Table of Contents
- Introduction (11 links)
- Documentation (7 links)
- Promotion/Enthusiasm (11 links)
- Learning/Help/Support (51 links)
- Security (12 links)
- Performance (47 links)
- Plugins/Gems/Code Snippets (9 links)
- Applications/Downloads/Open Source (62 links)
- Blogs/Podcasts (37 links)
- Cheat Sheets (15 links)
- Installation/Setup/IDEs (13 links)
- Other collections (16 links)
- News (4 links)
- Advanced Knowledge/Digging Deeper (41 links)
- Feature Introductions (12 links)
- Attacking Prejudices/Exploding Myths (6 links)
- Shameless Self-Promotion (1 links)
- Useful tools for daily routine (7 links)
- Testing (7 links)
- Refactoring/Optimization (1 links)
Introduction
- Official Ruby on Rails Website
- Ruby on Rails - Terms and Concepts
- Ruby on Rails Wikipedia article
- Official Ruby Website
- Ruby Wikipedia article
- Introducing Ruby on Rails (Part 1)
- Introducing Ruby on Rails (Part 2)
- What is Ruby?
- Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
- Screencasts introducing Ruby on Rails
- Getting Started With Ruby On Rails
Documentation
- Rails Framework Documentation
- Ruby Core Library
- Ruby Standard Library Documentation
- Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language
- Raaum's Rails Reader
- Rails-doc.org – Browse Rails documentation easier
- Ruby on Rails documentation with live search
Promotion/Enthusiasm
- Rails for All
- Ruby on Rails Fans
- How to introduce Ruby on Rails in your company
- Ruby on Rails Real World Usage
- Ten Reasons Ruby Is Cool (Part 1)
- Ten Reasons Ruby Is Cool (Part 2)
- 37 Reasons I Love Ruby
- rails100 (collection of Rails based websites)
- Top 50 Ruby on Rails Websites
- Ruby on Rails contributors
- 50 of the Best Websites Developed Using Ruby on Rails
Learning/Help/Support
- Official Ruby on Rails wiki
- Nabble - Ruby on Rails forum
- Learn Ruby on Rails from Scratch: Week 3
- Learn Ruby on Rails from Scratch: Week 2
- Learn Ruby on Rails from Scratch: Week 1
- Rails Routing from the Outside In - A routing guide
- Using Rails Generators
- Huge list of upcoming ruby/rails books in 2008
- Acts_as_community - a social network exclusively for Rubyists
- Rolling With Rails 2.1 - The First Full Tutorial - Part 1
- Joyent - Ruby on Rails forum
- Guide: Things You Shouldn't Be Doing In Rails
- RubyTu.be - community driven collection of Ruby related videos
- The Ruby Toolbox
- Ruby on Rails: Ecosystem
- Rails Maturity Model
- 20 Rails Development No-No's
- Beginner’s Guide To Ruby On Rails: Part 2
- Ruby on Rails Guides
- The Rails Beatitudes
- Launching Ruby on Rails projects, a checklist
- Free Ruby on Rails Training Online Course
- Rails For Beginners: All You Need To Know!
