Category Archives: Ruby on Rails

How Embarcadero Fails to Run a Software Company

October 20, 2010 – 9:22 pm

Ruby and Rails development is often seen as a command line activity. I started my development activities on 8-bit home micros which even then featured rudimentary IDEs, before advancing to Turbo Pascal on an IBM compatible. So, when I started Rails development I looked for a suitable IDE. Googling seemed to show that Embarcaderos 3rdRail [...]

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IP to country geocoding in Ruby on Rails

June 20, 2010 – 1:08 pm

If you read my last post you’ll know that I’m moving from google ads to banner ads for affiliate programs run by online retailers. But most retailers only target a single country. Showing ads for an American store to visitors from the UK would simply be a waste of ad space. So I needed some [...]

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Creating a mini-CMS in Rails

May 15, 2010 – 10:16 pm

I’m continually amazed about how fast it is developing in Rails. When I created plantality I knew I needed some static pages for things such as privacy policy and help pages. As a temporary measure I created a controller called ‘static’ and added each page as a separate view. This worked but it meant that [...]

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plantality, Ruby and Rails

May 2, 2010 – 9:36 pm

plantality is written in Ruby on Rails and is my first project using this language and framework. I can’t really tell you my reasons for choosing Ruby on Rails, other than the fact that there was quite a bit of buzz about both Ruby and Rails, and when I read the now deleted ‘Poignant Guide [...]

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