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Want to learn how to do something in Rails? Make a HowTo link and those in the know will try to accommodate it. Try to name it like HowToX.
WikiGardening in progress. We’re reorganizing the HowTo’s at the moment, apologies for the dust. If you can’t find the HowTo here try looking on the list of all HowTos If you would like to comment on the structure and organization of this section, drop a note in HowtosReorganizationDiscussion.
Installation
Guides to installing Rails sites on various hosts and configurations
Development how tos
Includes: General Ruby, Model, Views, Components, Email, Patterns, Xml HTTPRequest (aka Ajax), Tools and techniques.
- HowToUseHelpers
- HowToUseNumberHelper
- HowtoBuildComponents
- HowToEscapeHTML
- HowToEnableSSL
- HowToCreateSelfReferentialModels
Development Tools
- HowToUseNetBeansForRailsDevelopment
- HowToUseEclipseForRailsDevelopment
- How To Use Arachno Ruby IDE with Rails
- HowToUseTheConsole
- How To Do Inline Debugging With Eclipse
- How To Use Subversion with a Rails Project
- How To Use Darcs with a Rails Project
- HowtoDebugWithRubyDebug
Bug Reporting
Configuration
- HowtoUseConfigurationFiles
- HowtoAddYourOwnConfigInfo
- HowtoConfigureTheDefaultPageForYourRailsApp
- HowtoConfigureTheErrorPageForYourRailsApp
- HowtoChangeSessionOptions
- HowtoLockToSpecificRailsVersions
- HowtoConfigureLogging
- HowToUseUnicodeStrings
- HowtoSetDefaultEncoding
- HowtoDisableAutoTableNamePluralisation
- HowtoSetDefaultTimeZone
- HowToUseRoutes
- HowToUseMultipleGemRepositories
- HowToConfigureRailsOnFedoraApacheSCGI
- HowToConfigureRailsOnWindowsApacheSCGI
- HowToServePHPFilesInPublicFolder
- HowToOverrideMongrelsDefaultIPAddress?
Deployment
- HowToSetTheBaseURLsOfYourRailsApps
- DeployingApplicationOnTextdrive
- HowToLockDownRailsForDeployment
- HowtoUseRsyncToDeployYourApplication
- HowToDeployWithSwitchTower
- HowToStressOrLoadTest
- HowToCachePagesWithParameters
- HowToDeployWithLighttpdOnWindows
- HowToInstallApplicationsInSubdirectories
Databases (tables, columns, etc):
Databases
- HowToUseRailsWithoutADatabase
- HowtoUseMultipleDatabases
- HowtoUseSQLite
- HowToWriteAnActiveRecordAdapter
- HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServer
- How To Test The Firebird Adapter
- How To Run Embedded Firebird On Windows
- HowToUseActiveRecordThroughStandAloneScript
- HowToUseActiveRecordOutsideRails
- HowToPopulateYourDbFromScript
- HowToDoAsynchronousDatabaseUpdates
Migrations and Helpers
Tables and Schemas
Columns
- HowtoUseBooleanColumns
- HowtoUseSetAndEnumColumns
- HowToUsePolymorphicColumns
- HowtoHaveArraysInRubyAndDB
SQL, Queries, and Misc.
- HowtoQueryTheDatabaseDirectly
- HowtoSelectRandomRecords
- HowToUseTransactions
- HowtoUseJoinsWithFindAll
- HowtoHandleStatementInvalid
- Many-to-many relationships
Files
- HowtoUploadFiles
- HowtoSendFiles
- HowToCheckIfAFileExistsInYourRailsApp
- HowtoChangeTheContentType
- HowToExportContentToFiles
- HowtoCorrectlyUseStylesheetsInYourTemplates
- HowToUngenerateStuff
- HowToSendFileByPostMultipart
- HowtoSendAttachmentsinEmail
- HowtoCreateThumbnailImages
- HowtoUnzipFiles
Other Output Formats
- HowtoGeneratePDFs
- HowtoGenerateXml
- HowtoGenerateARSSFeed
- HowToExportToExcel
- HowtoGenerateRTFs
- HowtoGenerateJSON
- HowtoGenerateJFreeCharts
- HowtoAddCssClassTagstoLink_tos?
Testing
- A Guide to Testing the Rails (this is quite indepth, and supercedes HowtoUnitTest and HowtoFunctionalTest)
- HowtoFunctionalTestACreateAction
- HowtoRunOneTest
- HowToUseFixturesWithHABTM
- HowtoPutSerializedColumnsInYamlFixtures
- DisableForeignKeyChecksUnderMySql
- HowtoRunTestsWithCoverage
- HowToDoTestDrivenDevelopmentInRails
- How To Use CIA For Continuous Integration
Testing basic HTTP authentication in Rails 2.0
Customizations
- HowtoUseThemedViews
- HowToSetTheBaseURLsOfYourRailsApps
- HowtoMakeAbstractModel
- Howto Customize Code Scaffold
- Howto Customize Erb Templates (Should probably become its own templating file, once I figure out how to do that) —KevinWatt
- HowToAddCustomValidationKeywords
- HowtoSetEnvironmentDynamicallyBasedOnPath
- HowtoCustomizeTheScaffoldingHTMLTemplates
- HowToExtendScaffolding
- HowtoModifyRailsTrunkCode
Localization
Textdrive Specific
- RedClothOnTextdrive
- HowtoInstallOnTextDrive
- HowtoInstallOnTextDriveWithVirtualHosts2
- DeployingApplicationOnTextdrive
Security
- Ruby on Rails Security – Exploring the Security of Rails and friends
- Validating and securing input
- HowtoSecureFormsWithNoisyImages
- HowToAvoidCrossSiteRequestForgery
- HowToAuthenticateAgainstActiveDirectory
- HowToIntegrateCaptchaWithRails
Miscellaneous
- How to Process Credit Cards in Rails
- HowToMarketRubyAndRubyOnRails
- HowToGenerateChmForRails
- UnderstandingRegularExpressions
- UsefulActionPattern
- HowToProvideAlternateViewsForMobileDevices
- HowToMaintainSessionWhenCookiesAreNotAllowed
- HowToIntegrateFerretWithRails
- HowToStyleInPlaceEditorWithCss
- HowToRepresentObjectsInFormsOpenQuestion
- HowToChangeElementBasedOnCalculatedFormFields
- How To Consume .NET WebServices
- HowToRemoteRedirect
- HowtoPagination
- HowToPaginateSearches
- HowToProperlyTestIfUserHasCookiesEnabled
- HowToUseUserEngine
- HowToGetAJAXUpdatesOfTablesWorkingInIE
- HowToImplementSearch
- HowtoUseYAMLWithUnknownClasses
- HowtoPutControllerActionsInCronJobs
- HowToReportMan
- HowToUseSessionsWithDrb
- HowToDoHasOneNestingInRails2.0
- How to Send Email with Ruby on Rails 2.0 send email tutorial | jonathan s ng
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