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- Speeding up Ruby on Rails by David Berube
Ruby on Rails, a popular Web development framework based on the Ruby programming language, makes it easy to access your database, but it does not always do so efficiently. Learn more about common performance problems with Rails and discover how you can fix them.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-railsn1/index.html - Jul, 2010 - Is Ruby on Rails 3 Finally Nearing the Finish Line? by Sean Michael Kerner - [Clicks: 3]
RoR 3 development continues, but after 18 months, why has it taken so long and what's the big deal with version 3, anyway?
http://www.devx.com/architect/Article/45009 - Jun, 2010 - Architecting TekPub - Moving from ASP.NET MVC to Ruby on Rails by Robert Bazinet
TekPub is a web site devoted to developers, giving them a source of focused on-line training in various topics from Microsoft Entity Framework to writing your own blog engine using Ruby on Rails. They are an interesting case about company who started on ASP.NET MVC and quickly moved to Ruby on Rails. We had the opportunity to talk with them about their technology turnaround.
http://www.infoq.com/articles/architecting-tekpub - May, 2010 - What's IronRuby, and How Do I Put It on Rails? by Edd Morgan - [Clicks: 1]
IronRuby is Microsoft's implementation of the Ruby language we all know and love with the added bonus of interoperability with the .NET framework. It's supported by the .NET Common Language Runtime as well as, albeit unofficially, the Mono project. This article gives an introduction to IronRuby, and discusses how to run Rails applications in IronRuby as well as potential issues to look out for.
http://www.infoq.com/articles/ironruby-intro - May, 2010 - Automate Rails Application Deployment with Capistrano by Saurabh A Bhatia
When you're ready to deploy your Ruby on Rails application, Capistrano can make the process much easier.
http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3881036/Automate-Rails-Application-Deployment-with-Capistrano.htm - May, 2010 - All aboard! An introduction to Rails 3 by Martin Streicher - [Clicks: 7]
The impending release of Ruby on Rails version 3 both refines and expands the capabilities of the popular Web application framework. Offering cleaner controllers and savvier SQL queries, you can expect to write less code than before. Better yet, you can include most of the components of Rails 3 in any Ruby application. Here's a look at what's changed for the better.
[Includes source code]
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-introrails3/index.html - Mar, 2010 - Apply Behavior Driven Development to Ruby on Rails with Rspec by Saurabh A Bhatia - [Clicks: 4]
Learn how to do apply Behavior Driven Development (BDD) to your Rails projects with the Ruby-based BDD framework RSpec.
http://www.developer.com/lang/rubyrails/article.php/3863096/Apply-Behavior-Driven-Development-to-Ruby-on-Rails-with-Rspec.htm - Feb, 2010 - A Rails Cloud Implementation Using MongoDB and Heroku by Mark Watson - [Clicks: 9]
Learn how to use the non-relational MongoDB datastore as the backend for your Heroku-deployed Rails application. More importantly, learn why you would choose it over the likes of PostgreSQL.
http://www.developer.com/lang/rubyrails/article.php/3860616/A-Rails-Cloud-Implementation-Using-MongoDB-and-Heroku.htm - Jan, 2010 - Improve the security and performance of DB2 Ruby on Rails applications using parameterized queries by Antonio Cangiano - [Clicks: 1]
With the increasing interest in Ruby on Rails from companies in the enterprise world, some observers have posed questions about its suitability when it comes to the demanding requirements in this arena. One issue that some have called attention to is that ActiveRecord, Rails' Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) doesn't use prepared statements -- or at least it didn't until now. With the latest release of DB2 on Rails, parameterized queries are automatically available and bring with them important performance and security benefits to Rails applications.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1001db2rubyonrailsapps/index.html - Jan, 2010 - Testing Views and Integration in Ruby on Rails by Saurabh A Bhatia - [Clicks: 4]
Learn how to test views in a Rails application, as well as how to test how well the different parts of the application are integrated.
http://www.developer.com/lang/rubyrails/article.php/3857316/Testing-Views-and-Integration-in-Ruby-on-Rails.htm - Jan, 2010
- Programming Rails
by Robby Russell - [Clicks: 122]
Rails is one of the leading frameworks for developing the new generation of Web 2.0 applications using the increasingly popular Ruby scripting language. This book offers an unequaled introduction and in-depth explanation of the Rails architecture, as well as a practical guide to techniques for Rails developers and those of you considering a switch to Ruby on Rails.
O'Reilly Media, Inc., Paperback - NOT YET PUBLISHED
- Rails Forum - [Clicks: 76]
Ruby on Rails Help and Discussion Forum
http://www.railsforum.com/