If there’s one thing that’s saved me no end of heartache it’s including Apache conf settings for a Rails app or Merb/PHP/whatever, in the app’s config folder. You get versioning for free. You don’t forget your settings. You know where to find it every time. No other process can mess with it (not looking at [...]
Read moreEvery wondered about the possibility of running a rails app, and a php (or anything else for that matter) site together, on one virtual host, on apache. But why? the hordes screamed … DHH keels over … the PHP community says ahh just put it in CakePHP… and to you it feels just plain *wrong*.
However, [...]
Rowan is a Product Development Manager, specialising in architecting, developing and putting web applications into production - in particular Ruby on Rails based apps. He lives in Toronto, Canada but speaks in a funny accent as he's originally from New Zealand. He's been working in the software and web business for over a decade. This blog covers Web Application development and deployment in the real world, dealing with topics from business fundamentals to Ruby on Rails, Merb, PHP, Flex, MySQL, Apache and more.
