rails

Gracefully Age Your Rails Logs with LogRotate

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-10-13 10:42:40 UTC in rails unix

How to use the unix-standard logrotate to automatically maintain outdated logs in your Rails app

111 comments

Creating Pretty URLs From Multiple Attributes With friendly_id

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-10-04 22:42:27 UTC in plugins rails gems

a brief tutorial on how to make pretty urls for your Rails models using multiple attributes rather than one

110 comments

How To Modify Default Setters and Getters in Rails Models

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-09-28 02:51:10 UTC in rails syntax

a brief overview on using the read_attribute and write_attribute methods, and their shorthands, for overriding default setter/getter behaviour in Rails

88 comments

Tracking Rails Application Behavior and Errors with the Ruby Logger

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-09-21 17:23:40 UTC in rails

a quick overview on the utility of the Ruby Logger class, how it's implemented in Rails, and how to create a custom log to track only specific actions in your app

77 comments

Adding reCAPTCHA to Comments in Your Rails App

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-09-15 20:07:38 UTC in plugins rails gems

how to easily add reCAPTCHA confirmation to comments and other models in your Rails application using the ambethia-recaptcha gem

137 comments

Using Git Submodules to Manage Plugins in Rails

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-08-30 22:01:45 UTC in plugins rails versioning

a really useful way to utilize git submodules to maintain plugins in your Rails application without making constant changes to your git repository

73 comments

A Lightweight, Powerful Search Engine For Rails

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-08-24 21:18:00 UTC in rails

an easy way to implement a powerful, custom search engine alongside a useful related articles function

96 comments

A Whistle-Stop Tour of Syntax Highlighting and Markdown Solutions for Rails

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-08-14 05:02:03 UTC in plugins rails syntax

a comprehensive guide of the best syntax highlighting solutions for Ruby and Rails worth knowing about

127 comments

Creating an Extensible User Favorites System in Rails

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-08-12 04:57:26 UTC in rails

a comprehensive guide to laying down the foundation for and implementing a powerful, custom favorites system

57 comments

Keeping Your Ruby Application Version in a Warm, DRY Place

by Mike Zazaian at 2009-08-08 20:23:32 UTC in rails

a short guide on how to keep the version of your Rails app accessible for use throughout its views, while keeping your code flexible and DRY

37 comments

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