- Unofficial Ruby usage guide
- Introduction to Ruby for Perl programmers
- Apple Developer Connection: Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X
- Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
- Ruby Central
- Ruby FAQ
- Ruby learning
- Ruby learning
- Try Ruby in your Browser
- Ruby on Rails FAQ
- Rails 2.0 Step by Step (Part 1 - Scaffolding)
- Basic Rails routing and a journey into Views, and Controllers
- RESTful design and the HTTP request
- Rails relationships
- Starting Ruby on Rails: What I Wish I Knew
- Ruby/Ruby on Rails tutorial wiki
- RESTful SignOut (Part 3)
- RESTful SignOut (Part 2)
- RESTful SignOut (Part 1)
- Rails 2.0 Step by Step (Part 2)
- Ruby and Rails Ecosystem White Paper
- Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails - Part 1
- Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails - Part 2
- Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails - Part 3
- Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails - Part 4
- Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
- Ruby Best Practices eBook (free)
- Nil, nil?, true and false
Security
- Ruby on Rails Security Project
- A Paper Trail For Your Models
- Minor Changes to the Rails Security Policy
- Ruby On Rails Security Guide
- Ruby on Rails security tutorials
- Insecurity is Ruby on Rails Best Practice
- Securing your Rails application
- Ruby on Rails Security
- Ruby on Rails Security Cheatsheet
- QuarkRuby: Ruby on Rails Security Guide
- Rails Security Checklist
- Using SSL in Rails Applications
Performance
- The Adventures of Scaling: Stage 2
- Rails performance and caching Part 2
- Rails performance and caching Part 1
- Railsbench
- Rails Log Analyzer
- Stefan Kaes - Rails Performance
- QueryTrace Plugin
- MySQL Query Analyzer Rails Plugin
- Rails performance with FastCGI and Apache
- The Adventures of Scaling: Stage 3
- The Adventures of Scaling: Stage 4
- Rails Caching Documentation
- The effect of using Rails fragment caching
- Query Builder Plugin
- Stefen Kaes - Optimizing Rails
- Rails app performance monitoring with New Relic
- Performance Tuning Workflow
- 4 Simple Steps to Detect & Fix Slow Rails Requests
- FiveRuns TuneUp – discuss performance issues with the community
- Palmist – find and fix mysql bottlenecks in Ruby on Rails
- Can Rails Scale? Absolutely!
- Ruby Benchmarking
- Ruby Performance Revisited
- Blazing Fast Speeds with Sinatra and Memcached
- RailsLab - Scaling Rails
- A New Guide to Caching with Ruby on Rails
- 5 Tips to Scale Your Ruby on Rails Application
- Symbol vs String performance
- 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Rails App
- How to run background jobs in Rails
- Scaling Rails Presentation
- New Relic – serious about Rails performance
- The Adventures of Scaling: Stage 1
- Sustainable Performance with Ruby on Rails
- Optimizing Rails Resource Usage
- Top 10 Ruby on Rails performance tips
- A Look at Common Performance Problems in Rails
- Patches to Improve Performance 5 Times
- Ruby on Rails Caching Tutorial
- Framework Performance in Ruby on Rails
- 5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails
- Rails performance tips
- Performance related changes in Rails 1.1
- Rails Performance Tool Box
- Railers Need To Stop Not Caring About The Database
- Database agnostic != database ignorant
- Client HTTP Caching in Rails
Plugins/Gems/Code Snippets
- Rails wiki > Ruby on Rails Plugins
- Agile Web Development - Ruby on Rails Plugins
- DZone Snippets > Rails
- Rubyforge Snippet Library
- Rails plugins and libraries for Amazon
- Rails Boost: Rails Template Generator
- Hobo: flexible plugin for building apps in rails
- Ruby HTTP clients
- Gemcutter - Gem Hosting
Applications/Downloads/Open Source
- Dead simple task scheduling in Rails
- Shinjiko – source code review system
- RailsDB – generic interface to popular open source databases
- Bitswiki – simple, fast, extensible wiki software
- Popular Watched Repositories – Github
- Clocking IT – tasks, time tracking
- Masquerade – OpenID server
- CommunityEngine
- Spree – eCommerce software
