Morph AppSpace and Rails
Developing applications with Ruby on Rails is fast. Deploying, delivering, and managing your application shouldn’t be any different. Morph AppSpace subscriptions provide an enterprise-quality environment for your application that is fully managed by Morph. All you have to do is deploy your application using the deployment script we provide and that’s it. The rest is up to Morph’s team of experts. We manage the systems and monitor everything, from the infrastructure down to your application. Check out the resources below on how to get started.
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Rails Tutorials
Mastering Rails requires a clear understanding of its basics. Read this two-part tutorial (Part 1) (Part 2) and realize the power and efficiency of Ruby on Rails in a different way.
Rails Screencasts
Tired of reading endless and dull procedural guides? View these screencasts and engage learning Rails in a more exciting way.
- Caching with Instance Variables: Learn a quick way to improve caching performance
- Dynamic find_by Methods: Demo on how to shorten and improve code readability by using find_all_by and find_by methods.
Morph on Rails
For as low as $1 per day, you can get a complete and fully managed hosting environment that’s highly available and instantly scalable. See the resources below to know more about Morph AppSpace.
- Download our Rails Cookbook
- Deployment Demo: Learn how to deploy your Rails app to Morph AppSpace in less than 6 mins.
Other Resources
Creating Scheduled Jobs
Web applications often require scheduled jobs that run in the background. Historically, this has been achieved by running cron jobs. But with Morph AppSpace, the process is slightly different. Rather than using cron to execute scheduled jobs, we recommend the use of scheduled Rake tasks. Scheduling rake tasks in Morph AppSpace is as easy as logging in to the control panel and heading to your subscription’s Tasks tab (See full guide) Here’s a great tutorial on how to create rake tasks..
Security-Driven Rails
Concerned about the security of your Rails application? Worry no more! This tutorial will provide you with all the details you need to build that security-driven app you’ve always wanted. Read here.
Rails Cheat Sheets
If you’re the type of coder who likes to tackle multiple projects using different languages at a time, you might find yourself confusing the different syntaxes. Here are a few cheat sheets to keep you on track.
- RubyOnRails Cheat sheet (PDF): A 14-page Rails cheat sheet
- InVisible Ruby On Rails Reference An example-driven Rails cheat sheet.