So for the last two days I’ve completed my first RoR application that is actually used by somebody, my SEO colleagues to be more precise, their first wish was a script that would make it much easier to submit links to link directories, that and an article spinner.

Keep your controllers clean and forms flexible by adding virtual attributes to your model. This very powerful technique allows you to create form fields which may not directly relate to the database.

In this episode you will see the tricks involved with passing these odd objects to find conditions.

Rails has seemingly set the web development world on fire these past few years. Popular web applications like Basecamp and Twitter have pushed Rails into the limelight as an excellent framework that any programmer (or even non-programmer) can quickly use to create applications.

Displaying flash messages in the layout can be a pain at times. In this episode you will learn an easy way to display any kind of flash message by looping through the hash.

It is often asked: how do I create a list of checkboxes for managing a HABTM association? Ask no more because this episode will show you how to do exactly that.

Welcome to Ruby on Rails From Scratch Week 4! This week we're going to talk about ruby syntax. After this tutorial, I believe that you'll have a much better understanding of the framework and feel much more comfortable doing things by yourself.

Did you know ActiveRecord provides class methods for performing calculations on models? You can even use these methods through associations.

Welcome to Ruby on Rails From Scratch Week 3! This week, we\'ll focus on specific things that you need to know about the framework. For example, we\'re going to talk about manipulating the structure of the project in two ways (rendering

In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to do in the future.