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This Digest turned 5 a little while ago, and here’s another milestone: this is post 3,001. There’s 1,300 comments or so, too.
Interregnum interrupted
Sorry about a week without posts! I was in the wilds of Canada and without any Internet access, for probably the longest period for me since 1995. It was weird. Regular posts resume tomorrow.
Permalinks fixed
Upgrading WordPress to 2.6 yesterday broke the direct links to articles on the Digest. It’ll be updated in the 2.6.1 release of WordPress, but until then I’ve changed the links to correct for the issue.
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News sites, like this one, and not like this one
This post on the “gentrification of geek communities” is interesting, and somewhat relevant to what I’m trying to do with the Digest. However, the author seems to have more of a concern about which sites appear the most hip, rather than viewing them as secondary mechanisms for reporting on the actual news items found there. (Via)
Perhaps that’s the sign a geek news site has ‘jumped the shark’: when appearing on it is more exciting than reading the news articles present. e.g. the Slashdot Effect rather than the Slashdot News.
News sites, like this one, and not like this one
This post on the “gentrification of geek communities” is interesting, and somewhat relevant to what I’m trying to do with the Digest. However, the author seems to have more of a concern about which sites appear the most hip, rather than viewing them as secondary mechanisms for reporting on the actual news items found there. (Via)
Perhaps that’s the sign a geek news site has ‘jumped the shark’: when appearing on it is more exciting than reading the news articles present. e.g. the Slashdot Effect rather than the Slashdot News.
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More links, please
I’ve added the various BSD-related links from an earlier story over on the sidebar to this site. If you have more suggestions for BSD-related site, please tell me at justin@shiningsilence.com, or in the comments.
Busy busy busy
For some reason, I’ve had more material for posting in the past few weeks than just about ever. I’ve had a 2-3 day backlog of news all this time. I’m not complaining, mind you, I’m just thrilled that there’s this much going on.
Aptana recap: Aptana Studio 1.1 now available to Pro users
Earlier this week, the Aptana team rolled out a beta version of the upcoming Aptana Studio 1.1 release to our Pro users. This release contains many new features and implements some of the most popular feature requests we’ve gotten in recent months. Read on to learn more about the upcoming 1.1 release.
New Release
The first “nightly” release of Aptana Studio 1.1 is now available to Pro users. This release contains many new features, including some of the most-often requested features by our users. Some of the highlights of 1.1 include the following enhancements:
- A new Servers View to manage the servers for your projects
- Enhanced HTML preview preferences:
- Manage your preferences on a per-project basis
- Set a root directory other than the project root for preview
- Assign a run configuration or a server to a project
- Code Assist Profiles View renamed to “References View”…now with the ability to add global references, such as adding the EXT framework to your coding environment
- Editor toolbars: Each Editor now has a toolbar for common commands/shortcuts, such as wrapping selected text with a “bold” tag
- Multi-line file search now added to “Search” functionality
Tips and Tricks
Do you have a suggestion for a new feature for Aptana Studio? Submit your feature request to the ASAP database. This will allow other users to “vote” on your feature request and help us plan future releases.
Community Buzz
We are aware that some users are encountering problems as they try to update Aptana Studio. We are working on this issue and hope to have it fixed soon. In the meantime, the more information that we can gather from our user community, the easier it will be to pinpoint the issue. If you do encounter an error while trying to update Aptana Studio, please file a bug report in the ASAP database, or add your comments to an existing issue.
Next week
Next week, we’ll continue to work on refining v1.1. We plan to have another update with more features and bug fixes ready for our Pro user base sometime next week.
Aptana recap: New RadRails screencasts and Aptana Studio 1.0.1 release
The Aptana team spent the past week working on a patch release for Aptana Studio 1.0 and implementing bug fixes and features for our upcoming 1.1 release.
New Release
Earlier this week, the Aptana team promoted Build 004323, also known as Aptana Studio 1.0.1 to “current” release status. Aptana Studio 1.0.1 is a patch release that addresses several important bugs, including bugs related to editing remote CSS files and selecting messages in the message center. See the Release Notes for more details.
Tips and Tricks
Are you interested in upgrading to Aptana Pro, but have some questions about Pro licensing? See the Aptana Studio Pro FAQ, which answers common questions, such as what a “perpetual license” means and on how many computers per license you may install Aptana Studio Pro.
Community Buzz
A few days ago Chris Williams published a few new screencasts for RadRails users. These new screencasts demonstrate how to use the new Type Hierarchy feature and how to debug in RadRails. You can view these and other screencasts on aptana.tv.
Next Week
Next week, we’ll continue working on the Aptana Studio 1.1 release. We plan to release another patch for 1.0 with some additional fixes and by the end of the week, hope to have a preview of 1.1 available to Aptana Studio Pro users.
