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1. Best way to create random DateTime in Rails
2. How to properly work with jQuery in Rails 3.1 asset pipeline?
3. WEBrick: RequestURITooLarge: should I update or use a different server?
4. Running 2 websites off of same Rails codebase?
5. Best Zip Code Plugin for Ruby
6. Capitalize only first character of string and leave others alone?
7. How to load a Javascript asset depending on controller/action?
8. How to avoid tons of commits when debugging Heroku app?
9. How to add CSRF Protection to forms created in javascript?
10. How to delete all contents of a folder with Ruby / Rails?
11. ActionMailer password security

A few Stack Overflow questions I found helpful:

1. Using Rails 3.1, where do you put your “page specific” javascript code?
2. Connecting Rails 3.1 with Multiple Databases
3. Adding HTML5 offline support to a Rails 3.1 app
4. Explain to me how config works in Rails
5. How can I start my Ruby environment from scratch? 
6. How do you access a Ruby on Rails Rails.root.join yml file from the console?
7. How can I programaticaly fill out a remote form with data from another form using Rails?
8. Load seed data in Rails 3 Project
9. What does a member and collection route mean?
10. Rails Namespace vs. Nested Resource
11. render partial object vs locals

I wanted to parse an Excel spreadsheet stored on Amazon S3 (AWS::S3) using the Spreadsheet gem.

I spent a lot of time trying to get this to work and was not able to find a good example anywhere on the internet so here is the code snippet:

Related:
How can I upload and parse an Excel file in Rails?

Here is part 2 list (in no particular order) of Rails questions I found interesting on StackOverflow and use for reference:

1. Dos and donts in Rails?
2. Rails Paperclip how to delete attachment?
3. How to store private pictures and videos in Ruby on Rails?
4. Order Users by comment count
5. Is there a good admin generator for Ruby on Rails?

Really wish there was a way to save or favorite questions on StackOverflow

Here is a list (in no particular order) of Rails questions I found interesting on StackOverflow and use for reference:

1. Backend Administration in Rails
2. Ruby on Rails State Machines (Related: Crossing borders: Extensions in Rails – The anatomy of an acts_as plug-in)
3. What is the best Rails example app?
4. How to integrate Facebook in Rails?
5. How to transfer a database using Rails?

I was working on converting a simple content site to Rails and I needed to maintain the existing search engine friendly URLs so the site does not loose its ranking.

The URL format I needed was /section-name/page-name

I looked into Route Globbing (a way to specify that a particular parameter should be matched to all the remaining parts of a route) but I went with the ‘No controller names’ technique suggested in this excellent post by August Lilleaas. This was the simplest and the easiest solution to implement for my app.