One of the first things to understand about web development is the four different HTTP requests. Today we are going to dive into them at a high level. ## HTTP GET The most common HTTP request is the GET method. This is simply retrieving a re...

As we build software, a lot of us get caught up in Rails. You build your application around Rails' suggestions and before you know it, you're really stuck. Just because Rails gives you controllers, models, and helpers doesn't mean your code needs ...

Playing with a new Rails 4.0 application the other day was great fun. Today I upgraded to the latest release, Rails 4.0.0.rc1 and got the following error: ``` NameError: uninitialized constant ActionDispatch::Session::EncryptedCookieStore ~/....

Frank Webber recorded a great video on removing if statements from your code just recently. The result is a pretty strong refactor that removes the complexity involved with large if statements. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www...

GoRails is an idea I've been tossing around in the back of my mind for quite a while. There are fantastic resources out there like Railscasts, RubyTapas, the Rails Tutorial, and yet, even combining them all, I still wanted more. Each person brings...