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Basic authorization from scratch with Rails
Find out how easy it is to roll your own authentication from scratch with Rails. A blog post for anybody that would like to know the basics of what goes behind an authentication system. I hope you find this useful!
Adding Tabs to Your Rails App Just Got a Whole Lot Easier with Tabulous 2
Tabulous 2 is a complete rewrite of the tabulous gem that makes adding tabs to your Rails apps easier than ever.
Mestral – Simple Git hook management
Today I’d like to introduce a new tool to manage Git hooks. It’s called Mestral and is available at GitHub. [more inside]
RuboCop 0.7.0 released!
I’ve just released RuboCop 0.7.0! Some of the highlights include 16 new checks, simplified configuration, the ability to exclude files/folders and the usual ton of bugfixes.
Do you like Ruby and sailing? There's a surprise waiting at EuRuKo 2013!
The last ticket batch for this year’s EuRuKo is live at euruko2013 and it’s on until the upcoming Monday at noon UTC. We are preparing a surprise for willing delegates which involves sailing and the deep blue Aegean sea. We’d love to see you in Athens this summer. Rock on!
Rails Gotcha: Saving STI Records
Description of an obscure problem with Rails STI along with a solution.
Running a Minitest Suite
An article exploring a few different ways to kick off a Minitest suite.
Dead Simple Model Diagrams for Your Rails Project
Need a model diagram for your Rails project? I did and found a really easy way to do it using Rails ERD.
Gem to share your messages(text,images,videos) on social networking sites(facebook,twitter,linkedin)
I just created gem for sharing content on social networking sites socialshare
Sinatra Vs Ruby on Rails
There often seems to be a lot of questions around which Ruby framework to use, Sinatra or Ruby on Rails? They are very, very different frameworks, and have different use cases. More info on the differences between Sinatra and Ruby on Rails.
ContextValidations
An attempt to solve contextual validation problems in Rails
The Taming of the Queue: Measuring the Impact of Request Queueing
A few weeks ago, webserver request queueing came under heightened scrutiny as rapgenius blasted Heroku for not using as much autotune as promised in their “intelligent load balancing”. If you somehow missed the write-up (or response), check it out for its great simulations of load balancing strategies on Heroku. [more inside]
RailsConf 2013 Review
I wrote about what went down in Portland this year: RailsConf 2013 Review
Upgrading ror e-commerce to Rails 4 and Ruby 2
I just upgraded ror_ecommerce to Rails 4 and Ruby 2. I wrote about the upgrade process HERE. This also represents the ror_ecommerce 2.0.0.beta1 tag. 2.0.0 will be released after rails 4 is officially released.
Consuming SOAP WebServices in Ruby
This is my new post: Consuming SOAP WebServices in Ruby.
Steel City Ruby Registration Opens
Steel City Ruby Conference, held in Pittsburgh, opened its registration. Speakers include Konstantin Haase, Angela Harms, Jim Weirich, Avdi Grimm and 8 invited CFP speakers. Register now for just $50.
Sidekiq Pro turns 1.0
I just released v1.0 of Sidekiq Pro, my commercial add-on for Sidekiq. To celebrate, I’m giving away 1.0 free licenses, read how to enter the raffle!
Sinatra: ActiveRecord and Postgres application
I have just blogged about using ActiveRecord and Postgres with Sinatra. A great combination.
Reform – Decouple Your Forms From Your Models!
Reform gives you a form object that decouples your form from the database. It gives you all the goodies as validation and parameter filtering while working with all form rendering engines like simple_form. Here’s the story.
My Assets Are No Longer Minified in Rails 4!
When upgrading from Rails 3 to Rails 4, you need to add a couple of new settings; otherwise, JavaScript and CSS will no longer be minified in production.
warden-github-rails: An Easy Solution for GitHub Authentication in Rails
Wouldn’t it be nice to use your organization and it’s teams for user access control? Wouldn’t it be nice to add a new employee to your GitHub organization or team in order to grant them access to your app’s admin area? [more inside]
Continuous Integration and Deployment with Cucumber Screencast
Continuous Integration and Deployment speeds up your workflow tremendously. In this screencast we will deploy our Ruby on Rails app to Heroku. Hosted testing and automated deployment is provided by the Codeship. Learn more! [more inside]
PaperclipOptimizer: minify your Paperclip image attachments
PaperClipOptimizer is a processor plugin for Paperclip that allows you to losslessly compress and optimize uploaded JPG, PNG or GIF images.