# Questions about Software Used in Screencasts

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405 "2007-09-24T23:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jared_R)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405/1 "2007-09-24T23:27:36Z")

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Hi, everyone →

I’m brand new to this list, but have been bumbling my way through he  
Depot Shopping Cart tutorial from Agile Web D. With Rails,  
2nd Edition. I handled that all right, for the most part. Now I’m  
looking to try a few more tutorials, and I was watching the  
screencasts at [www.rubyonrails.org](http://www.rubyonrails.org) (the blog creation, in particular)  
and I wanted to know two simple things about the software they use.

1. What’s the visual MySQL editor they use?
2. What’s the color scheme used in TextMate?

It would be very handy not to have to puzzle out what to type into  
MySQL every time, and though I find the color schemes on TextMate to  
be decent, I like the demo scheme even better. 🙂

Thanks in advance,

–  
Jared

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**Author:** ![Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jared_R)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405/2 "2007-09-24T23:30:36Z")

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I’m not sure what they used in the demo, but mysql has free GUI tools  
Mysql Administrator and Mysql Query Browser on their site for most  
platforms.

Jared R. wrote:

> 1. What’s the color scheme used in TextMate?
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Sincerely,

William P.

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**Author:** ![Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jared_R)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405/3 "2007-09-24T23:35:36Z")

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I believe he used CocoaMySql for database and probably something like  
Vibrant Ink or Sunburst for the theme.

I prefer YourSql and Vibrant Ink, personally. 🙂

–Jeremy

On 9/24/07, Jared R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> 1. What’s the visual MySQL editor they use?  
> Jared
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**Author:** ![Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@Jared\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jared_R)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-software-used-in-screencasts/115405/4 "2007-09-25T00:40:44Z")

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I just checked with my boss (who’s been in meetings all day), and can  
confirm that the database software is, in fact, CocoaMySQL. Thank you  
for the suggestions!

–  
Jared

On Sep 24, 2:34 pm, “Jeremy McAnally” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)