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Six Apart, the company behind TypePad, Movable Type, Vox, and other services, has begun open sourcing code on GitHub as @sixapart. img http://img.skitch.com/20090413-jt2m3dksnxejdmyrsfiscs7wqr.png http://github.com/sixapart They join @37signals, @digg, @yahoo, @techcrunch,…
@pcalcado has posted a simple Clojure app that runs on Google App Engine at http://github.com/pcalcado/my-best-mate. img http://img.skitch.com/20090413-xg183ghfpi1tqcix2iwcct2h92.png http://github.com/pcalcado/my-best-mate He’s also written a blog post explaining much about App Engine and…
The code for Planet Scala is now hosted on GitHub. @DRMacIver explains the rationale behind the move: I really don’t care about the web frontend. As far as I’m concerned,…
Michael Foord has written a great blog post summarizing some the recent progress @devhawk (Harry Pierson) has made on the IronPython debugger front. Check it out: Further Adventures of the…
GitHub officially launched one year ago. img http://img.skitch.com/20090410-1au52x6f4c1e4qrudkim7g6e3.png Thanks for a great first year, everyone! I’d also like to give a special thanks to @mojombo, @pjhyett, @schacon, @tekkub, and @qrush…
The tiny robots over at Thoughtbot have just released a new feature for Hoptoad, the app error app. Exceptions that pop up now link back to the source tree at…
I just released Jekyll 0.5.0 which contains a huge overhaul that allows you to specify options in a _config.yml file. GitHub Pages will honor most of these settings, so if…
The highly Googleable E Text Editor is now open source and available on GitHub at http://github.com/etexteditor/e. Read the blog post announcement. img http://img.skitch.com/20090403-hr3ngqymfe34s217b2dejd29e.png http://github.com/etexteditor/e It was open sourced as part…
The four GitHub developers will be doing a panel at RailsConf 2009 this year and want your questions! Please submit them using this Google Moderator app. We’ll record the event,…
@aaronjensen has posted the ASP.NET MVC source code at http://github.com/machine/msmvc. Fork it, implement your ideas (or suggestions as failing tests), then appeal to the ASP.NET MVC overlords for inclusion. (I…
Sideline is a Twitter app for Adobe AIR built with YUI. With it you can create custom queries and group them by topics of interest. img http://img.skitch.com/20090402-te2qnxwwj7y7ws21ye5qgwtj9f.png http://sideline.yahoo.com It’s open…
Drupal_TDD contains code and sample apps to simplify Test Driven Development and unit testing with Drupal. img http://img.skitch.com/20090402-kyk1tg6qs4uk74r6fgrpfkkaxi.png http://github.com/patshaughnessy/drupal_tdd More updates are on the way, so be sure to check…
The Pinax Project, a premiere up and coming platform for rapidly developing Django sites, now lives on GitHub at http://github.com/pinax/pinax. img http://img.skitch.com/20090331-tt68mja4fbn9yy3hsh59kye4c1.png http://pinaxproject.com Cloud27 is an example of what can…
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it… Yes, git branch doesn’t take a @-b@ flag. Sidewalk and chalk doesn’t edit easily. Featured Project synapse Oh, you…
@ccgus just antiquated AppleScript by releasing JSTalk. img http://img.skitch.com/20090327-q79aywy3ngxrw4hwdh1s82emeg.png http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2009/03/introducing_jstalk__an_alternative_to_applescript.html From the blog post announcement: JSTalk’s goal can described like this: JSTalk is to AppleScript, what Cocoa is to Carbon.…
Webdesigner Depot has posted a great Intro to Git for Web Designers. It walks through what version control is, why you should use it, the advantages of using Git, and…
In my crusade to improve our Gem support, I’ve added the ability for you to initiate a Gem build right from the interface. If your Gem build fails, it’s often…
Grails, the high-productivity web framework for the Java platform, can now be found on GitHub at http://github.com/grails/grails. img http://img.skitch.com/20090324-m7pd1255rqf7y4e9b5iydn7nka.png http://github.com/grails/grails Welcome, Grailers! Interested in Groovy or Grails? Be sure to…
The venerable @joehewitt has release Three20, a handful of UI extractions from the Facebook iPhone app. His announcement blog post details the libraries it contains, shows some demos, and explains…
@casualjim has written a great Git and GitHub Survival Guide over on his blog. It’s great for beginners, especially if they use Windows. img http://img.skitch.com/20090324-g2nqynxgj64cx67gc8acxp6qaj.png http://flanders.co.nz/2009/03/21/gitgithub-survival-guide As he says: Lately…
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