Rails – you think it is a POST but really it is a PUT
A short explanation of a problem where ruby on rails uses a HTTP Put when you think it is using a HTTP Post and you end up with a “No Route Matches”.
ruby on rails development
Martel Maides Guernsey Estate Agent Website
Building Martel Maides a new website was a fairly large undertaking and involved a website build, plenty of custom functionality as well as a complex integration project with their existing back-end system. The website look and feel was provided by a third-party designer and my task was to build the entire site from the ground up including some elements of design, but mostly a large amount of HTML and back-end code which in this case was Ruby.
Fairmoves – Guernsey Estate Agent Website
Fairmoves was a website for a startup estate agent in Guernsey, the project gave me the chance to write a Ruby on Rails application and involved a really slick integrated design. The design used a simple informational front page with a scriptaculous slider control that allowed users to select a price range to view on [...]
Find.gg A Comparison Website for Guernsey
Find was a joint venture between myself and two collegues that intends to satisfy a niche in the Guernsey market. Many websites exist throughout the UK that offer used cars, estate agents and property etc. but with Guernsey having difficult import/export issues as well as being isoldated from the point of view of commuting – a customer from Guernsey has very little use of UK wide searches.
iQ Investment Questionnare Risk Reporting System
A moderately complicated Ruby on Rails site that collects risk questionnaire answers and scores them, while maintaining a strict workflow.
briefus.com finalist in Bright Young Things 2008
Despite the project still being in the early stages of development I managed to get to the final of Schroders sponsored Bright Young Things and received some great advise from my mentor Julian Winser. I’m sure this will all be a great help in the long-term development of this creative agency workflow tool. It even [...]
5 steps to get you started with rails migrations
Rails migrations are brilliant. I say this because until now I had heard of them, seen articles about them and like poor misguided VB programmers I had completely ignored them. They make loads of potentially tricky database migration, rollback and versioning issues a doddle but mainly (from my point of view) they mean I can [...]
BriefUs Briefing System
As the companies creative team (web and traditional) grew, we required a system for managing our briefing system. I designed and wrote briefus to meet this need. All members of our marketing department have access to the system and are able to create new briefs. One of the creative team leaders then assigns the brief [...]