Iron man goodies

ohh yes I am an Iron Man fan... who wouldnt want to be one...

wish list of Iron man stuff one must have :D
- The Killer Costume Party gear... The Iron man Helmet...
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Iron-Man-Deluxe-Helmet-/270831607595?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item3f0ed25f2b

and few action figures...

setting up a git repo at your domain hosting provider..
pre requisite - git should be installed there

follow
http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2008/11/23/gitn-your-shared-host-on/

Install random req tools on EC2 Amazon AWS

http://www.paul-norman.co.uk/2011/02/core-software-installation/

also see

http://codingthis.com/platforms/linux/how-to-point-a-domain-to-an-amazon-ec2-virtual-server/

ubuntu apache passenger

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails#Configure Apache

Capistrano for dummies

the bare basics..
http://www.softiesonrails.com/2007/4/5/the-absolute-moron-s-guide-to-capistrano
http://teachmetocode.com/screencasts/basic-deployment-with-capistrano/

Rails to MySQL data types

MySQL Column Data Type to Ruby class type (when using ActiveRecord)

MySQL Data Type	Empty Ruby Class	Ruby Class
bigint	NilClass	Bignum
binary	String	String
blob	String	String
bool	NilClass	TrueClass FalseClass
char	String	String
date	NilClass	Date
datetime	NilClass	Time
decimal	NilClass	Fixnum
double	NilClass	Float
enum	String	String
float	NilClass	Float
int	NilClass	Bignum
longblob	String	String
longtext	String	String
mediumblob	String	String
mediumint	NilClass	Fixnum
mediumtext	String	String
set	NilClass	String
smallint	NilClass	Fixnum
text	String	String
time	NilClass	Time
timestamp	NilClass	Time
tinyblob	String	String
tinyint	NilClass	Fixnum
tinyint(1)	NilClass	TrueClass FalseClass
tinytext	String	String
varbinary	String	String
varchar	String	String
year	NilClass	String

For completeness sake, here's a summary of Rails migration types and their MySQL column data types.
Rails Migration Type to MySQL Column Data Type

Rails Migration Symbol	MySQL Data Type
:binary	blob
:boolean	tinyint(1)
:date	date
:datetime	datetime
:decimal	decimal
:float	float
:integer	int(11)
:string	varchar(255)
:text	text
:time	time
:timestamp	datetime

gem development/packaging ref

gem development reference

http://sirupsen.com/create-your-first-ruby-gem-and-release-it-to-gemcutter/
http://integrumtech.com/2010/01/how-to-build-a-ruby-gem/

Roll with Rake!!!

output of
rake -T

rake about # List versions of all Rails frameworks and the environment
rake db:create # Create the database from config/database.yml for the current Rails.env (use db:create:all to create all dbs in the config)
rake db:drop # Drops the database for the current Rails.env (use db:drop:all to drop all databases)
rake db:fixtures:load # Load fixtures into the current environment's database.
rake db:migrate # Migrate the database (options: VERSION=x, VERBOSE=false).
rake db:migrate:status # Display status of migrations
rake db:rollback # Rolls the schema back to the previous version (specify steps w/ STEP=n).
rake db:schema:dump # Create a db/schema.rb file that can be portably used against any DB supported by AR
rake db:schema:load # Load a schema.rb file into the database
rake db:seed # Load the seed data from db/seeds.rb
rake db:setup # Create the database, load the schema, and initialize with the seed data (use db:reset to also drop the db first)
rake db:structure:dump # Dump the database structure to an SQL file
rake db:version # Retrieves the current schema version number
rake doc:app # Generate docs for the app -- also availble doc:rails, doc:guides, doc:plugins (options: TEMPLATE=/rdoc-template.rb, TITLE="Custom Title")
rake log:clear # Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
rake middleware # Prints out your Rack middleware stack
rake notes # Enumerate all annotations (use notes:optimize, :fixme, :todo for focus)
rake notes:custom # Enumerate a custom annotation, specify with ANNOTATION=CUSTOM
rake rails:template # Applies the template supplied by LOCATION=/path/to/template
rake rails:update # Update both configs and public/javascripts from Rails (or use just update:javascripts or update:configs)
rake routes # Print out all defined routes in match order, with names.
rake secret # Generate a cryptographically secure secret key (this is typically used to generate a secret for cookie sessions).
rake stats # Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application
rake test # Runs test:units, test:functionals, test:integration together (also available: test:benchmark, test:profile, test:plugins)
rake test:recent # Run tests for {:recent=>"test:prepare"} / Test recent changes
rake test:uncommitted # Run tests for {:uncommitted=>"test:prepare"} / Test changes since last checkin (only Subversion and Git)
rake time:zones:all # Displays all time zones, also available: time:zones:us, time:zones:local -- filter with OFFSET parameter, e.g., OFFSET=-6
rake tmp:clear # Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/ (narrow w/ tmp:sessions:clear, tmp:cache:clear, tmp:sockets:clear)
rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, sockets, and pids