http://rubycorner.net resources for Ruby and Rails development Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:51:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The one thing that is different about this article from others around the web is that I wanted to do simple and easy stuff. I did not want to have a model or to put pictures in a database and so on I just wanted to store a resized image ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-programming/rails-and-rmagick-made-easy-generating-thumbnails/   This article is part two of the series about Rails Migrations and it will explain on a deeper level how to use the Ruby on Rails migrations.     After we spoke about Migrations in our previous article found here we understood the basics needed to use Migrations in Ruby on Rails. Now to ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-programming/how-to-use-rails-migrations-part-ii/ Here it is - this month's Blog Carnival. After lots of reading and searching the network I've collected a new dozen of valuable posts. As everybody knows not every single blog post on the globe deserves a read up. That's why I'm trying to weed out those that are ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-blog-carnival/ruby-on-rails-blog-carnival-april/ Recently I was asked the following question: “How hard is it to build this project in Rails” You can substitute this with anything. After a short period of time I realized that such a question can't be really answered to a point where a programmer would agree completely if he/she didn't ... http://rubycorner.net/projects/developing-a-news-site-in-rails-project-1-part-1/ I found an interesting topic recently in a forum discussion. It was about whether or not an eBay clone could be build on the top of Ruby on Rails. A few interesting questions are: "Is RoR the best toolkit for doing that?", "Whether the same eBay functionality could be accomplished?" ... http://rubycorner.net/opinion/create-an-ebay-clone-with-ruby-on-rails/ Have you ever had the need to programatically obtain information from a network device. In general when we deal with manageable network devices the smartest way is to use SNMP. However in some cases your head can get fired from problems concerning SNMP. Sometimes you would want just to obtain ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-programming/the-key-for-ruby-and-telnet-communication-with-cisco/       Programming languages and tools from the business point of view   Programming languages and tools are considered only for developers but smart companies have understood that in order to achieve best results they should not only care for business but for developers too. And what kind of better ... http://rubycorner.net/articles/why-use-ruby-on-rails/ Not more than two months ago I started programming in Ruby. Ofcourse using the rails framework. It was superb for me to find that just everything about web development is already there in the framework. The directory structure - it's just so easy and you intuitively find whatever you ... http://rubycorner.net/articles/be-a-developer-not-a-coder-rails/   This article is part one of the series about Rails Migrations and it will explain on a basic level how to use the Ruby on Rails migrations.     1. What are Migrations ? Migrations in Rails is a way of describing what the database should look like and synchronize it with the respective ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-programming/how-to-use-rails-migrations-part-i/ These days I searched for a blog carnival about Ruby on Rails. However I couldn't find a good one. In fact such a carnival should be useful for a lot of people interested in this topic - web development on rails. That's why I'll setup one mine carnival here. I'll ... http://rubycorner.net/rails-blog-carnival/ruby-on-rails-blog-carnival/