Ruby on Rails and Databases: Development, Performance, and Scaling | Talk.rb

The Rails Guides excerpt on Active Record Basics introduces the Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) system within the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture of Rails. It explains how Active Record allows developers to interact with databases using Ruby objects, covering topics like naming conventions, schema conventions, CRUD operations, validations, callbacks, migrations, and associations. The IONOS UK article provides a tutorial on configuring a Ruby on Rails application to use MySQL instead of its default SQLite. The Reddit discussion centers on the popularity and suitability of different databases, primarily PostgreSQL and MySQL, for Rails applications, with many developers favoring PostgreSQL for new projects. The Mongoid documentation offers a quick start for using MongoDB with Ruby on Rails. The DigitalOcean article offers a comparison of three relational database management systems: SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, outlining their advantages, disadvantages, and ideal use cases. Finally, the StepChange Labs interview features an expert discussing strategies for scaling Ruby on Rails applications with PostgreSQL to handle millions of users, covering topics like query optimization and database efficiency.

Official Resources:
www.ruby-lang.org/
ruby-doc.org/
rubyonrails.org/

Links:
guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_basics.html
ideia.me/benchmarking-ruby-orms
www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/know-how/use-m…
www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/i1dx5k/most_popula…
blog.railsforgedev.com/optimizing-database-perform…
www.mongodb.com/docs/mongoid/current/quick-start-r…
www.fastruby.io/blog/db-migrations-best-practices.…
fractaledmind.github.io/2024/04/15/sqlite-on-rails…
www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/sqlite-vs…
stepchange.work/blog/scaling-rails-postgres-to-mil…