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I am following the instructions on how to use RESTful Rails plugin found at http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/04/19/rest-on-rails.html?page=3. When I run the rake test:functionals I get the following error message: rake aborted! undefined method `first'' for :book:Symbol (See full trace by running task with --trace) How can I fix this problem? I am using Rails 1.1.4 version. TIA

Now that we have the big Rails 2.0 release out the door, it''s a lot easier to push out smaller updates more frequently. So that''s what we''re going to do. Rails 2.0.2 contains a bunch of smaller fixes to various bugs, no show-stopping action, just further polish. But it also contains a few new defaults:

I read the Amy Hoy''s presentation on why scaffold is not a good thing for beginners. For admin application, is it ok to use scaffold? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to

Question please. I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. Are book related questions valid on the list please? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk

It looks like there is only Ruby Users Group in Northern Virginia. I am looking for Rails User Group in Northern Virginia. If there is no group currently let''s form a new Rails User Group. Please contact me offlist at bparanj at gmail dot com. TIA.

Agile Rails Development book says that it is a good idea to deploy regularly during the development process. So, I am planning to install Linux on my old PC for this purpose. But I don''t know where to start. Which Linux do the Rails developers prefer and why? TIA.

# Get a list of product ids from a form, then # sum the total price product_list = params[:product_ids] total = Product.find(product_list).sum(&:price) I understand the first list line and part of the second line, but what does the & symbol mean? TIA.

Is there any tools that is similar to Webtrends that can be used with Rails based Web sites? TIA http://www.ProblemSolvingSkill.net Hone your problem-solving skills

I would like to know which one is better. Zentest seems to lack good documentation whereas Selenium seems to be having good documentation. TIA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to

Hey if you know any rails cheatsheet link add it inot the follwing list, lets make a long list on Rails cheatsheet.... ;) 1) 2) 3) 4) . . . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060103/a6eea2ac/attachment-0001.html

In DHH''s keynote, he alluded to doing logins with REST. Has anyone implemented this, and if so, would you mind elaborating on how you did it please? Thanks in advance. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I am evaluating the Yahoo Browser Based Authentication Rails plugin for use in my web app. It looks like a good idea to make the signup process easier by using this plugin. I see the following advantages for using it: 1. Less code ;-) 2. I don''t have to struggle with Acts As Authenticated or RESTful Authentication plugins to get this functionality. 3. I can safely assume most of my

Hi, Not sure where to address this question ... but I guess this is a good start. I am a freelance Rails developer - and have been developing Rails apps professionally for about a year now. I just want to get an idea of what you other freelancers charge yourselves out at. I have been charging the equivalent of about $28/hour, but get a sense that I could/should charge a whole lot more. I am

I have been frustrated with J2EE technology just like any other developer who has worked in that technology for a long time. This made me learn about Rails and I was excited about RoR. Today I came across JBoss Seam framework and I am not able to contain my excitement. My passion for JEE development is back. It seems like it is better than RoR. I would like to hear differnt opinions about this

In an early section on Action View, showing code being put directly into the rhtml file: <% require ''date'' DAY_NAMES = %w{ Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday } today = Date.today %> <h1>Hello, Dave</h1> <p> It''s <%= DAY_NAMES[today.wday] %>. Tomorrow is <%= DAY_NAMES[(today + 1).wday %>. </p> I get this

I installed the Eclipse 3.2, Subclipse, and RDT: http://updatesite.rubypeople.org/release and RadRails: http://radrails.sourceforge.net/update. I am getting the "Failed to load JavaHL Library" error message when I go to Preferences -> Team -> SVN tab. This is also happening in standalone RadRails installation. How can I fix this? TIA.

The AWDwR book has the following: add_index :categories_products, [:product_id, :category_id] add_index :categories_products, :category_id The first, composite index actually serves two purposes: it creates an index which can be searched on both foreign key columns, and with most databases it also creates an index that enables fast lookup by the product id. The second index then completes

Ruby Cookbook is out. I browsed the book today at the bookstore. It looks very good with a section on Rails. There is no review on Amazon yet. Did anyone get a chance to review this book?

When I run the unit testing code in Unit Testing Models chapter of the Agile Rails book, I get the following error: $ ruby test/unit/cart_test.rb Loaded suite test/unit/cart_test Started F. Finished in 0.21806 seconds. 1) Failure: test_add_duplicate_product(CartTest) [test/unit/cart_test.rb:22]: <4690> expected but was <3579>. 2 tests, 3 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors require

I am following the Agile Web Development with Rails pdf book, when I run the store application it gives me the "Table ''depot_development.sessions'' doesn''t exist" error message. How can I fix it? Thanks in advance. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.