# Laszlo on Rails kicking off **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341 "2005-12-29T22:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/1 "2005-12-29T22:25:22Z")
The Laszlo on Rails effort, bringing the rich web interface of OpenLaszlo ([http://openlaszlo.org](http://openlaszlo.org)) to the simplicity of Rails ([http://www.rubyonrails.com](http://www.rubyonrails.com)) will be kicking off next week. We have a list going at [http://groups.google.com/group/laszlo-on-rails/](http://groups.google.com/group/laszlo-on-rails/) – 88 people so far and we haven’t even begun! – but if you really want to be close to the action, email me with your firstname, lastname, username and initial password and I will add you to our Basecamp project. I want to emphasize that two of the design goals I have in mind are: 1. Have as much of the controller code as possible in Ruby 2. We want to enable selective use of Flash Laszlo widgets (including video and audio, of course) or entire UI’s in Flash via helpers. So, if you want to include Flash elements in your Rails app without having to code in ActionScript, you might want to check it out. Happy New Year! Mike P. ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/2 "2005-12-31T00:55:36Z")
Mike, I’ve checked some demo’s on the formentioned url, and was smitten about that slick interface. I am a Rails newbie, but I would like to watch the group form the cormer of my eye to see what is up. If that’s ok, please let me know. Regards, Gerard. On Thursday 29 December 2005 22:22, Mike P. tried to type something like: > I want to emphasize that two of the design goals I have in mind are: > Mike P. > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – “Who cares if it doesn’t do anything? It was made with our new Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process …” My $Grtz =~ Gerard; ~ :wq! ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/3 "2006-01-04T12:21:45Z")
Hello, ``` I've got a CSV fixture where several lines have commas in the data. ``` When I try to load the fixture I get a CSV::IllegalFormatError. Deleting the double quotes and comma fixes this, but then my data isn’t right. This line doesn’t work, 69, “Cheeks, Palate and Tongue”, 3, 69 This line does 69, Cheeks Palate and Tongue, 3, 69 The “Agile” book and several on-line references indicate that the double quotes should work. Any idea what’s wrong? Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/4 "2006-01-05T02:51:43Z")
Looks like the problem is that there is a space between the first comma and the double quote. I had alot of trouble with this when I was working on an app that used CSV. Try using csvdata.gsub!(’, “’,’,”’) That’s what I used! -Jason ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/5 "2006-01-05T03:48:58Z")
Excellent, that worked. Is the space before the comma really invalid CSV or is this a bug I should open a ticket for? Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/6 "2006-01-05T06:07:59Z")
Supposedly it is invalid CSV. At least, that’s what I’ve been told. Glad it worked! - Jason ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/7 "2006-01-12T17:18:34Z")
Mike P. wrote: > I want to emphasize that two of the design goals I have in mind are: > Mike P. > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) I’d love to be added to the project. Mike H., Username mharris717, Password cbase65 ---
**Author:** ![mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mperham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mperham)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laszlo-on-rails-kicking-off/51341/8 "2006-01-12T17:30:42Z")
What’s Mike P.'s email address? I didn’t receive that orig msg on this. -bakki