Jan 5, 2008
The JRails library is a useful tool for programmers working on Rails.
jRails is a drop-in jQuery replacement for Prototype/script.aculo.us on Rails. Using jRails, you can get all of the same default Rails helpers for JavaScript functionality using the lighter jQuery library.
I plan to start programming with Rails soon so I'll definitely be adding this to my arsenal.
Dec 19, 2007
Jonathan Snook has a great article on 24ways.org about creating an Adobe Air application using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This is a great way for web developers who don't know much or don't care about Flash to get started.
I'd like to push this further by creating a desktop app that can also live on the web. Maybe even communicate with the desktop version.
You can check out Snook's article ...