Upgrade Rails 3 to 3.1

This is a comprehensive guide to upgrading a Ruby on Rails 3 application to Rails 3.1. It also includes instructions for updating the compass gem. Lets get started!

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Rails API’s – Rendering Flexible XML and JSON

When creating API’s, you want to make it so people can easily make remote requests and in return be given well structured data. Here I discuss why Rails to_json and to_xml methods don’t quite cut it, and what to do instead.

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What is Ruby on Rails?

We know Ruby on Rails has something to do with building web applications, but what is it really? Here I give my view of what Rails really is.

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Ruby on Rails 3 Testing – Getting into the Groove 2

If you haven’t done so, I suggest reading part 1 before this post.

Previously we had begun our cucumber testing through creating a scenario:

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Rails 3 In Place Editing Using Jquery

Here is a little trick I have used for in place editing for multiple models – basically anything in the database that is a string.

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