This is definitely of the most useful posts I’ve ever read / stumbled upon. All tips, tools, plugins, software, etc. that are described here are great stuff. I personally use some of them myself but by reading this article I’ve to try more stuff that may make my life easier in several ways. Go read the entire post and you’ll like it.

(Personal note: I wish I could trackback the blog post but there doesn’t seem to be any trackback URL there, *sigh*)

Via errtheblog.com:

Okay, we use a lot of plugins. I’m going to make this a bullet list. Just pretend it’s a PowerPoint presentation. Er, on second though, don’t.

acts_as_cached

Already mentioned further up, we use memcached to cache many database queries. This plugin supports model caching, session caching, and fragment caching out of the box. A simply memcached.yml is added to our config/ directory and we can forget about it. The README file provides a wealth of common idioms and a mailing list keeps patches (and bug reports) flowing. Essential.

query_trace

Also essential, times two. This plugin attaches a short backtrace to every SQL query in your log files. The first time I heard this I thought, ‘so what?’ Well, it’s a big deal. Suddenly you know exactly what is going on with your ActiveRecord code-you know the exact line number from which queries are being spawned. When you’re trying to cache everything using memcached, this goes a long way in helping you sort out what’s what.

Read more on err.the_blog’s Rails Toolbox.

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