My Love for Ruby on Rails

if you are looking to make use of your uploads using paperclip on AMAZON S3,then this is something that will help you. i tried the same and wasted 5 days but its very easy by using ONLY aws-sdk gem and you can start uploading to S3.  Before starting i assume few thing from you: You have a running rails app ready. You have an active AMAZON S3 account (get the credentials,you will need it now) You are using paperclip 3.5.1 (i prefer) You uploads are saving to your system locally short preview of the sequence you need to understand: START -> get aws-sdk gem -> create new s3.yml -> configure an initializer-paperclip.rb using AMAZON S3 credentials ----END----------THAT'S IT lets get started: Install 'aws-sdk' gem by including in gemfile and running bundle install. Gemfile: gem 'paperclip' , '3.5.1' gem "aws-sdk"   Create new yml file such as config/s3.yml and store your AMAZON S3 credentials as shown below

Its easy to start development on ubuntu/centos using vmware and start development.i will start the code on certain assumptions : you know ruby on rails you are aware of how to make use of google(in case u are stuck and want to explore more without spoon feeding) LAST BUT NOT LEAST---you love coding short preview of sequence you need to follow:  START -> get vmware -> get ubuntu/centos -> get rvm -> get ruby -> get rails----END--THAT'S IT Lets start and finish this quickly using below mentioned steps: install vmware player if you are using windows/mcintosh from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads  NOW.vmware player need image file of the operating system you want,so hit the url and get centos at http://vault.centos.org/6.2/isos/ OR ubuntu at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop ONCE both vmware player and ubuntu/centos are downloaded,follow the steps to first install vmware(very simple) and mounting ubuntu/c