Riding Rails

The official Ruby on Rails (RoR) framework blog

New Mephisto Release


over 5 years ago by Rick Olson on Riding Rails.
The latest version of Mephisto, the blog that powers Riding Rails, has been released. Justin Palmer has the nitty gritty details at the Mephisto Blog...

Capistrano 1.1.9 (beta)


over 5 years ago by Jamis Buck on Riding Rails. [Linked from: the { buckblogs :here }, the { buckblogs :here }]
A new release of Capistrano is nearly upon us! Before I unleash it upon the world, though, I’d like to have a few brave souls put it through its paces...

Things you shouldn't do in Rails


over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
Kevin Clark was written a nice piece on things you shouldn't be doing in Rails. It starts with a reminder about not using various deprecated pieces of the...

Power Flash and Flex from Rails


over 5 years ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Riding Rails.
Jon Shumate introduces WebORB: WebORB for Rails is server-side technology enabling connectivity between Flex and Flash Remoting clients and Ruby on Rails...

The Rails Edge


over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with something to say about The Rails Edge that isn't already obvious. The problem is that everyone already...

Unobtrusive Javascript Plugin


over 5 years ago by Rick Olson on Riding Rails.
Dan Webb and Luke Redpath have release the latest version of their Unobtrusive Javascript Plugin for Rails. It solves several of the main problems people...

Filtered parameter logging


over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
Now that the hubbub about the recent security issues has died down, I think it's worth pointing out a little jewel that was snuck into the 1.1.6 security...

Trac and SVN gets new powerful machine


over 5 years ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Riding Rails.
After an extended period of troublesome Trac times, we’ve finally addressed the problem once and for all. Courtesy of TextDrive, we now have a new mega-powerful...

Official Mailing List Move


almost 6 years ago by Rick Olson on Riding Rails.
Don’t worry if you see some mailing list subscriptions in your inbox, we’re simply transferring everything to Google Groups. This takes the incredible...

Streamlined: Taking admins beyond scaffolding


almost 6 years ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Riding Rails.
Justin Gehtland and Stuart Halloway has been moving along at a rapid pace on Streamlined since its unveiling at RailsConf in June. There’s now a public...