Arno Manders

Author: Arno Manders

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 1: Introduction

    These tutorials are a translation from this page that is the wiki of my school. I also mention this tutorial here If you have a little experience with Flex or/and Actionscript 3.0 you wan’t more, like receiving data from different databases. That is what this tutorial explains to you. The next subject are in this…

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 2: Install Ruby on Rails

    This tutorial is part 2 of a tutorial about Flex, Ruby on Rails and WebORB. This is the full List: —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 1: Introduction —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 2: Install Ruby on Rails —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 3: Install WebORB —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 4: Building a login system…

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 3: Install WebORB

    This tutorial is part 3 of a tutorial about Flex, Ruby on Rails and WebORB. This is the full List: —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 1: Introduction —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 2: Install Ruby on Rails —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 3: Install WebORB —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 4: Building a login system…

  • Tutorial Flex on Rails login system part 4: Building a login system

    This tutorial is part 4 of a tutorial about Flex, Ruby on Rails and WebORB. This is the full List: —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 1: Introduction —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 2: Install Ruby on Rails —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 3: Install WebORB —Tutorial Flex on Rails part 4: Building a login system…

  • Ruby on Rails database migration

     You can design your database diagram very well upfront but in the end there will always be some change in it, specially if you are going to use a technique as Ruby on Rails(RoR) for the first time. A basic example,  my “users” table looked like the image right. After I read more and more…

  • How to set up a database for Ruby on Rails

    On thing you have to over-think very well before you start programming in Ruby on Rails(RoR) is the database design and the relationships between tables. How do I name the tables and fields inside the database and what are the relations between tables. In this blog post I explain some things you have to do…

  • Google OpenSocial

    Is Google launching a new competitor for Facebook or is it something completely new? And OpenSocial, what is that? Well it is definitely not a competitor for Facebook. Google is not opening a new community website where you can share things with your friends. OpenSocial more a set of tools (API’s) for developers to create…

  • How to make your website search engine friendly

    There are already a lot of tips on the internet how to optimize your site for search engines but before you do this you first have to make sure that search engines can find your website. On the website www.usarchy.com Ruben Timmerman wrote a nice article about the 10 basic rules to make your site…

  • Usability

    Most people think good coding and a nice design is the most important part to make a great success of a website. I agree these things are important, but usability is just as important. I just finished my book from Steve Krug (If you like the book by it from his websites he earns more)…

  • Tutorial: Flex 2.0 with WebORB

    One year ago we started a project in the next web minor with Flex, WebORB and Ruby on Rails. The goal of the project was to create a video site for concert video’s shot with a mobile phone or something like that. That is not really the point of my post. During that project I…