• Basics of fog and AWS for Rails apps

    Updated: 2012-12-31 16:08:38
    I just started series about rails working on AWS. We start with .

  • Queues have been removed from Rails 4.0

    Updated: 2012-12-31 16:04:25
    But they aren't completely gone, Queues have been moved to a branch so to not hold up the release of Rails 4.

  • What is a Controller?

    Updated: 2012-12-31 10:39:53
    In a Ruby on Rails application, the role of the model and view are easily understood by most.  However, the role of the controller is often glossed over, misunderstood or even disputed among Rails developers.  So really, what is a Rails controller?

  • Reddit Clone in Rails Part 3: Integrating Devise

    Updated: 2012-12-31 10:07:14
    Last time we set up users with the Devise gem, now let's integrate the new users into the site.

  • Reddit Clone in Rails Part 3: Installing Devise

    Updated: 2012-12-31 10:06:12
    Now that we can submit links to the site, it's time to set up users.  You could implement your own authentication for each project, but most of the time the requirements for this are the same, so why not use a canned solution?  A popular solution for authentication is to use Devise, so we'll do that.  We start by installing Devise.

  • About configuration

    Updated: 2012-12-30 19:04:30
    A reminder about the possible downsides of global configuration.

  • Rails Application Flow Control

    Updated: 2012-12-30 11:11:19
    When you write an application using any framework, you relinquish flow control.  You won't be writing a main loop, you won't be doing anything tedious, ideally any and all code you write goes to solving the problem directly.  However, this presents a stumbling block for newbies:  how is my code being called?  How does all this fit together?

  • Deploying with Gitploy

    Updated: 2012-12-29 20:27:22
    How to deploy with Gitploy - a small DSL for writing deploy scripts.

  • A Rails 4 love affair with PostgreSQL

    Updated: 2012-12-29 20:09:46
    I just wrote a blog post covering all the new PostgreSQL data type support being included out of the box in Rails 4.

  • ZeroMQ and Ruby a Practical Example

    Updated: 2012-12-28 13:24:32
    I just posted ZeroMQ and Ruby a Practical Example showing how I added a ZeroMQ endpoint onto an HTTP only service for great performance.

  • Functional programming in the small

    Updated: 2012-12-27 15:08:42
    Applying some principles from functional programming can simplify your code. Here's a short walkthrough based on a Rails helper.

  • I just launched Dayset

    Updated: 2012-12-26 16:57:58
    I just launched Dayset With this gem you can generate a set of any number of days for a month or year, is useful for example when you have to divide a month in a fixed number of days, to create table partitions based on a date

  • Chrome extension for Rails development

    Updated: 2012-12-25 19:19:51
    I'm developing Chrome extension for Rails development - RailsPanel. It displays Rails app requests in Developer Tools panel, provides insight to db/rendering/total times, parameter list, rendered views, SQLs and more. It's still early in development but stable enough if anyone wants to try it.

  • lua-mruby Released

    Updated: 2012-12-24 11:11:53
    Use mruby from within lualua-mruby! Note: This is a very early release. You can run and evaluate MRuby code from within Lua, but that is about it... for now.

  • Ruby Programming 39th Batch: Registrations now open

    Updated: 2012-12-21 02:41:43
    Registrations are now open for RubyLearning’s popular Ruby programming course. This is an intensive, online course for beginners that helps you get started with Ruby programming. Here is what Demetris Demetriou, a participant who just graduated, has to say – “When I joined this course I was sceptical about how useful this course would be [...] (Powered by LaunchBit)

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