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  1. less asking, more telling

    Getting sick of writing the following? def create @user = User.new...

    Jared Carroll
    February 25, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Good Code
  2. what, is it good for? absolutely nothing

    Ever write this? before_filter :csv?, :only => :index def index ...

    Jared Carroll
    February 22, 2008
    • News
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    • Rails
  3. When, a Rails plugin

    Introducing a confusingly-named plugin, when.

    Dan Croak
    February 15, 2008
    • News
    • Web
    • Rails
  4. Riddle me this

    Does anyone have a valid use case for ActiveRecord::Base#toggle! - inquiring...

    Matt Jankowski
    February 12, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
  5. Using @url Instance Variable in Rails

    I was going into a project to do some general code refactoring (it’s a hobby...

    Matt Jankowski
    January 25, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
  6. no thanks

    So I’m learning the latest Rails release by converting an existing app to it....

    Jared Carroll
    January 21, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
  7. The defest of leppards

    If you have any moderately old rails applications in production, and you find...

    Matt Jankowski
    January 14, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
    • PostgreSQL
  8. relax with your hacks

    Good code has a rhythm. To me code with a good rhythm can be easily read and...

    Jared Carroll
    January 14, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Good Code
  9. rails 2 point oh jesus

    So I’ve been gradually getting my feet wet with the new Rails 2.0 release. ...

    Jared Carroll
    January 8, 2008
    • Web
    • Rails
  10. Massage your params

    Well you’ve launched your fancy new app, and the social aspects are...

    Matt Jankowski
    December 21, 2007
    • Web
    • Rails
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