Application design
The design of Ruby on Rails reflects a definite set of opinions about how you should design your web application. The more you follow these principles, the more the framework does for you. Use of the model-view-controller pattern is central to Rails. The Active Record pattern, as implemented in Rails, is at the heart of how applications communicate with the database via models. As Rails has evolved, use of RESTful interfaces, as a pattern for designing controllers and routing URLs, has also become a key element.
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Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures
The seminal document on REST, written as a PhD thesis.
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The Rails Way: Tracks: Part 1 (Premature extraction)
Better alternatives to extracting simple extension as ‘acts_as’ modules.
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The Rails Way: AssetsGraphed: Part 3
Another example of moving code from the controller to the model.
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The Rails Way: AssetsGraphed: Part 2
Using objects instead of ids.
- The Rails Way: Importing Files
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The Rails Way: Skinny Controllers
An example of refactoring to move code from the controller to the model.
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The Rails Way: SignOut: Part 1
Refactoring an existing application to a RESTful design.
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The Rails Way: SignOut: Part 2
An example of refactoring to use RESTful resources.
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- Backgroundrb
From the README: BackgrounDRb is a ruby job server and scheduler. It main intent is to be used with Ruby on Rails applications for offloading long running tasks. Since a rails application blocks while servicing a request it is best to move long running tasks off into a background process that is divorced from the http request/response cycle.
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- Railscasts - Where Administration Goes
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- Railscasts - Custom REST Actions
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- Railscasts - Refactoring User Name Part 2
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- Railscasts - YAML Configuration File
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- Rails Code Review PDF
An assortment of "best practices" for designing Rails applications.
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