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acts_as_boolean is a Ruby on Rails plugin I wrote, that treats a column as a boolean, whether it’s a tinyint, integer, float, string, etc. No matter how true and false are stored in the database.

A fresh install of Mac OS X to Ruby on Rails, the right way, in a 28 minute screencast.

Many tutorials skip the little steps, causing people to get stuck. This screen-cast starts with a fresh install of Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.8), then goes step by step through the process of setting up a complete development environment for Ruby and Ruby on Rails.

I show you how to setup the following:

• XCode
• TextMate
• iTerm
• DarwinPorts/MacPorts Note: the screencast mentiones DarwinPorts, but it is now MacPorts. This link has been updated
• Ruby
• Ruby Gems
• Ruby on Rails