http://www.railsdev.ws/blog Lessons learned from my exploration of Ruby on Rails Fri, 09 May 2008 05:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rails validations are nifty, but they can get pretty bulky and difficult to read. In this article we’ll look at how to counteract the bulk with custom validations that enable the use of class methods with clearer names like validates_as_person_name. http://www.railsdev.ws/blog/11/custom-validations-in-rails/ This article will show you how to use URLs like http://photosByBetty.fancysite.com instead of http://www.fancysite.com/artists/photosByBetty in your Rails application. Examples of where you might want to do this include blogs for site members, galleries for artists, chapters of a non-profit organization, teams of a sports league, or even different retail locations for ... http://www.railsdev.ws/blog/10/using-subdomains-in-rails-apps/ Mind boggling as it is, I could not find any instructions for how to compile mysql-ruby that actually worked. I'm no C geek, but with a little here, a little there, and applying 25 years of engineering in various fields and disciplines... I guessed, and managed to hack out some ... http://www.railsdev.ws/blog/9/compiling-mysql-ruby-for-powerpc/ Downloads: 10 page pdf article only or article and sample code. So, you've read “Agile Web Development with Rails”, and you've started to tinker with some pages on your own, but you just can't figure out how you're supposed to use that view file to create your 3 column layout? So far I’ve ... http://www.railsdev.ws/blog/3/modular-page-assembly-in-rails/