SVN Ruby bindings on Windows

Dan has write a post about how to use the SVN Ruby bindings on Windows. Here is how:

1. Download the ruby bindings (svn-win32-1.y.z_rb.zip) from the svn site
2. From the zip - copy ruby\lib\svn into c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\svn
3. From the zip – copy ruby\ext\svn\ext into c:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\svn\ext
4. copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll from your subversion 1.5 directory into c:\ruby\bin
5. run irb and test with: require ‘svn/core’

10 skills developers will need in the next five years

If you’re a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. Justin James lists the skills you’ll want to work on now to maximize your future job prospects.

1. One of the “Big Three” (.NET, Java, PHP)
2. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
3. Web development
4. Web services
5. Soft skills
6. One dynamic and/or functional programming language
7. Agile methodologies
8. Domain knowledge
9. Development “hygiene”
10. Mobile development

Here is the Chinese translation for the original article.