Issue #1: The Beginning

 

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Table of Contents:

Editorial by Olimpiu Metiu

Extending Rails Through Plugins by John Yerhot

Receiving E-Mail With Rails by Jason Seifer

Delegation in Ruby by Khaled al Habache

Subscription billing with Saasy by Alex MacCaw

Making the Switch From RSpec to Shoulda by Dan Pickett

Playing Hooky a.k.a. web hooks by John Nunemaker

Adhearsion by Jason Goecke and Jay Phillips

Rails Performance Analysis by Terry Heath

Getting Started with JRuby and JRuby on Rails by Joshua Moore

Artwork by Huw Morgan

Published at: Sat Feb 28 12:00:00 UTC 2009