Preamble:
So i just decided to use the newst version of Netbeans (6.1 beta) to dive deeper into (Ruby on Rails) RoR. Currently i am basically a Developer, concentrated on Java. During my "Diplomarbeit" i was focused on JEE in interplay with YUI. To be honest, i had almost no encounters with RoR - beside from a project where i mainly was responsible for the HTML/Template work.
Before using Java, i was primary a PHP-Guy. So... yep there is already a big heritage to Script-Languages.
The cast:
the protagonist: Philipp Haußleiter, me, myself and i. I just finished my study an have around a month free time.
featured parts:
technical advice (i just hope this at least): Phillip Ghadir, Stefan Tilkov, Willem van Kerkhof, ... from innoQ
artistic advice (currently on travel): Michael Wolff from 3strom.de
beta testing crowd: still on casting :-).
locations:
somewhere in Germany
on a Macbook (2,16 Ghz/3GB)
with Mac OS 10.5.2 with Java 6 DP[1] and Netbeans 6.1 beta
The challenge:
If you plan to start developing in Ruby on Rails, there is always this - "Hello World"-Equivalent: writing a Web-Blog. So i think for me - as a beginner - it would be a good start. Of course i will try to bring in some special taste ;-). I am currently using Wordpress 2.5 for my private Blogging-experience. So bar is already on a high level. So trying to beat WP, would be suicide. So in opposite to this, i will focus on just a few functions:
based on RoR with Ruby/JRuby - NB 6.1 seems to provide an easier change between both VMs
better Upload-Handling with search-functions
out-of-the-box anti-spam captchas[2]
JavaScript-enabled behaviour (yeah... Web 2.0 ^^) - also for testing the new JavaScript-functions in NB 6.1
So currently i figure out some Database-model and trying to get notified by Netbeans.org[3].
[1] http://developer.apple.com/java/download
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
[3] http://www.netbeans.org/competition/blog-contest-form.html