For this series, the goal is to blog the creation, development, and deployment of a Ruby on Rails application. The purpose is to provide a start to finish tutorial for the Rails beginner, something more than the traditional 15 minute tutorials found elsewhere online. While Rails is great for a 15 minute app, I feel that there is a lack of information for those who want to create something the world can and will actually use.

A secondary purpose of blogging this application is that it will eventually be something given to the public to use, and thus I want as much user input through the process as I can get.

On this page, I will simply link to each tutorial as it becomes available. I do not yet know how many parts it will cover, but will update this page with each one when finished. Unfinished parts are subject to change (if it’s not clickable, then don’t bet money on it yet).

First Stages Development
  • Part IV: Laying the Framework
  • Part V: Administration and Moderation
  • Part VI: Enhancing the UI
  • Part VII: Spoonful of Sugar
Deployment
  • Part VIII: Does it Work?
  • Part IX: Being Agile
  • Part X: Maintaining the Application