Setting up a new rails3 project with authlogic

Saved my ass. Especially this part:

tar zxvf sqlite-amalgamation-3.7.0.1.tar.gz
cd cd sqlite-3.7.0.1
mkdir $HOME/sqlite
./configure --prefix=$HOME/sqlite
make && make install
sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby -- --with-sqlite3-dir=$HOME/sqlite

A common stumbling block for Rails developers is learning the basics required to write plugins. Luckily, if you can write Rails applications you can write plugins by simply drawing on a handful of basic patterns.

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A former student asked me a few days ago how I learned Ruby on Rails. The answer was that I simply read alot of great tutorials. So in the spirit of sharing, here are the 12 tutorials that I found most useful:

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