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Rails Recipes
Rails is large, powerful, and new. How do you use it
effectively? How do you harness the power? And, most
important, how do you get high quality, real-world
applications written?
From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips
for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you
how the experts have
already solved the problems you have.
Use generators to automate repetitive coding tasks.
Create sophisticated role-based authentication schemes.
Add live search and live preview to your site.
Run tests when anyone checks code in.
How to create tagged data the right way.
and many, many more...
Owning Rails Recipes is like having the best Rails
programmers sitting next to you while you code.
From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you how the experts have already solved the problems you have.
* Use generators to automate repetitive coding tasks.
* Create sophisticated role-based authentication schemes.
* Add live search and live preview to your site.
* Run tests when anyone checks code in.
* How to create tagged data the right way.
* and many, many more...
* Part I - User Interface Recipes
o In-Place Form Editing
o Making Your Own JavaScript Helper
o Showing a Live Preview
o Autocomplete a Text Field
o Creating a Drag-and-Drop Sortable List (extract)
o Update Multiple Page Elements With One Ajax Request
o Lightning-Fast JavaScript Auto-completion
o Cheap and Easy Theme Support
o Use Ajax To Trim Fat, Static Pages
o Smart Pluralization
o Debugging Ajax
o Creating a Custom Form Builder
o Make Pretty Graphs
* Part II - Database Recipes
o Rails Without A Database (extract)
o Connecting to Multiple Databases
o Integrating with Legacy Databases
o DRY Up Your Database Configuration
o Self-referential Many-to-Many Relationships
o Tagging Your Content (extract)
o Versioning Your Models
o Converting an Existing Application to Migrations
o Many-to-Many Relationships With Extra Data
o Polymorphic Associations - has_many :whatevers
o Add Behavior to Your ActiveRecord Associations
o Dynamically Configure your Database
o Use ActiveRecord Outside of Rails
o Perform Calculations on Your Model Data
o DRY Up Active Record With Scoping
o Make Dumb Data Smart with composed_of
o Safely Use Models in Migrations
* Part III - Controller Recipes
o Authenticating Your Users
o Authorizing users with Roles
o Cleaning Up Controllers with Postback Actions
o Monitor Expiring Sessions
o Rendering Comma-Separated Values From Your Actions
o Make your URLs Meaningful (and pretty)
o Stub Out Authentication
o Convert to Active Record Sessions
o Write Code That Writes Code
o Manage a Static Site With Rails
* Part IV - Testing Recipes
o Creating Dynamic Test Fixtures
o Extracting Test Fixtures From Live Data
o Testing Across Multiple Controllers
o Write Tests for Your Helpers
* Part V - Big Picture Recipes
o Automating Development With Your Own Generators
o Continuous Integration
o Getting Notified of Unhandled Exceptions
o Creating Your Own Rake Tasks
o Dealing With Time Zones
o Living On The Edge (of Rails Development)
o Syndicate Your Site With RSS
o Making Your Own Rails Plugins
o Secret URLs
o Quickly Inspect Your Sessions' Contents
o Sharing Models Between Your Applications
o Generate Documentation For Your Application
o Processing Uploaded Images
o Easily Group Lists of Things
o Keeping Track of Who Did What
o Distributing Your Application As One Directory Tree
o Adding Support for Localization (extract)
o The Console Is Your Friend
o Automatically Save a Draft of a Form
o Validating Non-Active Record Objects
o Easy HTML Whitelists
o Adding Simple Web Services To Your Actions
* Part VI - E-Mail Recipes
o Send Gracefully Degrading Rich-Content Emails
o Testing Incoming Email
o Sending Email With Attachments
o Handling Bounced Email
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