Most potential users will want to try out the software or service before committing any time and money. Often this is where the age-old demo account comes into play. However, anyone who has ever implemented a demo account can attest to the problems associated. In this article, James Pierce brings you a solution: SQLite. It’s commonly known that SQLite does not handle multiple threads since the entire database is locked during a write command, which is one of the reasons why you should not use it in a normal production environment. However, in his solution, a separate SQLite file is used for each user demoing the software.
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REST stands for “representational state transfer,” For the last few years, whenever somebody wants to start building an HTTP API, they pretty much exclusively use REST as the go-to architectural style, over alternative approaches such as XML-RPC, SOAP and JSON-RPC. In this article, Phil Sturgeon discusses two approaches in the context of building HTTP APIs. RPC and REST can both be used via other transportation protocols, such as AMQP, but that is another topic entirely.
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In this article Mark McDonnell will go through all of the steps he took to write an open-source gem named Sinderella (available on GitHub) and how he prepared it for release as a gem via RubyGems. He’ll also show you how to set up your tests to run through a continuous integration (CI) server using the popular Travis CI service, and how to use Coveralls to measure the code coverage of your tests and to obtain a statistical history of your commits.
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Ruby is an object-oriented language. What does that even mean? It has unique quirks and characteristics that we’ll explain clearly. This article assumes that you have no programming experience, not even HTML.
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David Boot brings you a tutorial that will help you get through the steps required to set up an Ubuntu VPS that is capable of hosting (multiple) Ruby on Rails applications. Let’s go through it!
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In this article, Ryan Cook walks you through the process of creating an engine gem that you would use to create a database-backed team page displaying a list of employees.
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Finding it difficult to set up a lean and up-to-date local development environment? In this article, David Boot guides you through the steps of setting up an Ubuntu local development machine for Ruby on Rails.
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A freelancer is a self-employed person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any particular employer. Your curiosity in this opportunity was probably sparked by posts marked “Freelance” or “Work from anywhere” on the myriad of job boards around the Web. Freelancing is equal parts freedom and responsibility.
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A lot of traffic between users and your site comes from the static content you’re using to set up the user interface, namely layout graphics, Stylesheets and Javascript files.
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Last week we published Getting Started With Ruby On Rails, the first part of our Ruby On Rails introduction. We explained basic ideas behind Ruby and presented concepts and essential components of the language.
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