NoSql on Rails with MongoDB

It is possible to implement non-relational database (without SQL) to store data on Rails.

The definition of NoSql

Wikipedia NoSql

Heroku's cloud support for NoSql and why it matters?

NoSql, Heroku and You

Article that apparently got Rubyists notice about NoSql

Why I think MongoDB to Database is Rails to Framework

And get started to implementing NoSql

1) Install MongoDB

Installing MongoDB on OSX

2) Setup MongoDB for Rails 3

Getting Started with MongoDB on Rails 3

3) Examples and explanations by Ryan Bates

Railscasts MongoDB and MongoMapper

ASCIIcast MongoDB and MongoMapper

4) More info about MongoMapper

Mongo Mapper, the Red Mongo Wrapper

5) Thinking of using Heroku as your host?

Install the MongoHQ addon and configure your app for it

There is also a cloud host for MongoDb, MongoHQ

MongoHQ

Connecting MongoHq with MongoMapper to Rails app

Livereload

A great tool to prevent frequent reloads every time changes to Javascript, CSS, or HTML is made.

Get Livereload.

Feedzirra on Rails 3

Feedzirra is a gem that helps to easily parse RSS feed.

To get Feedzirra to work with Rails 3, we will need to do a few stuff.

We will include the required gem in the gemfile. Add,

gem 'nokogiri', '1.4.1'

group :after_initialize do

gem "feedzirra"

end

then run bundle install to make sure we have the gem good

At the config/boot.rb

Add Bundler.require :after_initialize below Bundler setup

Then we should be able to kick start using Feedzirra, refer to the links below for more info.

Feedzirra

Railscasts 168 - Feed Parsing