http://hobocentral.net/blog Hobo - the web app builder for Rails Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:13:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Go grab Hobo 0.8.8 : ) Actually I only *just* published the gems so don't forget that Rubyforge takes a while to get its act together. I'm really posting this on behalf of Bryan who's done pretty much all the work in this release - thanks Bryan! And thanks to Owen and ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/06/24/hobo-088-released/  Hobo 0.8.8 is coming very soon, consisting mostly of bug fixes and bringing us that bit closer to the hallowed version 1.0. While we're waiting, I though I'd quickly let you know about a very simple Rails plugin I knocked up that makes it extremely easy to add gradient ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/06/23/super-easy-cross-browser-gradient-backgrounds/ To coincide with the release of Hobo 0.8.6, the cookbook and the tutorials have been updated. The agility tutorial is now a **gitorial**, a tutorial made with [git](http://git-scm.com). This shouldn't affect you much but it does give you a few more options when running through the tutorial. This should ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/05/14/cookbook-and-tutorials-updated/ We're pleased to announce the release of Hobo 0.8.6. [Hobo 0.8.6 includes Rails 2.3 support.](http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/27/support-for-rails-23/)  Rails 2.2 support has been maintained.   Rails 2.1 support was dropped in 0.8.5. [Significant effort was put into unit and integration tests in this release.](http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/24/automated-tests-for-hobo/) Some small changes were made to item order and positioning to fix bugs with ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/05/14/hobo-086-released/ Here's what's been happening the last 3 weeks in Hobo. Automated Tests --------------- Unit tests have been updated, and integration tests have been added. More information is available in this [post](http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/24/automated-tests-for-hobo). Rails 2.3 Support ----------------- Hobo finally supports Rails 2.3.  More information, and instructions on how to upgrade are available in this [post](http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/27/support-for-rails-23) The Push for Hobo 1.0 --------------------- [As ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/28/this-week-in-edge-hobo/ Edge Hobo finally includes support for Rails 2.3.  Edge Hobo should continue to be backwards compatible with Rails 2.2.  This support is new, so please help us out by testing it on your application. You can upgrade your application to use Rails 2.3 very simply:     sudo gem install rails -v 2.3.2 ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/27/support-for-rails-23/ I've been a sponsored member of the Hobo team for about 2 weeks now. One of my first acts was to fix [bug 368](https://hobo.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8324/tickets/368).  In the process, I created [Bug 400](https://hobo.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8324/tickets/368)!  It's a good thing that one of my focuses will be to increase the Hobo test coverage. Unit Tests ---------- Hobo has a set of unit tests and ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/24/automated-tests-for-hobo/ Things may have been quiet on the blog, but those who've been following the hobousers google group or keeping an eye on the github commits will know that the Hobo project is just as active as ever. In fact we have a couple of news items for y'all First up, ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2009/04/22/hobo-10-nears/ Just had time to dash this off before heading out. I've already said a thank you to the team at Barquin, so I better not forget others who've helped out along the way! Many thanks to Dr Nic for the early work in getting Hobo running as a gem, and for ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2008/12/10/thanks/ I've just released Hobo 0.8.5. There was a problem with running Hobo as a gem which slipped into the short-lived 0.8.4 release. A few more fixes made it in to this release too, mostly in the new permissions system. See the [changes](/gems/CHANGES.txt) for the details. As always, remember that Rubyforge takes ... http://hobocentral.net/blog/2008/12/09/hobo-085-bugfix-release/