Misc Tools

• Visual Conversation
• Low Pro: Unobtrusive scripting
• Mootools – OO Java script framework

Ruby

Great reading on ruby:

• Ruby Online Tutorial
• O’Reilly Ruby
• Ruby Tutorial

RoR

Great reading on Rails:

• Apple Tutorial on RoR
• Mac on Rails
• Rails security
• Rails Plugins
• Riding Rails
• Nuby on Rails
• Rails Jitsu
• Working with Rails
• Railscasts
• Rails Express
• Ruby Inside/Rails Tips

Great links for Unix and Mac OSX

It has been a while since I work on unix platform. Here is a list of great refresher reading:

• Mac OSX tutorial
• Pico Manual
• Mac virus checker
• Apache Web server with Mac OSX
• Misc Mac OSX tips from lifehacker
• http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
• How to install mysql on Mac OSX from hivelogic
• How to install software on Mac
• The unofficial Apple webLog
• Sudo in nutshell
• OS X FAQ

Using /usr/local

The following tip is taken directly from: hivelogic 

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Using /usr/local is easy. There are only three things one needs to do:

Compile Using –prefix

When compiling command line utilities, programs, and system tools, tell the system to install things into /usr/local. Just append –prefix=/usr/local to the ./configure command in the build process.

Set The Path

By default, tell the system to look in /usr/local for files first by editing your path. On Mac OS X, either create or edit a file called .bash_login in your home folder (note the ”.”, it’s a hidden file) and add the following line to it:

export PATH=”/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH”

Specify the /usr/local Prefix in Scripts

When writing scripts, specify the full path to the executable you’ve installed in the first line of the script. So to specify a Ruby binary in /usr/local/bin, one would use a line like this:

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

That’s all there is to it.

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