Ed Wassermann

In this last article, you will learn about queries in a few more involved scenarios and how you can refactor more complex queries that span across associations.

If you’re learning web design from zero and want to significantly improve your typography chops, then this article is written for you. We will cover...

In this second article, we leave the absolute basics of Active Record behind and look into a few more tasty bits that Rails has to offer to nuance your...

In this article you will learn the basics of Active Record queries and learn a few fundamentals about SQL along the way. It is targeted at beginners who want...

In the second and last part of this mini series, we’ll finish this introduction with sections about outputting Ruby code, interpolation, plain text and how...

If you’ve never dabbled with using grids in your designs, this article is written for you. In it you’ll learn the basic lingo, theory, and will see through...

In Ruby land, if you are looking for a new templating engine that lets you write super succinct markup that is also highly readable and customizable, Slim...

This article aims to give you a comprehensive introduction to the deepest of design rabbit holes: color. It will introduce you to the most important lingo...

If you have lived on the “fat models, skinny controllers” diet, you have definitely been going in the right direction. Keeping controllers skinny, though, is...

This article is an intro to the advanced waters of testing AntiPatterns. If you are a rather new to Test-Driven-Development and want to pick up a couple of...

This comprehensive guide will cover the fundamentals of visual design principles, demonstrated with plenty of illustrations to deepen your understanding....

If Design Patterns and AntiPatterns are rather new to you and you see yourself as being more on the beginner side of all things Ruby/Rails, then this one is...