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Heroku + Suspenders

Making Rails readily accessible to developers of all stripes is a big part of the vision behind the Heroku platform, and we try to be supportive of any initiatives that make teaching and learning Rails easier.

A couple of months ago, thoughtbot released suspenders – a freely available Rails template app, loaded with commonly used plugins, sensible configuration options and helpful rake tasks. Simple as it may seem, having a solid default app template is …

Heroku in 2008: From First Launch to 20,000 Apps

2008 was a very, very big year for Heroku. We launched the first version of the platform, picked up some world-class investors, expanded the team with some amazing talent (there are 10 of us now), spoke at a zillion conferences about Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, the web stack, and cloud computing, and have grown like crazy.

Private Beta

Most importantly, we’ve had an incredibly successful private beta. We launched it less than a year ago, and …

Rails 2.2 on Heroku

The gem for Rails 2.2 is now installed and ready for use on Heroku. To use, change your environment.rb to read:

RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.2.2'

Then run rake rails:update, and commit the changed files.

Check out the Ruby Inside article for more details on what’s new.

Heroku at Rubyconf

Rubyconf is upon us, and most of engineering team will be present in Orlando this week.

If you’re attending, or maybe just nearby, this would be a great opportunity to say hi and/or ask those burning questions you’ve got about Heroku. Whether you’re wondering if Heroku will be a good fit for your needs, or have questions about a currently hosted app, we’re happy to make time for you. Just email us here and we’ll …

How-To: Use Heroku and Hoptoad for Collecting Exceptions

Hoptoad (now Airbrake) is a great service by Thoughtbot for collecting exceptions. Like exception_notifier, but without clogging your inbox, and much prettier.

Using Hoptoad with Heroku is a cinch. First, sign up for a free Hoptoad account.

Now install their notifier plugin. If you’re working locally and deploying to Heroku with Git, install with script/plugin:

script/plugin install git://github.com/thoughtbot/hoptoad_notifier.git

Or if you’re using the Heroku web editor, open the vendor folder and click Gems & …

Heroku API Update

The Heroku API gets a major update today; you can now view and manage all of your application’s settings straight from the command line. New in this version:

  • Manage sharing (add/remove/list collaborators)
  • Manage multiple ssh keys for your user (add/remove/list keys)
  • Update settings (public true/false, mode production/development)
  • Rename an app
  • Run rake tasks remotely

A taste of the new command-line goodness:

adam@kvasir:~$ heroku create gagetron Created https://gagetron.heroku.com/ | git@heroku.com:gagetron.git adam@kvasir:~$ heroku info gagetron === gagetron…

Heroku & Redpoint Ventures

We are happy this morning to announce we’ve raised a $3 million round of funding, from Redpoint Ventures and some other great investors.

Adam, Orion, and I started Heroku with the goal of making software development much easier and more accessible. We’ve got big plans – what we’ve done so far is really just the first step. There is so much we’ve been dying to do, but we just haven’t had the capacity.

This investment …

API, Revision Control, and External Git Access

Heroku now has an API (accessible from the command line, a Ruby library, or REST calls), revision control on all apps with Git, and remote access to the Git repository.

The combination of these new features means that you can now work on your apps using the local tools you love – like TextMate, vi, or emacs – and still get the benefit of zero-configuration deployment to Heroku.

How does it work? Grab the Heroku …

Heroku Mailing List

Heroku now has a mailing list on Google Groups. Stop by and introduce yourself, but first read the welcome post.

Talking Rails and Heroku on the Ruby On Rails Podcast

If you’re curious about our vision for Heroku, check out the latest episode of the Ruby on Rails Podcast. We spoke with Geoffrey Grosenbach about our plans for Heroku, the Rails ecosystem, and some good old fashioned economics.

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