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Month: November 2006

  • New categories

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    Witold Rugowski
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    Today I started new category of posts – HOWTO. I will post short or maybe not so short infos how to accomplish some tasks. Topics will be related to Ruby on Rails, Java Script/AJAX and Google Maps API.

  • Changing markers icons in Google Maps application

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    Witold Rugowski
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    UPDATE 2007-4-22 Starting from API version 2.75 there is method setImage() for objects of GMarker class to change image. Check a little HOWTO about setImage. For Run-N-Share I was using custom images for markers icons. Redefinition of markers icons is quite easy and straightforward, but there is one issue around this topic. There is no…

  • Rails and lost MySQL connection

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    Witold Rugowski
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    Recently on my machine used for developing Run-N-Share I have experienced a lot of Rails/MySQL errors (like: in `write’: Lost connection to MySQL server during query). MySQL server was not overloaded and there was no network outage. It turns, that Rails works much better (and faster) with its own MySQL bindings. So another, must have…

  • Things are moving on

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    Witold Rugowski
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    Last few days was quite crazy ;)) I’m ending my job for HP, so transition to new situation was consuming completely my time, and hence no blog updates. But things are settling down, so expect some new content.

  • How to distribute Rails application

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    Witold Rugowski
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    If You have some standalone Rails application and You have to share with others You may find this useful: Distributing Rails Applications A Tutorial This looks like excellent tool for making demo aps to distribute to Your potential customers. Well I think in next few days I will give it try.