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14 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.49.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
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Useful resource for learning Rails by reading real code
From 4 comments
Ruby Toolbox is a great source. I think opensourcerails.com has an equal and opposite value. Often times it is difficult to visualize how all of the tools fit together, before…
danvoell on HNWhat a fantastic resource for anyone learning Rails. Looking at other people's code can be very educational.
mrinterweb on HNI basically learned Rails by looking at the Spree source, so this would have been incredibly helpful. Thanks!
nachteilig on HNThis is great! I've been struggling to find good example apps for things like Symfony2 on the PHP side - are you planning on expanding to other languages/frameworks?
RossM on HN
Clean, nice design and easier to browse than the old site
From 2 comments
I often wonder how other projects have tackled a similar problem to one I am tackling - today's example being multi-day events on a calendar. This list will make it much easier…
AlexMuir on HNNice job. Looks better and easier to browse than the old site.
tortilla on HN
Fills gap alongside Ruby Toolbox
From 2 comments
For more information on Ruby-based tools and libraries make sure to check out the Ruby Toolbox https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/by_name. It's my first stop when I have a…
up_and_up on HNRuby Toolbox is a great source. I think opensourcerails.com has an equal and opposite value. Often times it is difficult to visualize how all of the tools fit together, before…
danvoell on HN
Objections
URLs without trailing slash break
From 1 comment
Idly, it's a little annoying that missing the trailing / on a url breaks things. eg. ``` http://www.opensourcerails.com/lobsters/ <--- works…
shadowmint on HN
Requests
Show the Gemfile for each project
From 1 comment
Hi there, First of all, this is a fantastic resource, so thank you very much for putting it together. As somebody constantly working to improve his Rails knowledge I can see I'll…
davedx on HN
Search projects by gem or code base
From 1 comment
It'd be a fantastic learning tool if one could find all projects using a certain gem or search through the code bases. GitHub searches are often too broad and will come up with…
mmahemoff on HN
Expand to other languages and frameworks such as PHP Symfony
From 1 comment
This is great! I've been struggling to find good example apps for things like Symfony2 on the PHP side - are you planning on expanding to other languages/frameworks?
RossM on HN
Include non-Rails apps deployable on Heroku
From 1 comment
Nice. I'd like to see something like this that wasn't limited to Rails app, but rather any open source app that could be deployed on PaaS providers like Heroku easily.
tlrobinson on HN
Questions
Which open source JSON REST APIs are built on Rails
From 1 comment
Cool! Anyone know of any open source JSON REST APIs built on Rails?
fam on HN
Name of a former open source Rails education app
From 1 comment
Around 2 years ago there was a beautiful education app on Github built with rails. I heard they got acquired by google and, all of a sudden, all sources are gone. Does anyone…
eduardordm on HN
Alternatives named
Ruby Toolbox
From 1 comment
For more information on Ruby-based tools and libraries make sure to check out the Ruby Toolbox https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/by_name. It's my first stop when I have a…
up_and_up on HN
GitHub search
From 2 comments
Try searching on http://www.github.com. There is a lot of open source apps/boilerplate listed there that you can leverage. Most of the apps listed on the OP site host code on…
up_and_up on HNIt'd be a fantastic learning tool if one could find all projects using a certain gem or search through the code bases. GitHub searches are often too broad and will come up with…
mmahemoff on HN