David Heinemeier Hansson's Weblog http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=dhh Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ Ruby on Rails Approximations in Java http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=77745 The Ruby on Rails way is starting to influence thinkers in Java. Matt Raible apologizes on behalf of J2EE on how silly it looks to do CRUD in AppFuse and Trails has been announced as an approximation of Rails with Java frameworks. Pragmatic Programmers sponsor Rails identity! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=67731 The Rails framework is aiming for a brighter public profile by getting a professional designer to do a visual identity for the project. I asked the community for $1,000 for the project. The Pragmatic Programmers filled half of that request on behalf of the Pragmatic Bookshelf. Ruby on Rails: Fully stacked web-app framework http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=62974 After almost a year of incognito development, I've released Rails in its entirety. It's aimed as a step up for PHP programmers and a release of pain for the Java/C# crowd. Oh, and it's all done in Ruby. Did I tell you I love Manning? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=46545 Manning is making all the right steps in ebook publishing. Public displays of affection is the least I can do. Instiki picks up and moves out http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=45785 Instiki is a instant-on wiki based on Ruby, Madeleine (Prevayler for Ruby), WEBrick, and rendering by Textile, Markdown, and RDoc. Yearh, I'm pimping it alright.