- Radiant – cms designed for small teams
- Alonetone – network for musicians and listeners
- Gullery – photo gallery
- Webistrano – managing Capistrano deployments
- Redmine – project management software
- JobberRails – open source ruby on rails job board
- Open Source Rails – a social project gallery
- Enki – ruby on rails blogging app
- Spot.us – community funded reporting
- RuckSack – collaborative organization tool
- BaseApp: a quick start for your Rails app
- SimpleTicket – trouble ticket system
- Blackjax – ajax backjack
- Joyent Connector – collaboration suite
- Forulio – tag based forum engine
- Albumdy – photo gallery
- Potion Store – online software sales frontend
- HomeMarks – personal bookmark homepage software
- DocBox – wiki-like RDoc editing software
- RubyFlow – software for a community filtered news site
- AintaBlog – advanced tumblelog software
- Rails Kits – code to go
- Instiki – wiki software
- Mephisto – CMS/blog software
- Typo – blog software
- Simplelog – blog software
- Collaboa – project management software
- Online Rostering System
- Activebudget
- ChuckList
- Admiteer
- RubyURL
- Beast – board/forum software
- Tracks
- LovdbyLess – dating/single network platform
- Substruct – online shop software
- El Dorado
- Retrospectiva
- Ozimodo – tumblelog software
- Colorplan – project management
- Opinion – board/forum software
- Chameleon – blog software
- Insoshi – social networking platform
- Coupa e-Procurement
- Onyx – image gallery
- Abelo – retail administration of enterprises
- RubyTime – time tracking
- Motiro – project tracking tool
- Gitorious – open source code collaboration
- Score Keeper
- OMDB – open media database
- Teambox - Open-source team collaboration web app
- Tolk - web-interface for i18n translation as a Rails engine
Blogs/Podcasts
- Official Ruby on Rails Weblog
- Railscasts
- The Rails Way
- has_many :through
- the { buckblogs :here }
- Nuby on Rails
- Techno Weenie
- Rails Jedi
- Planet Ruby on Rails
- Bamboo Blog
- Dr. Nic
- LearningRails
- Plugin A Week
- RailsTips
- Rails Envy
- eigenclass
- Err the Blog
- Rails on the run
- Rails on Wave
- Ruby Underground
- Softies on Rails
- Web on Rails
- Ryan's Scraps
- Jay Fields' Thoughts
- Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
- Fingerprints of Casper Fabricius
- caboose
- sd.rb Podcast
- PeepCode
- Fear of Fish
- Rails Illustrated
- Envy Casts – advanced Ruby on Rails screencasts
- Everyday Active Record – screencasts with Ryan Bates
- Rail Spikes
- Smooth Rails
- snax
- Teach Me To Code
Cheat Sheets
- Ruby Cheat Sheet
- Rails Migrations Cheatsheet
- ActionMailer Cheatsheet
- TextMate Cheat Sheet for Rails Hackers
- REST cheat sheet (pdf)
- ActiveRecord relationships cheat sheet (pdf)
- Form helpers cheat sheet (pdf)
- Ruby, Rails, Test::Rails Cheat Sheet
- Shoulda Testing Cheat Sheet
- RubyOnRails-Cheatsheet for Beginners
- Rails Migration Cheat Sheet
- Configuring Rails Environments: The Cheat Sheet
- Ruby on Rails 1.1 Cheat Sheet
- I Love Jack Danials: Ruby on Rails Cheat Sheet
- Rails Rake Tasks Reference
Installation/Setup/IDEs
- mod_rails (Rails module for Apache)
- The Best Environment for Rails on Windows
- Setting up Rails on Windows
- Building Ruby, Rails, LightTPD, and MySQL on Tiger
- Heroku – Ruby on Rails platform
- *.isonrails – Ruby on Rails playground
- RM-Install – production-ready Ruby on Rails stack
- RubyStack – simplifies the installation of Ruby on Rails
- Installing Rails on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
- Aptana RadRails (Ruby on Rails IDE)
- Locomotive (Instant setup for Mac OS Tiger)
- Instant Rails for Windows
- Dead Simple Rails Deployment
Other collections
- Open Source Rails Projects
- 31 Fascinating Ruby on Rails Tutorials & Guides
- 50+ Ruby-related Blogs to Read
- 23 Amazing And Open Source Ruby On Rails Applications
- Getting started with Ruby on Rails
- 50+ Rubyists on Twitter
- Yo Rails! – fully tagged collection of rails related links
- 15 Places to Find Great Screencasts
- Ruby on Rails: extensive roundup of resources, projects, books, links ...
