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About
Freelancer
I'm a freelance software engineer with a focus on web development with Ruby on Rails. If you have a project going on and need assistance, don't hesitate to hire me. Refer to my profile on Xing for information about my expertise and references.
Trainer
I do workshops on topics like Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, deployment, agile development methodologies and testing etc. If you want to refresh your knowledge on web development topics or plan to train your employees, get in touch with me.
Entrepreneur
I'm always open for new ideas to start something fresh on the web. So if you have a great idea and need an experienced partner to get it started, let me know!
Open Source
At times I'm working on open source projects like Highlight, Reportable or Excellent. Go check them out.
Open Source
Highlight Get it Issues
Highlight is a plugin for Ruby on Rails that provides syntax highlighting for source code in more than 30 languages.
Excellent Get it Issues
Excellent is a source code analysis gem for Ruby that combines roodi, reek and flog and also adds some Ruby on Rails specific checks.
Reportable Get it Issues
Reportable is a plugin for Ruby on Rails that enables you to generate reports and sparklines from your models with just one line of code.
Melbourne Get it Issues
Melbourne is an extraction of Rubinius' parser component into a standalone gem. It can be user to generate Abstract Syntax Trees from arbitrary Ruby code.
Glider Get it Issues
Glider is a simple Javascript content glider based on prototype and script.aculo.us. You can see it in action on simplabs.com (just click here or in the top menu).
Talks
Rails is not just Ruby Slides Demo Project
A talk on Rails and JavaScript and how JavaScript should be written, structured, separated from the HTML etc.
RSpec Slides Video
A general talk about RSpec and Cucumber I gave at the Munich on Rails meeting in 2009 (german only).
Excellent Gem Slides
A short introductory talk on my Ruby source code analysis gem Excellent I gave at a Munich on Rails meeting in 2009.
