RailsEnvy.com

Fooling around in Youtube I was trying to find some info about CakePHP framework, you know any slideshows, presentations, quick tutorials, podcasts etc and I ran into the guys from RailsEnvy.com. Rails Envy is more than just a blog about Ruby and Rails. They are a company that develops web apps as well as offers speaking & training. They also have a podcast and create funny videos. I really enjoyed their videos parodies of "Mac VS PC" ads and specially the one called "Ruby on Rails vs .NET". Watch the video:

jQuery: Write less, do more

John Resig, the creator of jQuery has made a slideshow presentation about the advantages of using jQuery in combination with Ruby on Rails.


For everyone that hasn't heard of jQuery in the past let me remind you that it's about a lightweight "Comprehensive DOM, Event, Animation, and Ajax JavaScript Library" as described here. If you are inrested in taking a look at what you can achieve with jQuery check out the demos below:

1. jQuery Showcase #01: Dragable Objects
2. jQuery Showcase #02: HTTP shell
3. jQuery Showcase #03: Display website thumbnail on mouse over

If you are intrested in similar Javascript libs/frameworks check these out as well:

1. Prototype
2. Mootools
3. MochiKit

Enjoy!