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It makes sense when a user creates an account, especially when an email confirmation is required, that the user is redirected to a welcome page letting them know they need to check their email to confirm registration. Or, if a user logs in, you probably want to redirect them to a page other than the root URL.
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There are a variety of reasons you may want or need to rename a database or table column in your Rails application. Accomplishing this is quite simple.
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There are many ways to upload photos to a Rails application, and quite a few resources on the web. This is what worked for me.
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Providing a seamless user experiences often means removing the need to refresh a page when adding or removing content. This can be accomplished by working with AJAX within your Rails application.
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Devise is a powerful authentication system for Rails applications. This tutorial walks you through setting up devise, as well as setting up your user MVC. Follow along with the code sample on GitHub.
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If you have a blog and you want the user to be able to search your posts, you will need to add methods to both your posts controller and post model, and create a corresponding search form.
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Adding a new static page to an existing Rails application can be accomplished in a few easy steps: (1) create a static controller, (2) generate static views, and (3) create corresponding routes.
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If you’re just learning Ruby on Rails, you may be confused as to when to generate individual models, resources or scaffolding, and what files are created by each command.
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Rails is a web application framework written in Ruby, also known as an MVC, or Model View Controller. Rails has two major philosophies: (1) DRY (“Don’t Repeat Yourself”) and (2) Convention Over Configuration, meaning Rails has a right and wrong way of doing things, and if you follow the Rails way, you shouldn’t have to… Read More
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Last week, I deployed my first web applications, a big moment in any developer’s life. One app, a guestbook for my friend’s wedding, was written in Ruby, dependent on the Sinatra gem and deployed through Heroku. It consisted of a simple form where friends and family could leave messages for the happy couple. I excitedly… Read More