Category: Heroku
Demo App – Ruby, Rails & Force.com REST API on Heroku
May 31st, 2011, 2 Comments
So continuing with my learning Ruby series, I finally finished my sample app using the Force.com REST API. I ran into a few issues and fortunately Quinton Wall and Heroku support came to my rescue. Apparently require ‘Accounts’ and require ‘accounts’ aren’t the same when running on Heroku. Go figure. This is a demo Rails [...]
1st Annual Future of the Cloud Day
April 15th, 2011, No Comments
Last Friday at Appirio we held our 1st Annual Future of the Cloud Day where we pull all 200+ employees out of the field for the day to give back to our communities across the country and globe. If you are interested in some of the projects and charities we contributed to, please check out [...]
Learning Rails with … Zombies!
April 12th, 2011, 3 Comments
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the last couple of weeks learning Ruby and Rails. I finished up Ruby Koans over the weekend (highly recommend it!) and stumbled upon Code School thanks to the Heroku Newsletter. Code School is a unique learning platform that uses videos, written materials, and in-browser coding challenges to complete [...]
Build a Twilio App in 5 Minutes on Heroku
January 1st, 2011, 5 Comments
I just saw this 5 minute video and thought that people might find it interesting in the context of the learning Ruby series. It’s pretty slick demo of using Twilio’s HTTP based call-handling model, and Heroku’s provisionless hosting platform, to build and deploy an app in minutes. Get Started! Sign up for free accounts at Twilio [...]
Learning Ruby for Force.com Developers – Part 1
December 30th, 2010, 10 Comments
With salesforce.com’s recent purchase of Heroku, Ruby just got more interesting. I’ve never dabbled in Ruby (although I’ve wanted to!) so this is an excellent reason to dig into the language and see what it’s all about. Since I’m learning Ruby I thought some people might also benefit from the experience and make the learning [...]
