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An interesting take on categorizing popular web frameworks - I’d love to see this represented graphically - Tufte disciples - get crackin’!

First VB compiler actually written in VB! This post title says it all.

The refactr guys are starting up a Grvy users grup in the Twin Cities. N wrd yet if the fr lp will be invited.

Javaword covers JetBrains moving into the Ruby IDE space with a plug-in to its excellent IntelliJ IDE. And what Ruby-related article would be complete without a quote from America’s favorite Rockstar coder, DHH?

“While I was doing Java, IntelliJ was the only thing that kept me from killing myself in frustration over the language. It still wasn’t exactly happy programming, but IntelliJ helped mitigate some of the worst deficiencies of working in Java.”

So rich. So Rockstar! Well, the world has yet another reason to be grateful for IntelliJ. Not only is it the greatest IDE ever, but it saved the life of the very man who would go on to create Rails. Just think of all the things we could have accomplished if legions of programmers had not killed themselves in frustration over C, or Assembly! Or (insert-name-of-godawful-IDE-here).