http://www.jobwd.com/article/rss Using Rails to build an HR database for the enterprise en-us If you're safe turning validation off when importing large data tables into Rails, then the savings can be spectacular. I've just created 40,000 records in 24 seconds ... Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:54:43 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/33 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/33 Garbage collection. That's what's slowing down your Rails application, says Nimble Method. They show us how to fix it. And it makes an even stronger case for using ar-extensions for bulk data updates. Plus a worked CSV import example. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:33:01 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/32 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/32 Here's how I reduced a bulk data-insertion task from over 10 minutes to around 1 second thanks to 'ar-extensions'. Together with a little rant on Rails documentation ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:29:44 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/31 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/31 Not just the routine attendance, headcount, appraisal reports - but HR reports that'll make management sit up and take notice - and drive the business forward next year. Here are a few ideas. You'll have more .. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:28:47 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/30 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/30 Pre-printed payslips always seem to be printed on tractor-feed paper that isn't a standard size. So how do you size the page properly if your dot-matrix printer only offers pre-set sizes? In Windows, like this ... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:59:33 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/29 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/29 If we're serious about designing business-critical web applications, we need a fail-safe mechanism for when the web goes down. Here's a blueprint for what we need, and why Rails gives us almost everything we need. Want to get involved? Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:58:55 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/28 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/28 Recent reports suggest that the web may soon suffer from overload. While this may be political scaremongering, it highlights the need for enterprise-class web applications to have a fail-safe fallback if the web ever lets us down. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:23:08 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/27 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/27 So you've been reading the manuals and learning all about the built-in Rails helpers. But what about all those empty helper files Rails creates for you. Are you using them? Here's how I got started, and how it's helped to DRY up my code. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:23:31 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/26 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/26 Life in the Arab Gulf - love it or hate it, you've got to admit it's different. Here's how I've spent the last 24 very long hours ... Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:26:30 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/25 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/25 If your people management strategy isn't valuable enough, suggests Jon Ingham, then it's not good enough. Jon's Value Triangle shows how HR can add value to the business in 3 different ways. Read on ... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:04:24 -0600 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/24 http://www.jobwd.com/article/show/24