Ruby on Rails Tutorials — Best Practices

It is often asked: how do I create a list of checkboxes for managing a HABTM association? Ask no more because this episode will show you how to do exactly that.

Be careful when storing a model in a session. It will behave differently than you expect and can easily get out of sync with the database. Instead of storing the model directly in the session, store the id to the model and use that to fetch it from the database.

Loading in a configuration file can be really handy when you have a few settings that might change in the future of your application, such as contact email addresses or the strength of a spam filter.

A collection of tips to make your Rails developing more efficient or interesting that most Rails developers overlook.

A general tutorial about programming best practices that isn't specific to Rails, but certainly is something all Rails programmers should read.

An introduction to Ruby and Rails conventions that all Rails beginners should learn to follow.