The Games People Play (Part 1)

In the last post we implemented a welcome controller that lets us sign up, in and out. Now we’re going to add a RESTful games resource to the project so users can manage games.

The Welcome Controller

In the last post we created the Rails project and added authentication. In this post we will add a welcome controller.

Our Journey Begins: Players

I’ve introduced the concept of test driven development and REST and I’m finally ready to start writing some code on my Pente project. In this post I will setup the project, and generate and customize the player resource.

RESTing on Rails isn’t as Dangerous as it Sounds

I have decided to try and use REST design for my Pente project, and the purpose of this post is to ground readers on how I came to that decision.

Would you Jump Before you Checked your Parachute?

Software engineering has one big difference from all other engineering disciplines. If a civil engineer built a bridge without going through computer simulations, scale models, and rigorous review he would be jailed. If an aerospace engineer thought he found a new wing design and threw it on a passenger jet to see if it would work he and his grandchildren would be barred from engineering forever. Nobody thinks twice when a software engineer whips up a new function and runs it to see if it works. In this post I’ll introduce the concept of test driven development and explain why I will be using it for my Pente project.

All Aboard! Getting Started with Rails

I’m not going to try and recreate the wonderful getting started with Rails documents that exist all over the web. Instead I’m going to point you to the resources I found the most helpful when I started looking at Rails.