Ruby, Rails, and some big photos

Things have been quiet here because I've been spending just about all my spare time on a Ruby on Rails photolog application. You can see the results of the first public version here: http://kindofblue.com/

I really don't want this weblog to fill with entries only about Ruby on Rails, but I've got to tell you: it has really won me over. The more I learn, the more I'm surprised at how easy it makes putting up a complicated application together rather quickly. I hit quite a few roadblocks when working on the photolog, but more often than not, all it took was a quick pointer from Erik Benson and then I'd get it. Then even more things would make sense.

It takes a bit of trial and error to get the hang of Ruby and Rails, but once you do, you really won't look at web development the same way again. Honest.

Jul 24, 2005 04:48PM (personal, photo, programming, ruby on rails)

Comments

  1. nf0 said on 25 July 2005:

    Wow thats very cool. Are you storing the images in a database or externally and linking them?

  2. Bill said on 25 July 2005:

    With a rails app you get a "public" directory where you can put files to be accessed via a regular URL (not a internal rails rewrite). So, I'm storing them in there, instead of uploading the files into the DB. I never saw the point of doing things that way really.

  3. nf0 said on 04 August 2005:

    Cool, just had time to take a look at that works like a charm. I've never seen the point in having them in the database either, but just wanted to check.

  4. Mike said on 04 August 2005:

    Congrats on the application. It looks great. Ruby on Rails has been on my to-do list for a while now. I should just come up with an idea and get started. What do you think is more useful, learning that or AJAX?

    I'm also surprised kindofblue.com wasn't already taken.

  5. Bill said on 08 August 2005:

    Mike: Not sure which you should devote time to learning, but just know that Rails has a whole bunch of nifty, built-in ajax hooks.

    And I've owned the kindofblue.com domain since 1998, but I haven't used it for anything in years. Figured this was a good chance to put it to use. :)

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