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title: "Ruby"
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# Ruby

- [Java build tools 2013](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2013-11-15-java-build-tools-2013/index.md) (2013-11-15): I am about to embark on a new Java project so I thought I would take a look at the current state of build tools for Java projects. First I thought I would draw up some assessment criteria to use…
- [Create MySQL database with Capistrano](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-01-24-create-mysql-database-with-capistrano/index.md) (2011-01-24): I was playing about with Capistrano over the weekend. I wanted to automate the deployment of a Rails application to my server. The server was (I thought) just about ready to accept the app but I did not want to…
- [Rake db:migrate MySQL gem dependency](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-01-24-rake-dbmigrate-mysql-gem-dependency/index.md) (2011-01-24): If you have already added gem ‘mysql2’ to your Gemfile but get a message saying that it is missing when you try to migrate Make sure that you have installed libmysql-ruby sudo apt-get install libmysql-ruby This one caught me out…
- [Haml](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-12-19-haml/index.md) (2010-12-19): Haml is a markup language for generating xml and other markup - most popularly HTML. Over the past few weeks I have been writing a few Ruby on Rails applications and chose Haml as the templating language. For someone who…
- [Using a local Wiki for personal knowledge management](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-08-03-using-a-local-wiki-for-personal-knowledge-management/index.md) (2010-08-03): For sometime I have been wondering how best to manage all the information that collects in my laptop. I don’t even have to try to collect data it just arrives in an irregular stream of emails, instant messenger and other…
- [Scraping Railscasts](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-07-scraping-railscasts/index.md) (2010-04-07): I had a few moments today to get reacquainted with Ruby and Rails programming. It has been a while but I have found time to watch the occasional Railscast . I want to watch these videos while on the move…