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If you have installed ruby using apt-get or if you have not mentioned the configuration option for openssl while installing from source, you can expect openssl will not work with ruby. Here is the solution for the same… Step 1 Install gcc and make(if you don’t have already on your  [ Read More ]

In a fresh Ubuntu, not having the locales setup, it shows warning every time while installing any software/library and while stopping/restarting as well. You can setup the required locales easily. The following example shows the simple steps to setup the en_IN UTF-8 locale. Step 1 Edit or Create the file  [ Read More ]

I was not able to setup the SVN on the suse linux as easy as on Ubuntu. In Ubuntu I think its simply by apt-get install subversion, but here even after compiling the source I was not able to enable the support of ra_dav module for http and https protocol.  [ Read More ]

The view helper method capture provides this functionality to wrap a section of the view template in a variable and can be used multiple times in the view. Usage : You can earn a lot, if you use your brain! to know more! Advantage: If its needed to render a  [ Read More ]

The function(s) defined within a function works fine with any hierarchy only within the main object but gives NoMethodError inside a class. Lets exemplify it! Here are the example of both main object and inside a class… [source:ruby] def person def author p “I am author” end def reader p  [ Read More ]

After getting loads of emails, I’ve put the RMagick back in the plugin simple_captcha to provide various image styles and different level of distortions. The main reason for including it back is that people found it was hard for to apply their own styles. Still the filesystem is not used  [ Read More ]

If all that happened to one of the greatest living programmer, its really hurting and I am seriously hurt!! Zed is an exceptionally great techei. The Author of the Mongrel Web Server who deserves to be honored with the salutes of all we guys who are running their business on  [ Read More ]

Finally after long wait, the next stable release of the fun-du, simple and useful plugin SimpleCaptcha is here!. Major changes have been incorporated to the plugin in this release 1.2.0 of the plugin. Which includes… Removal of RMagick Removal of using FileSystem Compatible with distributed environment with multiple clustered servers  [ Read More ]

I presented on Ruby Tricks in BarcampDelhi3, I had much more things to present but due to shortage of time I got chance to show very few of them. I got some good feedbacks of the session, anyone who loved ruby, liked the session… PHP guys are still finding it  [ Read More ]

Everything is set to have a great geeks’ gathering here at BarCamp Delhi 3. There gonna be some useful sessions. Its a good kick start of this winter in Delhi. This is my second BarCamp, in the first one.. the BarCamp Delhi 2 I didn’t get a chance to present  [ Read More ]