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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…

Sorry about the outage – our DNS provider was down. We’ve switched providers and the original provider is back up, so everything should be okay.

This is just too cool. @voloko has created railsapi.com, a downloadable, smart searchable Ruby on Rails API with a great interface. img http://railsapi.com/i/browse.png http://railsapi.com img http://railsapi.com/i/smart.png http://railsapi.com img http://railsapi.com/i/recent.png http://railsapi.com…

Git Guru is a new blog about, well, Git! Recent posts wonder whether Git is ready for the enterprise, discuss rebase vs merge, and review branching strategies. It’s a nice…

Rebase time is now! What, 5 notably new projects? How did that happen? I just found so much cool stuff this week I couldn’t help myself. Enjoy! Featured Project fitnesse…

In the spirit of the Clojure Gitorial and Ramaze by Example, the Grizzly OSGi HTTP Service Gitorial walks you through the creation of an HTTP service for Grizzly, a Java…

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