Category Archives: rails

Rails notes, from the .NET side

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Jimmy Bogard

I’m starting a small experiment to try out Rails, and I’m keeping notes as I go.  From the first day, here’s what I have so far: Rails easy to install First MySQL (easy) Ruby, another MSI and go Rails – … Continue reading →

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Introducing ActiveSupport.NET

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Joey Beninghove

To my surprise, none of my googling seemed to come up with anyone doing this.  So I figured I’d start it off (please let me know if you know of any other efforts already underway).  As some would say, taking … Continue reading →

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Working with ActiveRecord model classes outside of the Rails environment

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Chad Myers

I had a task yesterday that involved me wanting to dump some information about a Rails ActiveRecord class I had (don’t ask, it’s a long story). I wanted to access my AR class from outside the Rails web environment (i.e. … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 5

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

What!  You tease me with code in Chapter 4 and now there is none in this chapter?!?  Oh wait, I guess we should at least figure out what we want to build moving forward.  :) Chapter 5 Well this chapter … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 4

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Cool!  Now I get to start building stuff. Chapter 4  I just pop open my kermit green command line window and type “rails demo”.  And BAM!  We’ve got ourselves an application!  Ok, so it might not do much yet.  But it’s given me … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 3

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Hmm, well I’ve already zoomed through to chapter 8 in my actual reading/coding.  Better start getting these notes cranked out.  Oh, and why not purchase the book yourself and follow along.  It’d be interesting to get comments from other folks … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 2

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Got.  To.  Learn.  Ruby.  On.  Rails. Chapter 2 Chapter 1 was mainly a high-level introduction to Ruby and the Rails framework.  Chapter 2 starts off with some of the history behind the MVC pattern and how it was originally intended for … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 1

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

As I mentioned previously, I’m starting to dig into the Ruby language for its elegance and the Rails framework in search of better, more efficient ways to develop web applications.  As part of this learning process, I figured it was essential that … Continue reading →

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Change is in the air…

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path — Psalms 119:105 MonoRail, still my preference for .NET Well during my recent 2 month blogging hiatus I’ve gotten settled into my first project at the … Continue reading →

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