Podcast: Play in new window | Download A generator is a way of creating code from the command line. Rails has several of these built in, including generators for models, controllers, tests, helpers, scaffold (models, views, and controllers that support Rails’ RESTful routing), and much more. Generators are actually relatively simple. They are made up of two parts. The generator itself, and... 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Rails is made up of several components that all have specific jobs in making your Rails application work. Here’s a quick list of what they are and what they do. ActionMailer – The basis for mailers. This is the library that allows you to format and send emails from your rails application ActionPack – The components that parse, delegate, and... 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download The idea behind convention over configuration is that rather than having several or one large configuration file to set up the framework for you to use, Rails uses conventions to determine how things should work without configuration. In many cases in Rails, there are ways to override the default convention, but most people stick to the conventions. The conventions... 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Some people wonder if they need to know Ruby to program Ruby on Rails. My answer is “kind of.” Ultimately, when you program in Ruby on Rails, you program in Ruby. That being said, you don’t need to know the ins and outs to get started with Ruby on Rails. I didn’t when I got started. It does make a difference in understanding how Rails...