About "How to make a todo list program with Rails 0.9 (out of date)"

by: Vincent Foley

NOTE: THIS TUTORIAL IS OUT OF DATE AND I DON’T FEEL LIKE MAINTAINING IT. SOME THINGS IN THERE MAY NOT WORK ANYMORE OR MAY BE WRONG. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND USING THE PRAGMATIC PROGRAMMERS BOOK INSTEAD

This tutorial is intended for first-time users of Rails who want to build a small database-driven application. I’ve chosen to show the creation of a rather simple TODO list program, because it’s short, easy and can be useful. I’ll be using Rails version 0.9.1, with ActionPack 1.0.1, ActiveRecord 1.2.0 and ActionMailer 0.5. If you have any problems, email them to me. If you want information on the methods and classes used in this tutorial, you can visit the Rails API documentation.

Contents

  1. Installation
  2. The database
  3. Starting the project
  4. Coding the application
  5. Conclusion