Ruby on Rails

Episode 247: Offline Apps Part 1

Learn how to make a site usable offline through an HTML 5 cache manifest. This first part of the series covers rack-offline and problems you may run into.

Video: 

Episode 246: AJAX History State

The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support can be easily added.

Video: 

Episode 245: New Gem with Bundler

Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works.

Video: 

Episode 244: Gravatar

Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode.

Video: 

Rails for Zombies: An Online Rails Learning Environment

Rails for Zombies is an intriguing attempt to teach people how to use Ruby on Rails directly in the Web browser. It comes from Envy Labs (and specifically Gregg Pollack, once of RailsEnvy fame).

Resources for Getting Started with Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is leaving the early adopter phase and becoming more mainstream. More people want to learn Rails but don't know where to begin. Well, I have come to the rescue. The resource list below is a good starting point. It includes tutorials, books, blogs, podcasts and many other educational resources that have done wonders for me throughout my Rails learning process. I hope others will find them helpful too.

I personally enjoy interactive and visual experiences. The interactive tutorials (sometimes with a live person) were very useful to me.

Fikus: Deploying Padrino to Engine Yard AppCloud

Padrino and Engine Yard AppCloud
Engine Yard AppCloud is a great platform for deploying Ruby on Rails applications quickly and easily. It's not only good for Rails, but it also makes it just as easy to deploy any application using Rack or Rack-based frameworks like Sinatra.

I'm a big fan of Sinatra and use it for both internal and personal projects.

Michael Hartl’s 15 Hours of Rails 3 Screencasts

14 Ruby and Rails Jobs for August 2010

It's been a couple of months since the last job round up but the Ruby Inside job board has been hopping! There are 14 live listings to go over today and they're not all in San Francisco. Jobs in Denver and Maryland bring in a bit of interesting variety.

Syndicate content