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I’ve had a problem with my sake tasks being blank for the past couple days. Since there were a couple comments on err about similar things, I’ll share my fix: gem install -v 2.

Rails 2.0 has been released. Check it.

Try create_table(:suppliers, :options => 'ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8') if you need to make a table with a different storage engine than default on MySQL. Note that this will bind your migration to MySQL, as it simply appends whatever is in the :options string to the end of the CREATE_TABLE generated by the migration.

RubyInject is a small library from the folks who brought you RubyCocoa. It allows you to inject a ruby interpreter into a Cocoa app and tinker with all its’ internals.

I’m trying out shoulda, a testing framework written by the guys over at Thoughtbot.

This is a based on a comment I made on a post on thoughtbot’s blog. I suggest you read the original post for some background on what I’m talking about.

I was poking through svn for has_many_polymorphs to see if a bug that I found had been fixed. Lo and behold, it was: r688 | evanweaver | 2007-08-29 03:49:55 -0400 (Wed, 29 Aug 2007) | 2 lines

The Caboose sample app comes with user authentication and many other useful features baked in. It’s a great starting place for your new Rails app!

The Peepcode people have published a long list of Rails development tips: Tips!

A new Rails plugin repository has been launched: Railsify. Check it out.