Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced programmers.

Developer tools, APIs and resources

Official API of the framework. Provides an explanation of every class and functionality.

This feature is scheduled for: Rails v2.3. ActiveRecord got a little batch-help today with the addition of ActiveRecord::Base#each and ActiveRecord::Base#find_in_batches.

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Ruby on Rails web developer posting about some of the little tips and details he encounters.