Managed to get a few bits and bobs sorted in a Rails project last night.
Posted on 2nd of March, 2010
- Devise: authentication for lazy programmers - Check out the latest changes for the new authentication gem on the block.
- Hacking someone's gem with github and gemcutter - A great post for anyone wanting roll their versions of a gem.
- Know When to Fold'em - Good advice when you want to delegate a library you don't wish to maintain.
- The magic of thinking big - Great post about the new Build conference happening this weekend in Belfast.
Posted on 5th of November, 2009
- The Complete Class - I haven't though much about class design since I started Ruby, so it was good to read this post on the Ruby Best Practices blog.
- GitProductive - LOC might not be a good measure of how productive you are, but it does give a good indication of progress when your refactoring.
- Devise - An interesting authentication solution for your Rails applications.
- Setting up a Mac to work with Git and Github - Great guide to getting started with Github.
Posted on 27th of October, 2009
- A Month in Rails - Some of these goodies have already been posted here, but there are a few gems here (pardon the pun!) if Rails is your thing.
- Gem Packaging: Best Practices - I've haven't written any gems yet, but it's always good to learn this stuff.
- Always remember me - Thoughtbot's authentication engine has changed how its "remember" default.
- Migrating to Snow Leopard for Rails Development - A Definitive Guide - Mike Gunderloy has written a very detailed guide to getting a working Rails environment going on Snow Leopard. I'm definitely going to be using this guide myself when I eventually upgrade in a few weeks.
Posted on 3rd of September, 2009
- Rails Freelancing Handbook - Mike Gunderloy has a new e-book out for those aspiring towards a career of freelance work with Rails.
- Users and Passwords - A best practices guide to handling your users and their passwords in Rails. Definitely worth a look, if your new to Rails, or you just want a refresher.
Posted on 4th of August, 2009
- Production Log Analyzer - Useful little gem gets a version bump this week.
- An easy way to write named scope tests - Zach Brook shows how easy it is to test your named scopes.
- Getting Started With Restful Authentication in Rails - Nettuts has created another Rails tutorial for the masses, but this might be a bit basic for some.
- Introduction to BDD with Cucumber - This seems a better fix for me than RSpec.
Posted on 25th of June, 2009
- ActiveRecord-Skeleton - This will definitely come in handy for my current Sinatra project.
- Tips For Writing Your Own Rails Engine - The link says it all!
- Third Party User Authentication In Just A Few Lines Of Code - Some examples of client and web authentication in Ruby.
Posted on 27th of April, 2009
- Debugging Rails 2.3.2 Apps with Rack::Bug - I posted yesterday about this debugging tool, but here’s a tutorial (via A Fresh Cup).
- Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.8.6-20090421 released
Posted on 23rd of April, 2009
- Bare Sinatra App - A bare sinatra application template for deploying straight to Phusion Passenger.
- How To Add Simple Permissions Into Your Simple App - John Nunemaker shows how easy it is to roll your own permissions into your application, complete with tests!
- Simplify Your Dev Environment With Passenger Pane - Passenger Pane has been out for a while, but this is the first tutorial I’ve seen that explains a basic setup with Rack.
- Demeter Is For Encapsulation - Pat Maddox explains the law of Demeter with a Ruby exmaple.
Posted on 21st of April, 2009
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