It’s been awhile since I have posted. What have I been doing? Well, been very busy with: writing a book on Merb mostly. If you haven’t checked out this framework, you should.

What’s so cool about Merb? It’s Javascript framework agnostic (you can use Prototype, JQuery or anything you’d like). It’s template language agnostic (you can use Haml/Sass, erb using erubis, Markaby). It’s ORM agnostic (you can use Datamapper, Sequel or Activerecord).

I have been playing around with it and it is awesome. I really love working with it. I was able to easily add any combination of the above items. If you are coming from a Ruby on Rails world, working Merb is very easy.

I’ve also been created a new website called Merbcast.com. Merbcast will be a site devoted to Merb. It will have screencasts, podcasts, news and tutorials. I have the basic structure up right now. Once Merb version 0.9 is released, I plan on reworking the site. Merb version 0.9 will allow you to use any server that you choose. The hosting provider I am using has cgi and fcgi and I am going to go with one of those to work with Merb.

I have been working with a lot of technologies lately and have to finish up my Merb book. I plan on doing some work with Merb and rSpec. I’ll post my results and tutorials here to share with you all….