script.aculo.us V1.5 final is here!

Along the release of Ruby on Rails 1.0 and Prototype 1.4.0, I’m proud to announce that script.aculo.us 1.5.0 final is also out-of-the-release-candidate phase and is finally available!

Many, many thanks to all you contributors, bug hunters and users of script.aculo.us out there!

For detailed information about what’s new in this release, please refer to the CHANGELOG.

There also are some cool new features in the queue, so stay tuned. 🙂

Ruby on Rails 1.0 released!

Start the party!

Update: Read all about on the official Rails weblog!

fluxiom frequently asked questions

Now available over at fluxiom.com.

Prototype Enumerables

Justin Palmer has a great article on how to use the Prototype Enumerable extensions in JavaScript. Be sure to check it out if you want to up your Prototype skills.

Ajax Workshop in New York

I’m doing another Ajax Workshop on January 26, 2006, and this time it’s in New York City. So, all who couldn’t attend to the Workshop in London two days from now, here’s your chance.

More info over at the Carson Workshops site.

OCG Rails Presentation

The presentation on Ruby on Rails that I did last Tuesday, is now available for download at the site of the Austrian Computer Society

It’s just a few overview slides on Rails, nothing special. But I got a few oohs and aahs from the folks there, which were mainly Java developers.

Update: Some nice guy Ichigo (who is a nice guy), who attended the whole thing recorded audio (while the presentation itself is in English, the audio is in German). 🙂

RailsConf

Well, RailsConf it is.

Some fun in the snow with Quartz Composer

What I really like about Mac OS X is that it comes with all sort of cool stuff, like the Quartz Composer.

If you’re on Mac OS X Tiger, click here to see some snowy Quicktime action!

Oh, yes and here’s a variation, just stick the file in your ~/Library/Screen Savers folder, and enjoy… Ruby on Rails Mac OS X Screen Saver 🙂

Update: Sorry for the inconvenience with the unavailable downloads, all should be fine now!

Ruby on Madrobby

script.aculo.us 1.5 hits rc5

I’ve just released script.aculo.us 1.5_rc5 which is mostly about refactoring and fixing bugs for the soon-to-be 1.5 final release, but also adds quite a few new features:

• Drag and Drop now has the ability to snap to a grid (which can also be controlled through a callback for advanced uses)
• The new Form.Element.DelayedObserver lets you easily build those realtime search boxes (it sends off the AJAX call only after a specific delay has occured since the last keypress in the observed INPUT element)
• Horizontal ghostable sortables
• Some additional features for the slider control

As always, there where loads of fixes. See the CHANGELOG for details!

Thanks to all bug hunters and patch submitters!