Category: Ruby
Build a Command Line App for Force.com with Ruby & Thor
May 1st, 2012, 1 Comment
Over at CloudSpokes we write a lot of ruby code (CloudSpokes.com runs on Heroku in Ruby with Database.com as the backend) for debugging, data migration, utilities and more. We typically just write a quick ruby class and run it from the command line to execute the script. However, I thought it might be cooler to [...]
Video – Getting Started with Rails & Databasedotcom Gem
January 27th, 2012, No Comments
It the new year again and time for resolutions. I made a resolution about a year ago to learn ruby. If you are looking for something to learn this year I would recommend ruby and here’s why: Salesforce.com bought Heroku for $220M Salesforce.com has been pushing “Open. Social. Mobile” for quite some time. Ruby is [...]
“Chow Finder” – My Veterans Hackday 2011 App
November 15th, 2011, No Comments
This is my submission for the LinkedIn Veterans Hackday 2011. CloudSpokes threw in an extra $100 for any member that submitted as an extra incentive. Our members created some pretty cool apps and I’ll be highlighting them shortly. Chow Finder is a mobile application for services members to easily locate dining facilities, aka “chow halls”, [...]
Ruby 1.9.2 Install Errors with Mac OS X Lion and RVM
August 1st, 2011, 9 Comments
I got my shiny new MBP on Friday and spent a good part of the weekend installing software. I ran into a installation issue with RVM and Ruby and just want to post a fix in case anyone runs across it. Just to be clear, the issue seems to be with Lion and not Ruby [...]
Demo App – Ruby, Rails & Force.com REST API on Heroku
May 31st, 2011, 2 Comments
So continuing with my learning Ruby series, I finally finished my sample app using the Force.com REST API. I ran into a few issues and fortunately Quinton Wall and Heroku support came to my rescue. Apparently require ‘Accounts’ and require ‘accounts’ aren’t the same when running on Heroku. Go figure. This is a demo Rails [...]
Learning Rails with … Zombies!
April 12th, 2011, 3 Comments
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the last couple of weeks learning Ruby and Rails. I finished up Ruby Koans over the weekend (highly recommend it!) and stumbled upon Code School thanks to the Heroku Newsletter. Code School is a unique learning platform that uses videos, written materials, and in-browser coding challenges to complete [...]
Installing Ruby 1.8 and & 2.3.8 for ActiveSalesforce
February 23rd, 2011, 7 Comments
I’ve been working for the past week or two on my Ruby for Force.com Developers series but have run into a few snags. First of all the ActiveSalesforce adapter doesn’t work with Rails 3.0.3. There’s a post on the message boards where Quinton Wall mentions that he is working with Heroku and is looking to [...]
Learning Ruby for Force.com Developers – Part 3
February 3rd, 2011, 8 Comments
This is part #3 of my adventures of learning Ruby for Force.com developers. If you missed parts #1 and #2 you might want to take a look at those just to get up to speed. Again, these are my goals for this series: Learn Ruby Develop an app locally using Ruby on Rails and the default SQLite [...]
Ruby and Salesforce Integration with SOAP
January 16th, 2011, No Comments
Continuing on the Ruby theme, one of my favorite fellow Appirians, Aslam Bari, has a great article on integrating with salesforce.com with SOAP. He starts off with his installation struggles and ends up with a small demo that queries and displays account records. BTW… if you don’t follow Aslam’s blog you definitely should start today.
Learning Ruby for Force.com Developers – Part 2
January 11th, 2011, 6 Comments
This is part #2 from my adventures of learning Ruby. If you missed part #1 you might want to take a look at it just to get up to speed. Again, these are my goals for this series: Learn Ruby Develop an app locally using Ruby on Rails and the default SQLite database Modify the [...]
