November 2009

Implementing Ruby jobs in the background

Posted by Michael on November 6, 2009 in Programming, Ruby Language

I needed a way to kick off a background job that was triggered by an end-user on my Ramaze-backed website and could run for almost two hours! This article brings together all the elements to get the job done.
Preamble (a.k.a. Ramblings)
I can hear you exclaiming, “Two hours!? Are you nuts? You really [...]