Potix has released ZK 1.0, an AJAX-based event driven engine including XUL and XHTML components and a markup language, intended to facilitate rich client interfaces without the need for programming in Javascript.
It’s a gallery of 40 CSS layouts based on the same markup. They use techniques like negative margins, any order columns and opposite floats. More: no CSS hacks or workarounds, very good cross-browser compatibility. On each of them you’ll find a download link but if you want, you can get the entire collection, 40 HTML pages in a single zip file.
The creator of the mystical Lightbox javascript library (Lokesh Dhakar) gives 7 useful comments on css writing ! “I thought I’d share a little bit of what I’ve learned from noodling around with stylesheets these past few years. Here are a hodgepodge of simple, practical tips.”
A brand new blogging engine with a ‘keep it simple’ philosophy. Designed from the ground-up to be fully buzzword compliant (AJAX, RSS, Web 2.0 - it’s all there), logahead lets you effortlessly do what blogs were invented for.
Wanna see if your site passes the Web 2.0 test? This new “validator” will make sure your site has such key things as: Mentioning Digg, Being XHTML 1.1 compatible, use of Adsense and more.
A free file storage service (1GB free) and some unique features, such as social networking (personal profiles, friend groups, messaging, public files), publishing as photo galleries, blogs, audio/video podcasts, and lots of fancy “web 2.0″ goodies like tagging, AJAX, WYSIWYG editing, RSS, and a REST-based developer API.
Scott has posted a write-up of what to expect in the upcoming Ruby on Rails 1.1 release that should be arriving shortly.
If you’re running Edge Rails, you already have access to all the latest features, but perhaps a few have missed your radar. So I’d like to round-up what’s new since 1.0 (or at least, everything that’s interesting to me — I’ve skipped a ton of bug fixes and smaller changes.) Let’s start with the easier parts. Read all the changes at his site.
Apple has published a very detailed and informative guide to getting started with Ruby on Rails on OS X.
This article introduces you to Ruby on Rails by building a trivial web application step by step. Consider it a ride on the express train—an overview of what Rails can do, including a look at features new to Rails 1.0. In the end you’ll be better equipped to consider the advantages of powering your web application with Rails.
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