Please note these posts may contain outdated information – most of them were posted between 5 to 10 years ago!
This post started off as a small guide mainly for my own reference, but it’s grown into a good overview of why Vim is so great for Rails development – if you’re unconvinced, just read through the killer commands listed below… you’ll soon see how Vim could make life a lot easier for you – …
As you probably know, Capistrano creates a fresh directory for your app every time you deploy a new version. So if you want some directories (or files) to be carried through to each version, such as files uploaded by users, then we just need to tell Capistrano that they are shared – and to use …
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This is more a handy reference for myself, but it also acts as a very quick intro to why git is awesome and well worth using. The main difference here is I remind you what the state of your working directory is as you make changes (as this was what confused me previously – as …
I’m fairly certain I am using them a little unconventionally, and just wondered – am I alone? Before going on I will add that I’m able to use them this way because a) the app is still in development, and b) I am the only developer.
It seems fashionable to knock Rails as beginner unfriendly these days, but I think that’s wholly unfair – because I found Rails *much* easier to learn, and a better option for web development than most (if not all) of the other ‘options’ (some I tried, some I researched and rejected). Easier because Rails is written …
While Rails does a lot to secure your app, some things it leaves to you (as one size doesn’t fit all) and mass assignment security (MAS) is one such example. Rails does of course, make it easy for you to bolt things up, here’s how. When will you need MAS? Whenever you are accepting data …
This is the sequel to my Best way to learn Ruby & Rails post, if you’re new (or fairly new) to Ruby or Rails, read that first. In this post we look at books that help to get you from intermediate level to pro, although you’ll have to bear with me as this is currently …
If you want to install MySQL on Lion it’s pretty easy, just head on over and download the DMG from mysql.com (for lion you’ll need the 64bit DMG Archive).
Looking for the answers to Ruby Koans? Well you’re not going to get them here! But what I will do is show you how to get them and who to ask if you get stuck.
Having read a lot of programming books recently, one publisher has quickly become a firm favourite; The Pragmatic Bookshelf (AKA The Pragmatic Programmers.)
