La Miscela – Everything joined and mixed

Papervision3D Previewer

Hello readers, i'm here for a quick tip.

If you are like me and always is looking for ways for improve your productivity, give a look for Papervision3D Previewer. Generally when is working with a 3D guy, developing some project using 3D tools and papervision, sometimes you spend much time, programming flash 3d environments just for test models, generated from 3D guy.

Thinking on this, Mr. Doob released a tool, than give to you a preview of your 3D model, without be necessary, programming a entire Papervision3D environment for that. The tool works basically, loading a selected mesh model, bringing it to inside flash, giving to you a preview his.

Visit the project page and get more info about him, does download of the tool, source files and samples.

Fabulous box of Air Applications

We've coming to note a variety of nice applications, built using Adobe Air technology. In this last week i was able to know two awesome applications.

The first is De MonsterDebugger designed by De Monsters a Nederlands design studio, this incredible and  useful application coming to solve a bit the debug problems than Flash users have, when are developing a project using Flash authoring tool or same for those than using FDT, Flashdevelop or Eclipse/Flex Builder. This tool has shown itself much more interesting for debug your applications.

The second is pointed to Rails users, than thus like me has use SQLite3 on begun of a project. Rails users appreciate the terminal usage, but i think than, they feel much more pleasant with Lita.

Lita give us a graphic interface with some features, than are useful to manage SQLite databases.

Custom Leopard Folders

Hi folks!

I'm currently working with several different technologies in the day to day. The name of this blog have a link with this, because La Miscela characterize the mix of technologies than are making part of my life.

Well i'm a happy mac user, and was inspired at leopard default folder, than i solved do this folders to organize my projects more easily. 

Look the folders and more below you can download the package with this six samples.

Download: folders

Ps: The AS3 Folder was built using a concept logo for actionscript suggested by a user on the web, i not remember where i saw this logo, but if you know who are, contact me for than i could give the credits for creator.

Desenvolva Aplicativos para Iphone, Symbiam e outros usando Rhodes e Ruby

Rhodes é um framework que permite escrever aplicativos para um um leque admirável de disposítivos móveis como iPhone, Symbian e outros, utilizando um modelo de desenvolvimento semelhante os MVC. Rhodes é extremamente leve, o que permite que os aplicativos possam ser hospedados nos disposítivos.

Apesar de ainda novo, parece que já existem aplicações na AppStore desenvolvidas em Rhodes, mas que ainda não foram aceitas.

Não espere o bonde passar, confira este tutorial que mostra como criar uma aplicação usando o Rhodes, as especificações e a pagina do projeto no Github.

Know Django of fun way

Django is a great web framework than works with Python how your main language.

I knew Django chatting with a friend to some months, about the similarities between Ruby and Python and the facilities than Rails was bringing to my life, immediately my friend ask me: Do you know Django? I answer, humn!

Coming in house, i was looking for something about Django and i see than, thus as, Rails become the most famous and utilized Ruby framework, Django was the same, just it for Python.

The railers know the Why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, a online book than learn Ruby of fun way and than is being written. Why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby have gained much collaborators, than are doing translations and images to illustrate the book.

Following this style,  (really i didn't know, who followed style of who), Mario Brandão released your online book, Aprendendo Django, thus as, the Ruby book, it still is being written, but already have 29 chapters for who want read, teaching with a fun history and characters a bit about Django and Python.

If you choose Python how your agile web language, check out the book, i don't have doubts than, you'll appreciate much.

Ps.: The book was originally written in Brazilian Portuguese, but i think than Google translate can be useful on this time.

Conheça Django se divertindo

Django é um excelente framework para desenvolvimento ágil para web que utiliza Python como linguagem base.

Conheci Django através de um amigo a alguns meses enquanto discutiamos as semelhanças entre Python e Ruby e as facilidades que Rails estavam trazendo para minha vida, e ele me indagou: Você conhece Django? Eu subitamente, respodi hum!.

Após uma conversa, cheguei em casa e fui procurar saber mais sobre o tal do Django, e vi que  assim como o Rails tornou-se o mais famoso e utilizado framework para a linguagem Ruby, Django era o mesmo so que para Python.

Quem é railer conhece o Why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, um livro que ensina Ruby de forma divertida e descontraída, um livro que vai esta sendo escrito e tem ganhado colaboradores, que traduzem e contribuem com imagens para o livro.

Foi  seguindo esse estilo (na verdade não sei quem seguiu o estilo de quem),  Marinho Brandão lançou o seu livro online também,  o Aprendendo Django, que assim como de Ruby ainda está sendo escrito, e já conta com 29 capitulos prontos para quem quiser ler, ensinando através de uma história divertidida e com vários personagens, um pouco sobre Django e Python.

Se você está caminhando na direção do desenvolvimento ágil e escolheu Python, não deixe de conferir este livro, a leitura é divertida e tenho certeza que você não vai se arrepender.

Attack with the Shoes

Than Ruby is magic we don't have doubt, Ruby + Rails is still better. So, if you already know than Rruby is all this, why limit it only for your web projects (ruby originally wasn't created for web)? Use the Shoes.

But if you isn't so crazy like me and is asking yourself, What fuck this man is talking about? Use the Soes?. Take a coffee, i'm talking about Shoes a awesome multi-platform GUI framework than allow create a GUI to your application using ruby, this isn't amazing? (and vicing too). Check out this and this tutorials, to get start and become a zombie like me

Have a nice GUI development.

Enough of excuses!

Some developers than i know, told me than the Rails is amazing, but they for, isn't possible starting, because Mac are very expensive here and without the revolutionary TextMate and the powerful Terminal, everything in Windows, seems fight against rails (GIT support/MS-PROMPT).

Well, Macs really are expensive at Brazil, but with a reasonable PC and any linux distribution you already solve this little inconvenience, but once again, I hear than Linux haven't no Photoshop, haven't Flash and bla, bla, bla...

Fabio Akita is the most important Brazilian Rails evangelist and is always researching ways of help the newer Railers, to have the better Rails programming experience. Thinking on this , Akita posted in your blog a article than explain how leave your Windows version (XP, Vista, 7) more Rails like environment.

Give a look and stop with your excuses.

O melhor ambiente windows para Rails

Ps: The article was written in Brazilian Portuguese, but Akita soon should post the english version.

One laptop per Child

In this December 26, after Christmas day, i take some time and visit discredited FWA website, i could see than, same than you've pay FWA to show your job (sometimes, we can see this more clearly with some S.O.T.D winners), today i surprise me with him.

The S.O.T.D, isn't a revolutionary website, with the most advanced technology, S.O.T.D is deservedly the winner, because,  your message is more important than the rest. One laptop per child, call us to create an equation to change the world. I'm here with mine, give us the yours.

Yukihiro Matsumoto in The Philosophy of Ruby

Good Monday folks,

On this weekend i read a interview with Yukihiro Matsumoto the creator of the ruby language, for Bill Venners in Artima.

On this interview, Matz, talk about the ruby design and philosophy, talk yet about the question than has motivated hot comments on this last weeks at several blogs around the world; ruby imperfections. Take a look on this interveiw (part I), than shown be very enlightening.