One feature we have found pretty useful in the Quantify ruby gem is the flexibility with which units can be represented. Sometimes we want to work with unit names (e.g. kilogram, mile), while at other times symbols are more appropriate … Continue reading →

This morning, AMEE deployed an updated version of AMEEconnect to the stage AMEE platform. The main changes in this release of the AMEE platform are: A bug fix for a new calculation API call (to be announced soon!) for categories … Continue reading →

We are currently in the process of upgrading AMEEdiscover to Rails 3.1, which is good. However, Discover shares a session cookie with MyAMEE to provide single sign-on functionality. The way sessions are stored and signed has changed a little, so … Continue reading →

We’re migrating some of our apps to Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.1.3. On Lucid, there are debs for Ruby 1.9.1 and a rather generic-looking Rails, but we really need finer-grained control of versions. I attempted to build our own custom … Continue reading →

For the last few months at AMEE, we have been using a Ruby gem called Quantify to provide support for physical quantities in our Ruby-based tools and Rails applications. Quantify was originally developed by myself as a project for exploring … Continue reading →