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Rails 3 Generators: An Introduction

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Like a lot of people, I've been watching the Rails 3 development process, but I hadn't turned any focused attention on it until the beta release last week...

Developer Resolutions for 2010

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I am, to put it mildly, not a fan of the typical New Year’s resolution. Generally, it’s much too vague, it runs over much too long a time scale, and...

NoSQL Misconceptions

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I wanted to clear up a couple of misconceptions about NoSQL that I've seen much too often lately (what can I say – I watch the Twitter results for 'nosql...

Developer Day Boulder Wrapup

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these developers from the swift completion of their appointed conference. As it so happened, we...

Database Taxonomy

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
In my domain modeling/alternative database talk, I usually spend some time talking about taxonomy in biology. It's a fascinating field, with a lot of interesting...

Rails 3 Generators: The Old Faithful

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I figured it would be best to start the tour of Rails 3 generators with those that are most commonly used. Assuming I'm representative of most Rails developers...

Rails 3 Generators: The Unusuals (part 1)

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
OK, we’ve seen how the most common generators have changed (some more than others) in Rails 3. Let’s look at a few more that’ve been around for a...

Rails 3 Generators: The Unusuals (part 2)

~2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
After the first two installments of the Rails 3 generator tour, you may be asking yourself, “Hey, what about session_migration? Or performance_test? I...

Rails 3 Generators: Say Hello!

~2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Still with me after the last batch of ported generators? Well, I’ve got something new for you this time – and by new, I mean unseen by Rails 2.3.5-looking...

Rails 3 Generators: Scaffolding

~2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Scaffolding in Rails has always been a little controversial. Originally, it was responsible for a lot of Rails’s wow factor – DHH’s blog in fifteen...