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Filtered parameter logging

almost 6 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...

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...

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...

Sun hires the JRuby team

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
Tim Bray has announced that Sun Microsystems has hired Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, the developers behind JRuby. Tim's announcement has a FAQ that probably...

RailsConf 2007 - Call for proposals

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
There are only 216 days until RailsConf 2007! The 2nd annual International Rails Conference will be in Portland, Oregon on May 17-20, 2007. Don't worry...

A Voter Guide in Rails

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
In the United States, elections are coming up next week. Radical Designs, a Rails development shop in San Francisco, has put together a site (using Rails...

Rails 1.2 RC1: New in Active Support

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
The following are some of the smaller, but notable features added to Rails 1.2 ActiveSupport since the Rails 1.1 release. (compiled by Joshua Sierles)....

Rails 1.2 RC1: New in ActiveRecord

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
Here are some of the smaller yet notable features in the Rails 1.2 release of ActiveRecord made since the 1.1 release. (compiled by Josh Susser)....

Rails 1.2 RC1: New in Action Pack

over 5 years ago by josh on Riding Rails.
With all respect to the reporter from the Edge, here are a few tasty bits from ActionPack in Rails 1.2 (CHANGELOG). (compiled by Geoffrey Grosenbach)....

Twisting the rope: looking for code examples

over 5 years ago by josh on has_many :through.
In just about six weeks I'll be giving my talk at RubyConf 2006 called "More than enough rope to hang yourself". The talk will address the pitfalls of overzealous...