Things I Love About Angular.js: Common Things are Easy

One of the greatest things about Angular.js is the amount of things you're able to do without writing any javascript. Take, for example, editing an array of objects. When I started with angular, my code looked like this.

Now, I know I can do this.

Our Finder Apps are now free

If you love them, set them free. Well, we took a shot at the geolocation game. We learned a lot and have some pretty cool software to show for it.

But the core apps that we built just don't generate enough revenue to make into a business. So we're setting them free.

• VeganFinder 
• GlutenFree Finder 
• Baconfinder 

And of course, if you want to contribute data, there is a nifty help section.  There are also Android versions but we've currently yanked them as they are crashing on Android 4.0.  We could be convinced to repair them if there was enough interest.  Just hit us with an @ over on Twitter.

Update: Now also available for Android!

Some Tips on Integrating MailChimp with Rails 3

At one point we had rolled our own newsletter functionality but as our app continued to grow we found it easier to hand over the responsibility to a company that specialized in it. After looking around a bit, we settled on MailChimp.

The basic issue was how to coordinate adding and removing users with the separate mail list that they were managing for us. We took a look at a couple of gems before settling on Gibbon. Here are a few things to get you started.

RailFood 3.5 is out!

We're pleased to announce a revamp of RailFood. We aren't done with improving the site just yet but in the meantime we'd like to present you with this new version. Here are some of the features:

New Features for RPGBuddy

We've finally added some new features to RPGBuddy! Now, in addition to tracking initiative, the app will let you keep track of status effects and hit points too.  I don't think we'll be going any further though we may add the ability to track rounds.  At some point, if it gets too complicated, the app stops working for you and you start working for the app.  We also added a simple video tutorial.. our first experiment with a screencast!  Check it out after the jump and let us know your thoughts!

Deploy Sinatra to Ubuntu Maverick

Sinatra is a great little ruby framework that's perfect for when Rails is too much. Deploying an app you write is a snap using Heroku but what do you do if that's not an option for you? This Starter's Guide hopes to help you with that. When done, you'll have Apache 2 and Sinatra running together nicely with the help of Phusion Passenger. We'll cover Nginx in future tutorial. So let's get started!

Quick Tip: Upgrading an Old Restful Authentication App to Authlogic

If you're moving to AuthLogic from Restful Authentication, you may have followed one of the many tutorials online. Example 1. Example 2. There are a number of easy steps that eventually will get you using Authlogic. But what happens if you try to login and your password suddenly isn't working?