This weekend was the first ever Rails Girls event in Ireland and I’m delighted that I had the opportunity to be involved. I first stumbled upon Rails Girls in May last year while looking for opportunities to teach programming as … Continue reading
One of our clients requested us to build video display capability in a web application we were building for them. To do this we needed to encode the videos in order to display them later. We first suggested using one … Continue reading
I have been reading a lot about unconventional applications, or innovative designs lately. As with all new terms, a lot of companies and services want these terms associated with them. It has got me thinking about how you can build … Continue reading
Having done a little bit of research recently into the use MongoDB with a new Ruby on Rails application we are developing I thought I’d share my thoughts. We just wanted to get a feel for what MongoDB offered and … Continue reading
It has been a very busy time here at Redhills. We have been working getting a learning management system (LMS) LearnUpon ready for release. It has taken nearly nine months to bring it from concept to here, but we are … Continue reading
Most projects, by startups anyway, talk about using an agile development methodology. It is perfectly suited to building something new, as the focus is on functionality and adaptation, rather than executing a plan over 6 months or a year. This … Continue reading
Following from our recent post about some changes to SkillsCollab we had a technical decision to make as well as a functional one, upgrade it to Rails 3.0 or leave it in Rails 2.5? We came down on the side … Continue reading
At RedHills we develop in both .NET and Ruby on Rails (ROR) and so our development setup is a little unusual. Obviously .NET requires windows but working out the best way to also work with ROR has taken us some … Continue reading
I recently read an excellent article in the Economist on IBM’s 100th birthday which talks about how the company has maintained it’s relevance over the years. It had me thinking about some of the article’s ideas in relation to life … Continue reading
So you have an idea for the next twitter application, now you only need to build it! How do you decide on the right development technology for your project? When it comes to choosing a technology for implementing a web application many … Continue reading
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