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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Having read a lot of programming books recently, one publisher has quickly become a firm favourite; The Pragmatic Bookshelf (AKA The Pragmatic Programmers.)