Starting Ruby on Rails: What I Wish I Knew
Ruby on Rails is an elegant, compact and fun way to build web applications. Unfortunately, many gotchas await the new programmer. Now that I have a few rails projects under my belt, here’s my shot at...
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I’m thrilled by the recent attention and your feedback. Seeing your “Aha!” moments motivates me to write — though I’ve been neglectful lately. I’m busy, the dog ate my browser, the draft’s in the...
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Intermediate Rails: Understanding Models, Views and Controllers
I’m glad people liked the introduction to Rails; now you scallawags get to avoid my headaches with the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern. This isn’t quite an intro to MVC, it’s a list of gotchas as...
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How To Make a Bookmarklet For Your Web Application
Browser buttons (bookmarklets) are shortcuts that act like a simple browser plugin. Their advantages include: Fast installation: Just add a link to your bookmarks Convenient: Use features while on your...
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