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The Rails Edge Denver - Bruce Williams

by Scott on November 18, 2006

I’m here at The Rails Edge Conference in Denver and will summarize some of the talks. Let me take a moment to put in a personal recommendation for this group of speakers and the Pragmatic Studio conferences. They are a professional group who put on a well run conference. Highly recommended.

Building UI Frameworks – Bruce Williams

Bruce talked about the pain that views impose on developers and how to help yourself in the Rails environment avoid some of the pain. Bruce noted that this is not a Rails problem or an MVC problem, it is just a fact that views are hard to deal with. They mix a developer and designer’s frame of mind in a single place which makes for frustrations and challenges.

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The Rails Edge Denver - Marcel Molina Jr

by Scott on November 18, 2006

I’m here at The Rails Edge Conference in Denver and will summarize some of the talks. This topic is of interest only to those interested in Ruby or Rails, so if that is you – read on. If not, please disregard.

Active Record Demystified by Marcel Molina Jr.

Rails Core Team member Marcel Molina Jr. presented a walkthrough of ActiveRecord::Base#Save ActiveRecord::Base.find as part of the “Active Record Demystified” talk.

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