In the parent class place the following code has_many :posts, :dependent => :destroy This used to be accomplished with has_many :posts, :dependent=>true Check out the Rails docs for more information http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/As...

Here is a Regex for extracting URLs from text. However, these links will not already be hyperlinked or source attribtues from images or iframes. This example is in PHP. I was trying to format a Wordpress page to auto hyperlink but preserve embeded ima...

Renaming routes in Rails 2.* is straight forward. It goes something like this. ## config/routes.rb map.resources :users, :as => :members This will give you users_path and form_for(User.new) helpers, for instance, mapping the url to /members instead of ...

Changing issue state in git commit message for Github issues fixes #xxx fixed #xxx fix #xxx closes #xxx close #xxx closed #xxx Example git commit -am'complete bug fix closes #123'

This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. It is what got me interested in Rails and made me work toward the goal of running my own business and hopefully soon, launch my own products. ...