Rake tasks, arguments, and external scripts

Passing optional arguments to rake tasks.

Using a partial as an optional layout

Rails allows you to use a partial like a miniature layout: let's give them a spin.

Rake task with an external script using ActiveRecord

See how you can use ActiveRecords in rake tasks.

Icon links with data-uris (no CSS sprites !)

Rails 3 in Action

A quick review of Rails 3 in Action by Ryan Bigg and Yehuda Katz.

Posting forms with AJAX on checkbox toggle

First encounter with the Rails asset pipeline and Coffeescript

Trying out the rails asset pipeline by building an image preview.

Initializing the test database before a Cucumber session (in Rails)

How to get the data required by a Cucumber test into the database.

Cucumber tweaks

Improving your testing developer experience with Cucumber.

Leveraging Active Record reflections

Learning Rails 3

Rails 3 is a pretty big framework and brings a few new things to the table. Where to start learning it?

Adding a namespaced Rails generator to a standalone Ruby gem

Contributing to open source

Making your first open source contribution can be daunting, but we'll make it straightforward.

Self-marking required fields in Rails 3

Automatically marking required fields in HTML forms, based on ActiveRecord validators.

Implementing a public API in Rails 3

Creating a public API that can be consumed with cross-domain requests.