1. SwitchTower Gotchas

    How to work around some common SwitchTower deployment problems.

    Matt Jankowski

  2. Using Wrapper Classes with ActiveRecord to Enforce Security Rules

    A technique for writing ActiveRecord code in a secure way.

    Tammer Saleh

  3. LDAP Server for ActiveRecord Models

    Here’s how to set up an LDAP server for your Ruby app.

    Tammer Saleh

  4. Command-Line Utility to Interrogate Models

    Here’s a little script to better understand your ActiveRecord models.

    Tammer Saleh

  5. Squirrel - Natural Looking Queries for Rails

    Announcing Squirrel, a new Ruby open source library we wrote to improve how we query SQL databases.

    Jon Yurek

  6. Built-In XSS Protection in Rails will Confuse You

    A workaround for running multiple Rails apps on a single machine.

    Matt Jankowski

  7. Rails Session Stores

    How to switch to an alternative Rails session store.

    Jon Yurek

  8. Looking at the world through MVC glasses

    The Model-View-Controller framework is a great way to architect an app.

    Chad Pytel

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