Rails 101: Introduction - Ruby on Rails tutorial

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I was making a RSS feed the other day and wanted to limit the number of characters in my description. Here is how I did it.

Rails produces some pretty nice URLs. The URLs don't setup automatically though, you need to setup routes to match them to sections of your application. In this screencast you'll learn how they work, and how to set them up yourself.

A quick primer on installing Ruby on Rails in Ubuntu Linux--should work with other Debian-based installations.

A handy introduction to Ruby on Rails form helpers.

Learn how to clean up your code through refactoring. This episode will show you how to move code from the view into the model to remove duplication and simplify the view.