Handling SQL injection and XSS in Rails
Submitted by Zach Holman » The unfortunate part about learning a new language or technology is that there's typically little focus on security matters. Rails gives you a lot of time-saving helpers and methods, but you still need to understand where your app might be vulnerable. This is a quick overview of protecting your code against SQL injection attacks and cross-site scripting exploits.
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Ruby on Rails
Submitted by Zach Holman » With the launch of two new topics on Good-Tutorials (“Ruby” and “Rails”), I thought it might be good to start at the absolute beginning of Ruby on Rails development, given that a number of Good-Tutorials visitors are probably completely new to the language and framework. This will give you an overview of Ruby, Rails, installation, and offer a number of links to start you out with your Ruby on Rails development.


