A few notable releases and discoveries:
- Spring.Net 1.0 RC1 is out, with most notably the first release of Spring.Net AOP. I like the care which has been taken to allow the use of the AOP part without the IOC container.
- CruiseControl.Net 1.0 RC1 is out as well, with the new CCTray version I’ve blogged about recently (with its own installer), the introduction of native MSBuild support for .NET 2, and a new web reporting application.
Discovering Ruby on Rails
I’ve been reading and playing around with Ruby on Rails quite a lot, and I pretty much like it. Here are two good books:
- Why’s (poignant) Guide to Ruby — a free guide to Ruby, with plenty of cartoons in it, probably one of the most funny while very instructive programming books I’ve read
- Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails — this book is definitely worth the price. No need to say the book deserves the “pragmatic” label
Some tools I’ve become addicted to
- Ta-da List — free online todo lists
- Backpack — allows to track todos and notes
- Basecamp — free version for managing 1 project
These tools are built themselves on top of Ruby on Rails and make a nice use of AJAX interfaces.