected by mose, xenor and tysliu every sunday.