Index

%d date format string option
data access times, speeding up
data integrity, enforcing
data streams, sending to browsers
@data variable
--database=database_type option (rails)
databases
Active Record, modeling with
find, retrieving records with
images, uploading to
migrations, developing with
MySQL
ORM (object relational mapping) and
pluralization patterns and
PostgreSQL
rows nested with acts_as_tree method
scaffolding, development with
schema, defining programmatically
serving images from
sessions, storing in
setting up to use rails
test databases, initializing
datasets, displaying with pagination
date columns
Date object
dates
datetime columns
db directory
db:test:clone_structure task (Rake)
Debian GNU
mod_fastcgi and
MySQL, installing
PostgreSQL, installing
Pound, installing
DEBUG (benchmark method)
debugging 2nd
breakpointer and
-cw option and
exceptions, emailing
filtering development logs
HTTP communication with Firefox extensions
JavaScript
logger class, logging with
object contents, displaying with exceptions
Rails console, exploring
ruby-debug and
writing information to files
decrement_position method
default application layouts
delete helper (Capistrano)
DELETE method
delete method
testing controllers and
delete statement (SQL)
deploying
Pound
deployment
Capistrano
custom tasks, writing
mongrel_cluster and
multiple environments and
:descendant option (assert_tag)
destroy method
development
development mode
development runtime environments
Diceware method
dictlist method (Word class)
disable_web task (Capistrano)
discover command (plugin) 2nd
discrete graphs
div element object
Docbook controller
documentation, finding
DOM (Document Object Model)
JavaScript, debugging
:domain parameter (ActionMailer::Base.server_settings)
domain specific language (DSL)
dot (.), creating Subversion repositories
download parameter
DRbStore 2nd
DRY (don't repeat yourself)
DSL (domain specific language)
dynamic attribute-based finders in Active Record