Effects for Ruby on Rails apps

Here is a demo page I’ve put together showing all the different effects that will be available in an upcoming version of Ruby on Rails, or more specifically, the prototype javascript library.

Be sure to try out Effect.Puff! So, straight to the demo page.

Upload Progress with Ruby on Rails and Ajax – demo movie

So, following an “old Rails tradition” I present a demo movie of what Sean Treadway refers to as “Web 2.0”.

Sit back and enjoy what you could have on your site for your users soon. Watch the upload demo movie, 45s Quicktime.

Besure sure to check out the live demo on Sean’s site, too!

Autocompleting text fields on steroids

Well. Here’s something your browser can’t do.

Watch the video.

If you want to get into the details, check out Patch #960 on the Ruby on Rails trac.

So let’s start…

Hi, I’m Thomas Fuchs, a programmer and webdesigner from Vienna, Austria. This site is for collecting all sorts of thoughts, links and other stuff related to web application development in general, and some of the current stuff I do in particular.

At the moment, this means:

• Ruby on Rails, an web application development framework
• The prototype Javascript Library
• Optimizing web site usability
• All sorts of emerging new web development trends

Stay tuned.