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"Ruby is a language with a set of powerful features - the most powerful arguably being Blocks, Procs, and Lambdas. In short, these features allow you to pass code to a method and execute that code at a later time. Despite regularly using these features, many developers don't fully understand the subtle differences between them."

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Build a Custom API to Connect WordPress With Ruby on Rails - Tuts+ Code Tutorial http://abid.es/1t6mtem

Why use the Ruby on Rails framework?

"For every other project, the requirement of using SSL/HTTPS crops up. And I'm sure, just like me, you were annoyed that there doesn't seem to be a simple way to test your SSL stuff in your local development environment. Well: Not any more. Here's how you set up your local Rails environment so that you can use SSL in development if you want or need to."

Ok, so you are using Sublime Text 2 and you can use Cmd-B to execute ruby code, but that ruby code won't be executed using under the environment dictated by the .rvmrc in the project which is a pity. The same goes for RSpec, where you usually want to use bundle exec rspec in addition to .rvmrc. I'm going to talk first on how to get regular ruby + RVM from Sublime Text 2 and then I'll jump onto executing RSpec together with RVM and Bundler from Sublime Text 2.

"State Machine comes to the rescue when models in your application need statuses and events. There is a #state_machine gem for #ruby. I recommend you to spend some time studying basics before you start using it"

A complete Ruby on Rails app for subscription content site (with Recurly)

Great article on how to get more out of the Rails console

Reading large codebases can be daunting. There's just so many abstractions, all linked to one another, making a muddled mess in your brain.But, with a little bit of experience, it becomes much easier to read code. Let's get to it!