An unobtrusive login system is one that gets out of the user’s way. It will make your application nicer and more polished. This article will guide you through the process of setting up user logins, then ajaxifying the process by moving the form into a modal box that communicates with the server. Additionally, this article will show you how to create the setup using jQuery and Prototype so you can choose your favorite library. This article assumes that you have experience with Rails and jQuery or Prototype.

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Ruby is rapidly becoming the preferred programming language for many developers. With that said, let’s look at some of the best tutorials, videos and books to learn Ruby and Rails.

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Today, we’ll be creating a simple shoutbox using the CodeIgniter PHP framework. We’ll then port this exact application, piece-by-piece, to Ruby on Rails!

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Today, we’ll review twenty incredible Ruby on Rails tutorials that every developer should consider reading. Whether you’re a beginner who prefers video tutorials or an experienced dev, you’ll find an applicable tutorial here!

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In this article, we will use restful_authentication to add a user system to a simple Rails application. This is great for those first starting out and need step-by-step directions for using this amazing plugin. At the end of the article, visitors will be able to create an account, reset their password, login, logout, and validate email addresses.

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Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that’s optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.

This is the way Ruby on Rails promotes itself – but in my words, it is an incredible framework that can really make your life much easier. You can learn more at their site http://rubyonrails.org

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Welcome to Ruby on Rails From Scratch Week 3! This week, we’ll focus on specific things that you need to know about the framework. For example, we’re going to talk about manipulating the structure of the project in two ways (rendering & redirecting). We’ll also talk about how you add links in rails, and how to comment code. Let’s get started already!

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Welcome to Ruby on Rails From Scratch Week 2. Hopefully this sequel to week 1 will help to further your education in Rails. This week, we’ll do a little bit more with getting an actual page up and running. We’ll also work on adding more interactivity by embedding ruby in HTML and learning a little about variables. After that, we’ll learn more about Ruby’s beautiful URL structure and how to manipulate it, plus other things as well. This is definitely going to be a packed week!

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Ruby on Rails. . .by now most people have heard the hype about it. It promises more effective code, total object orientation, and true MVC architecture to say the least. As far as my own personal experience, it has been all that and more. The code is beautiful, easy to maintain, and edit. In a recent project I was working on, it took me less than 10 hours to do the application, as compared to at least double that if I was writing in PHP.

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