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Online stores service design
I am designing an online store service app with rails. Everyone who wants to make his/her own store can do it with this app by just signing up and choosing a domain. I want to make it as SaaS as it ...
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How difficult would it be to port Rails to PHP 5.4? [closed]
I have no intention or desire to do this, but out of idle curiosity, what would be some of the "gotchas" if one were to want to port Rails to PHP 5.4? Would it be possible with a fairly straight ...
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Simple game using Ruby on Rails [closed]
I want to create a simple game like tic-tac-toe or connect4 or something like that using Rails. I have a (very) basic idea of how to write a Rails app with regular html elements, but I don't really ...
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Setting up a simple Ruby\Rails environment
I am coming from a .NET background and beginning my journey into the Mac OSX\Ruby\Rails environment.
A lot of the resources I have found such as this one have between 5-10 steps for setting up a ...
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Moving away from .Net to Ruby and coping without intellisense
I am in the process of trying to learn Ruby, however after spending nearly 10 years in the MS stack I am struggling to get by without intellisense. I've given RubyMine a try which does help however ...
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What is a closure and how is it implemented in Ruby?
In the context of the Ruby programming language, what is a closure and when do you use one? What are the uses for it in Rails?
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Ruby but not Rails on my Resume
I have listed Ruby as a skill on my resume becuase I've been programming in Ruby for 5 years while I work on my Ph.D. thesis. I've mostly been using it to implement natural language processing ...
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Rails generators for subscription and payment processing services?
I've been thinking about making a generator for managing subscriptions with options for a couple different payment processing services, it is something that I would use. Are there any existing ...
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Where can I find out about basic python usage, cli, editor and testing? [closed]
I'm coming from Ruby / Ruby on Rails to Python.
Where can I find or find resources about:
The command prompt, what is python's version of 'irb'
info and recommendations on editors, plugins and IDE's
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What is faster and preferable way for variable assignment in ruby? [closed]
I am a RoR developer and want to clarify some doubt about ruby variable assignment.
In ruby we have two ways for variable assignment.
str, arr, num = "Hi", [1, 2], 3
and
str = "Hi"
arr = [1, 2]
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How much Ruby should I learn before moving to Rails?
Just a quick question..
I can never get a definitive answer when googling this, either. Some people say you can learn Rails without knowing any Ruby, but at some point you'll run into a brick wall and ...
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Should I prefer instance methods over class methods in Ruby?
I'm working on a rails application, and I've been pulling functionality out of my rails code and into pure ruby classes in lib/. I've found myself often writing classes like this:
class ...
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Is it worth converting a Django project to Rails?
I have a project I shelved a while back- it was essentially a working web app built in django but I stopped working on it to work on something else.
I plan on starting it up again in my spare time, ...
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How do I read API documentation?
I've been trying to read through the RoR API to try to learn things that the tutorial missed, and I haven't been able to follow it at all. The only time I've read documentation was when I needed to ...
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Ruby on Rails resources
I was hoping I could find some good ruby on rails reading/resources. Please note, I currently am aware of the following:
Pragmatic Bookshelf (Exceptional Ruby, Agile web development with rails, etc)
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