Archives: 2010 February
Quick and easy static pages in Rails
February 10th, 2010, 16 Comments
Sometimes you have a Rails app, the core functionality is not a CMS, and you need to add some static pages to your app that don’t get changed often, eg, an about us page, privacy policy, etc.
This post shows you a quick and easy way to do that in about 60 seconds, without using a [...]
Rails 3 Beta is out – check out Rails Upgrade plugin
February 7th, 2010, Comments Off
In case you haven’t heard, Rails 3 is now in Beta.
Just a quick post to say, if you haven’t already, check out the Rails upgrade plugin, this will quickly show you what bits of your code need to be updated to work with Rails 3.
Also, check out the full release notes, lots of juicy stuff [...]
Sometimes the best way to create is to remove
February 6th, 2010, 4 Comments
Over the life cycle of a project many features may be developed, sometimes just to account for one variation or tiny use case, get used once, and are then not used again for the next 5 years (if ever).
One of my personal pet peeves is overly complicated software with too many redundant, old, unused features. [...]
