# Nitro Screencast: Web 2.0, Flickr ignited **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224 "2005-12-28T14:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224/1 "2005-12-28T14:40:20Z")
Dear devs, as the first two videos were well received, I decided to make on more: [http://www.nitrohq.com/videos/nitro4.html](http://www.nitrohq.com/videos/nitro4.html) This time some sophisticated Web2.0 features of the Nitro framework are demonstrated. The demo is based on the concept of a similar Rails screencast (the flickr video). However, please note: - no generator is used. - ajax code and templates are cleanly separated. - standard html tags are naturally extended to support client side actions using Nitro’s powerful morphing technology. - Draggable and autocomplete effects as well as the programmatic render are also demonstrated. This is a simple demo, and does not demonstrate the full power of Nitro. To feel the magic give it a try yourself: gem install nitro For more information browse: [www.nitrohq.com](http://www.nitrohq.com) or join the Nitro mailing list. enjoy, George. ---
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224/2 "2005-12-29T13:23:24Z")
Hi George, On 28/12/05, George M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > as the first two videos were well received, I decided to make on more: > > [NitroHq.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://www.nitrohq.com/videos/nitro4.html) As a suggestion for future video’s how about copy & pasting chunks of pre-prepared code? I know it looks more authentic to see you type it out but I found it quite frustrating watching the code appear one-character-at-a-oops-typo-delete-delete-pause-time and gave up watching. I would much rather see a block of code appear, pause for a few seconds while I digest it, then move on to see _what it does_. Pause and forward/backward controls here would help. Regards, Matt ---
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224/3 "2005-12-29T13:29:27Z")
> As a suggestion for future video’s how about copy & pasting chunks of > … > watching. You are right, I will improve on this aspect in the future. I will also use a proper editor with autocomplete to improve thigs… However I hope you made it to the end (where the really nice things happen ;-)) > seconds while I digest it, then move on to see _what it does_. Pause > and forward/backward controls here would help. If you view the video with firefox you can see a slider and a pause button. George. ---
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224/4 "2006-01-02T17:15:59Z")
> ![]() the for attribute is ‘morphed’ at compile time… the #{…} interpolates the value of the standard src attribute at run time (this is similar to \<%= … %\> in fact you can use \<% … %\> in Nitro as well… -g. ---
**Author:** ![gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224/5 "2005-12-31T13:51:47Z")
Another interesting screencast. I don’t mind the format so much, however the controls you mentioned on Firefox are not visible. I can see the hint of some sort of controls at the bottom of the screencast, but they are obscured (I am running Windows XP, btw). Anyways, feedback on Nitro from what I see here. I really like the way XHTML attributes connect naturally to the controller code. However, one thing did strike me as odd: ![]() The way the “for” attribute and the “src” attribute are used seems inconsistent, especially because “src” uses “embedded” ruby while the other seems to be specially parsed. I haven’t used the framework,only seen these screencasts, so take that for what it’s worth. Thanks for making these available!