Dave Elkins

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This is a very good article about MySQL and Rails and some issues you can run into on high traffic apps.  Most of these should be reserved for optimizations when there are issues.  But they are good things to keep in mind.

The information about data scheme and indexes is very good think about when designing the data model.

Some information is a little out of date with the latest version of Rails but not a big deal.

Check out the article.

http://mysqldump.azundris.com/archives/72-Rubyisms.html

http://www.igvita.com/2008/05/13/load-balancing-qos-with-haproxy/

http://www.rorsecurity.info/2008/05/21/real-world-csrf-update-your-radiant-now/

http://www.igvita.com/2007/06/05/creating-javascript-widgets-in-rails/

Jim Neath has posted a good list of plugins for building Social Apps in Rails.  The list of plugins are very useful in any Rails app and I have used many of them.

http://jimneath.org/2008/04/25/building-a-social-network-site-in-rails/

There is a good article about CSRF Attacks at ROR Security.  It discusses a couple different ways that the attack can be executed and how to prevent these.

Here is the link: http://www.rorsecurity.info/2008/05/05/csrf-an-underestimated-attack-method/