Google’s Social Graph API gives developers access to a wealth of public social data mined from the Web. In this tutorial, Louis extends a Ruby on Rails user registration form to query the API and suggest site URLs for users to add to their profiles.

Want to create a customized blog, without having to deal with the complexity of WordPress? Introducing Jekyll, a web site creation engine with a sophisticated templating system that’s dead simple to use. In this article, Simon Pascal Klein shows you how to use Jekyll to create a feature-rich blog quickly and easily.

OK, so Ruby on Rails is well structured and saves us time. But where do you start if you're completely new to web development? In this article, Patrick teaches you the important theory behind the framework, so that you can begin building best practice apps in no time.

With its built-in support for a REST-style architecture, Ruby on Rails makes building web apps easy and intuitive. In this article, Myles demonstrates how to get a tumblelog application up and running with a minimum of code, complete with full support for your own web services API.

Do you have what it takes to squash those nasty Ruby on Rails bugs? Expert exterminator and resident Ruby guru Patrick Lenz takes you on an action-packed tour of the latest Ruby debugging application -- ruby-debug.

Make your mark in the brave new world of Ruby on Rails! In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid foundations in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed explanation of Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge into the mysterious depths of the Rails framework. You'll emerge enlightened and ready to chart new web application territory.

Ruby? Rails? Ajax? Is this cluster of confusing buzzwords swarming around your head like a mob of angry bees? Then fear not, gentle padawan -- Jedi help is at hand! For I, too, was just like you once: confused, jumping at shadows, sinking into the depths of yet another custom Python web framework while softly weeping behind a stack of dog-eared PHP books. But not anymore. Today I build my applications in Ruby on Rails.