The Consensus

Rails Solutions

• category: front end
  • category: views
    • task: html
      1. solution: *.html.haml has 2 recommendations (2.3: 2)
      2. solution: *.html.erb has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
    • task: xml (when .to_xml isn't sufficient)
      1. solution: *.xml.builder
      2. solution: *.xml.haml has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
  • task: javascript
    1. solution: jQuery has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    2. solution: Prototype has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    3. solution: Prototype + Script.aculo.us has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    4. solution: YUI
  • task: css
    1. solution: Compass
  • category: common features
    • task: captcha
      1. solution: Ambethia Recaptcha has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    • task: blog
      1. no solutions for this task yet
    • task: forum
      1. no solutions for this task yet
    • task: gallery
      1. no solutions for this task yet
    • task: slideshow
      1. no solutions for this task yet
    • task: Charts/Graphing/Visualization
      1. solution: google-charts-on-rails
      2. solution: Seer
  • task: forms
    1. solution: formtastic
• category: back end
  • task: server
    1. solution: apache + passenger has 2 recommendations (2.3: 2)
    2. solution: apache + mongrel
    3. solution: nginx + passenger
    4. solution: nginx + mongrel
    5. solution: heroku has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
  • task: testing
    1. solution: Unit::Test
    2. solution: RSpec has 3 recommendations (2.3: 2, 3.0: 1)
    3. solution: Cucumber has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
  • task: database
    1. solution: MySQL has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
    2. solution: PostGreSQL has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
    3. solution: SQLite has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    4. solution: NoSQL
  • category: data structures
    • task: tree
      1. solution: Awesome Nested Set has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
      2. solution: acts_as_nested_set
      3. solution: acts_as_tree
      4. solution: better_nested_set
  • task: file attachments
    1. solution: Paperclip
    2. solution: Attachment Fu
  • task: essential gems/plugins
    1. solution: add_column_after has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
  • task: authentication
    1. solution: Authlogic has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    2. solution: restful-authentication
    3. solution: devise has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
  • task: deploy automation
    1. solution: Capistrano has 2 recommendations (2.3: 2)
    2. solution: heroku-san has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
  • task: exception tracking
    1. solution: Hoptoad has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
  • task: state machine / workflow engine
    1. solution: Acts as State Machine
    2. solution: ActiveModel::StateMachine
    3. solution: Ruote
  • task: foreign keys
    1. solution: Foreigner has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    2. solution: automatic_foreign_keys
• task: quickstart
  1. solution: Suspenders
  2. solution: RailsKits
• category: reference
  • task: sites
    1. solution: Ruby Lang has 2 recommendations (2.3: 1, 3.0: 1)
    2. solution: RoR API has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
    3. solution: Rails Casts
    4. solution: API Dock has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)
  • task: books
    1. no solutions for this task yet
• task: get support
  1. solution: RoR @ StackOverflow has 1 recommendation (2.3: 1)