What is the best way to structure a revenue share with programmers or...
Here’s the question: “Developing social and mobile applications can be expensive and risky. Some programmers are willing to reduce or eliminate their fees in exchange for revenue share on the...
View ArticleTop 10 Best Resources to learn Ruby on Rails
I have a lot of people ask me about resources to help them learn and come up to speed on rails. I found this list of resources on Quora recently and thought it was worth reposting here to give it a...
View Article‘seed’ data versus ‘testing’ data (and custom rake tasks) for Ruby on Rails
I’ve been a part of discussions on how to define ‘seed’ data versus ‘testing’ data on a Ruby on Rails project. Here’s a summary of what I’ve seen work well — please comment if you have anything to add....
View ArticleHow to validate an email address using regular expressions
Anyone who writes web applications has likely built forms for users to enter their e-mail address. It’s considered a part of our basic identity now – like our name and address. It’s expected we have...
View ArticleExample code for storing environment-specific configuration variables in rails
Here’s some example code I’ve used for storing configuration variables using Ruby on Rails. This code allows for defaults as well, so you only have to specify variables per environment if they override...
View ArticleBarCamp Boston 6, April 9-10, 2011 Cambridge, MA
Make sure you don’t miss one of the best tech events of the year in the Boston Area: Barcamp Boston 6, April 9-10 in Cambridge, MA. From the site: “BarCamp Boston is Boston’s geek unconference,...
View ArticleInterview with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), Creator of Ruby on Rails.
[This article originally appeared as the cover story Linux Journal Issue #147, published in July of 2006 -- back when I was still just learning Ruby on Rails. -- Kevin Bedell] Kevin: For our readers...
View ArticleHow To Get Started with Ruby on Rails — Where should you start?
A friend of mine is beginning an effort to learn Ruby on Rails. He asked me where to start and I sent him a few links that I felt covered some of the key components of Rails that were critical to learn...
View ArticleJQuery-UI verus SimpleForm for Rails Forms processing
Recently, I had a conversation with a colleague about using JQuery UI to layout form processing for a Ruby on Rails application. I cautioned them against it. In general, I’ve found more success using...
View ArticleSecuring Cloud-Based Ruby on Rails Applications: Why I like Engine Yard.
A customer of mine referred me to an article on Cloud Deployment on Amazon Web Services’ EC2 platform that discussed common security holes users are leaving in their instances. The article, Amazon’s...
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