- Ruby on Rails Tutorials
- Top 30 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
- Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
- 60 Ruby on Rails resources
- RailsUrls
- 74 Quality Ruby on Rails Resources and Tutorials
- Top 50 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
News
Advanced Knowledge/Digging Deeper
- Make calls with your Rails app
- Set the default date format
- 6 Ways to Run Shell Commands in Ruby
- Using Gmail with IMAP to Receive Email in Rails
- Ruby and Rails Style Guide
- Ruby on Rails & Oracle database systems
- How to Sanitize HTML and CSS in Ruby
- Geokit: Geocoding and Location Finding on Rails 2.2
- Screencast Tutorial: Create a File Upload Progress Bar
- SASS: The Better, More Powerful CSS in Rails
- iPhone on Rails (ObjectiveResource) – a framework for iPhone
- Creating PDF Documents in Ruby on Rails
- Creating calendar views with DynamicCalendarHelper
- Crack - The Easiest Way to Parse XML and JSON
- Receiving Emails and Attachments with Rails
- Improving the Usability of Your Ruby on Rails Applications (video)
- How To Use Google for Authentication in your Rails App
- Parsing XML with Ruby
- Tableless models in Rails
- jQuery on Rails
- 5 little-known Rails Method
- Better Messages for ActiveRecord validation errors
- Building a Social Network Site in Rails
- Subdomain routing with Rails
- Coding standards in Ruby on Rails
- How dynamic finders work
- A taxonomy of Rails plugins
- Rails Tip: Accessible Field Errors in Tight Spaces
- Fetches: Bringing your ActionController its slippers
- SubdomainFu – A New Way To Tame The Subdomain
- Sexy Forms in Rails
- 16 RJS Resources and Tutorials for Rails Programmers
- Five tips for developing Rails applications
- 21 Ruby Tricks You Should Be Using In Your Own Code
- Block level helpers in Ruby on Rails
- Vanity - Experiment Driven Development
- Synchronizing Core Data With Rails 3.0.0.pre
- Ensure with no rescue
- Custom dynamic error pages in Ruby on Rails
- Parsing Dates and Times in Ruby
- Multi Model Forms & Validations
Feature Introductions
- Rails 2.1 – Better integrated caching
- Rails 2.1 –Time Zone Support: An Overview
- Ruby on Rails 2.2 Release Notes
- Rails 2.2 – Simpler Conditional Get Support (ETags)
- Rails 2.2 – Simple Localization
- Rails 2.1 – Partial Updates
- Rails 2.1 – Pluggable Controller Caching
- Rails 2.1 – UTC-based Migration Versioning 24
- Rails 2.1 – Named scope/has finder functionality
- Rails 2.1 – Gem Dependencies
- Rails 2.1 – Dirty Objects
- Ruby on Rails 2.3 Release Notes
Attacking Prejudices/Exploding Myths
- Rails is hard to deploy
- Rails is expected to crash 400 times/day
- Rails forces you to use Prototype
- Rails is a monolith
- Rails is hard because of Ruby
- Rails only speaks English
Shameless Self-Promotion
Useful tools for daily routine
- hirb - a better irb console
- Rails Admin Interfaces
- Ryan Bates’ nifty-generators
- friendly_id - Swiss Army bulldozer of slugging and permalink plugins
- HTTP Client (Mac only)
- Passenger Preference Pane (Mac only)
- Rails 3 Dictionary (Mac only)
Testing
- Getting Started With Rails Testing
- Rails Testing: Not Just for the Paranoid
- A critical look at the current state of Ruby testing
- Steak: because Cucumber is for vegetarians!
- shoulda - Makes tests easy on the fingers and the eyes
- Factory Girl - Fixture replacement for focused and readable tests
- Cucumber - BDD and business-readable documentation