I got started with system administration sometime in 2004, when I first picked up a copy of Red Hat from a co-worker. I really enjoyed how Linux worked and for years always had a server or two (or six) at home to tinker on. Later on, I co-managed all of the servers for a small …
Tag: ruby on rails
RailsBridge BugMash – Contribute to the Rails core
RailsBridge is hosting the first Rails BugMash this coming weekend, on August 8th through August 10th. The idea behind the BugMash is: RailsBridge has a lot of energy. The Rails Lighthouse has a lot of open tickets. With the help of some Rails Core team members, we’re going to see what we can do to …
A Positive Change for the Rails Community – RailsBridge.org
As any community grows, it will encounter challenges. Depending on how the members respond, the community will grow, shrink, or even be wiped out completely. Last week the Ruby on Rails community was presented with a challenge during a regional conference. Without getting into the details, the community mishandled the challenge and hurt many members …
Redmine Budget plugin v0.2.0 released (finally)
I’ve just uploaded a new release of the Redmine Budget plugin. The Budget plugin is a plugin for Redmine to manage the set of deliverables for each project, automatically calculating key performance indicators. This is a long awaited release that will fix many of the outstanding bugs and incompatibilities that have cropped up. Download The …
How to modify core Redmine classes from a plugin
I’ve been writing Redmine plugins since 2007 and one thing that stumped me was how to add new methods to Redmine‘s core classes and have them working in development. The standard Ruby on Rails way of including a module into the class works great except in development mode. Thanks to Thomas Löber, I found a …