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August 17, 2006
Ruby on Rails and Flex
I've decided to take the plunge and at least explore Ruby on Rails, inspired by a few posts to the FlexCoders email list. Here are the list of resources that I've found that are most useful in getting started with Ruby on Rails, Flex and other Adobe products.
Chritophe Coenraets: Christophe's tutorial is the best that I've seen so far that shows how to create a sample store using Flex and Ruby on Rails.
Stuart Eccles: Stuart wrote two articles (first article here, second article here) integrating RoR and Flex 2. Although written for beta 2 (I think?), they're still useful, though be aware that some properties have changed in newer versions of Flex.
This webpage has some tips on getting Ruby on Rails code highlighting and code completion working in Dreamweaver 8, however one of the links on the page is broken. This page is what they were linking to, telling you how to get Ruby files recognized in Dreamweaver. This page has a list of XML functions for code completion in Dreamweaver.
The group at Midnight Coders is working on an implementation of Flex Data Services for Ruby. As I write this, it will be released in 4 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes and 20 seconds. They've got a countdown timer for it.
This Google search (flex and ruby on rails) may provide more useful links for you.
If you've found other useful links, please post them as replies to this blog entry.
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Comments
And dont forget RDT (http://rubyeclipse.mktec.com/cgi-bin/trac.py/wiki ) as a ruby editor that can work inside eclipse, right next to flex builder.
For an easier way to get Dreamweaver to work with Ruby on Rails, see http://www.ridingtheclutch.com/entry.cfm?id=58
Mike,
If you like Ruby on Rails, you should try CFWheels. I've just started working with this framework and have found that it really makes ColdFusion fun! It uses much of the terminology does under the covers what Ruby on Rails does for Ruby.
I personally think that Stuart Eccles tutorial are the best I've seen, since they cover the full range of CRUD operations. Though I would highly recommend Christophe's as well
Also, if you want to see a simple extension that I did of the Flex Styles Explorer that allows you to download your CSS using some very simple Ruby, check out: http://www.flexonrails.net/stylescreator/public/
Don't forget about radrails:
http://www.radrails.org/
-e
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