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Friday, May 16 2008

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Understanding Ruby Symbols
Symbols in ruby are an enigma. We use them, but many don’t really understand them.
So really, what is a symbol?

Simply, a symbol is something that you use to represent names and strings. What this boils down to is a way to efficiently have descriptive names while saving the space one would use to generate a string for each naming instance...
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Environments in Rails 0.13.1

Environments in Rails 0.13.1 lists all the various configuration options available to you, with a brief description of the purpose they serve.

*This is for Rails v.0.13.1! 

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Guide: Environments in Rails 1.1
Environments in Rails 1.1 lists all the various configuration options available to you, with a brief description of the purpose they serve.
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Configuring Rails Environments: The Cheat Sheet
So the first place we can look for information on environments is config/environment.rb. If you have added external libraries to your rails app or turned an app into production mode, should should be mildly familiar with this file. It does things like set your root rails directory, organize load paths and set your working environment.

Allow me to direct you to the lines of code significant to our discussion...
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