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Twitter Api with Rails

In a little app that I recently launched I tried to use Twitters API. Turns out it’s incredible easy to do so if you use Ruby on Rails.
Here are the things that I needed to do to get a first version running:
Create a new Rails application. Then create a Model Twitter that extends Rails’ ActiveResource:

class [...]

alsichsoaltwarwiedu.de – get your stuff out

It has been a long time since my last blog post. I have a new job and unfortenatley this means I have less time for other things such as this blog. Nonetheless I’ve decided to start blogging again. If you have little time you gotta try to get your stuff out fast…
Like Giles Bowkett I’m [...]

Highlight search keywords like google cache does

If you ever clicked on a google cache link you know their highlighting. Some time ago I wrote a prototype.js-based highlighiting script to achieve the same. Whenever someone finds your site in a search engine this scripts highlights the entered keywords. By default there are only a bunch of search engines included but you can [...]

cakePHP cycle-helper: alternating row colors with cake

It’s been a long time since my last posting. Today I’m going to show you my cycle-helper for cakePHP. If you haven’t read my other posts on alternating row colors, do so now: Alternate Table Rows in CakePHP (and ZF, Rails, Smarty)
The cycle-helper is easy to use and install and if your familiar with [...]

Alternate Table Rows in CakePHP (and ZF, Rails, Smarty)

In my last posting I talked about alternating table row colors with plain PHP. But how is this handled in different frameworks like CakePHP, Zend Framework, Rails or Smarty?
[UPDATE: My CakePHP-Cycle-Helper is described here: http://functino.com/2009/07/cakephp-cycle-helper-alternating-row-colors-with-cake/]
I’m going to show you simple examples for each of this tools.
In Smarty you can alternate table row colors (or any [...]