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Weekly roundup, 2011 week #32

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Crawling the web everyday, we’ll try to compile every week our best discoveries of the developer and startups world.

I’ve started a new project this week, and found this link, which explains how to use the Rails HTML5 boilerplate gem asset packaging compatible. Fairly easy. Setup html5-boilerplate(gem) with Rails 3.1.

Want to learn a little bit more about Ruby optimisation? Matt’s post Ruby optimization example and explanation is a must read.

Looking for a Rails CMS? The guys at We Are Beef released Nodall CMS on github as an opensource project.

Want to dig into Rails OO Design? Steve’s post the secret to Rails OO design explains it all.

If you’re feeling the urge to 90s-fy your designs, make sure to check out CSS3 Rainbow deviders.

Creating a contact form is a common problem. Everyday Rails post will explain you how to use the Mail Form gem to achieve that quickly.

I personally think that we underestimate shortcuts in web apps. And clearly with Keymaster.js it is now going to be dead easy to implement them!

Are you a developer? Are you using Vim? Looking for a new cheat sheet? Well this is the Vim cheat sheet you want..

We use Basecamp every day. From our internal organisation to communicating with clients, it has been a life saver. And it looks like we’re not alone as 321 of the Fortune 500 companies use Basecamp.

This week Techcrunch released a Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models.

Working from your home office? Looking for some inspirations for your workspace? Inspirational Workspace: 60 Awesome Setup will give you some nice example of great workspaces.

And now, Friday time!

Don’t forget, it’s Friday, you’re allowed to procrastinate a little bit ;)

Sheeped Away from Junaid Chundrigar on Vimeo.

Nathalie mini profile image Post written by Nicolas Alpi

Nicolas is a talented Ruby on Rails/javaScript developer. He manipulates his TypeMatrix keyboard like no one else, likes VIM, Linux, and above all loves finding pragmatic solutions to complex problems. When he is not developing a new web application, he likes reading, hiking and eating Nathalie's cookies.

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