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Model-view-controller: what goes where

In a Rails application, most of your code is divided into three main sections: the models, the controllers, and the views. Which code goes where is one of those things that can be a little confusing when you're getting started with Rails.

( MVC FTW? )

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Blocks for beginners

Blocks are tricky to wrap your brain around and hard to explain, but they're very, very useful, so you'll probably have to tackle them sooner or later.

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Symbols!

Symbols in Ruby are the things that start with colons: :name, :muffins, :buffy_the_vampire_slayer. They can be a little tough to wrap your brain around (they confused the heck out of me for a while), so I thought I'd do a rundown.

( mmm, :muffins )

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Instance variables in Ruby and Rails

I was trying to explain this to someone earlier while doing a couple other things and was making a muddle of it. So here's a somewhat-more-coherent explanation:

( instance variables, class variables, Batman, Spock and cloning )

Let me know if you have any questions, additions or corrections!