So over the weekend I finally sat back down and got started with Ruby on Rails. I played with it a bit last winter, but it never caught on. Now im back at it and so far I love it. There is a ton to take in, but all in good time. I recently saw that Holman the creator of Good-Tutorials switched the platform over to Rails in the newest version of the site.

I have been designing/developing a client intranet where the client can:

• Submit updates to webmaster (set priority, details, and due date)
• Send messages
• View current status of website (using in place editor)
• View/download invoices

Those are just a few of the features and the webmasters on their end can:

• Update the clients website status
• Upload invoice
• Send message to client(s)
• Keep notes on the side
• Dashboard (last login, open updates, total clients)
• Manage client updates
• View all clients and details (name, site url, etc.)

Currently the application is built using PHP/AJAX and I am using jQuery has the framework. I am going to put together an online demo. Very sleek with all forms being submitted via Ajax.

If anyone has any other ideas for the intranet, feel free to let me know.

My goal is to start to convert this over to Ruby on Rails, but I have alot of reading to do! So far the MVC (Model, View, Controller) architecture is starting to make sense to me. I want to put together a post on tutorials and resources that have helped me for Ruby on Rails for other upcoming developers.