Anyone who’s built a rails application that deals with large file uploads probably has a few horror stories to tell about it. While some people love to overstate the issues for their own purposes, it’s still something that can be quite challenging to do well.
As I mentioned in the article on File...
This is the second article in my series on file management, the third article will cover the challenges of handling uploads then we should be able to move on to some more advanced topics.
The second problem you’ll face when building an application to handle files is where and how to store them. Thankfully there...
Getting your file downloads right is one of the most important parts of your File Management functionality. A poorly implemented download function can make your application painful to use, not just for downloaders, but for everyone else too.
Thankfully it’s also one of the easiest things to get right.
For the purposes of this...
One of the most common features for web applications I’ve built over the last 4 years doing rails is file management. Users download file attachments in almost every web application I use. Thankfully rails has a really capable suite of file management tools, and there are several great plugins to handle some of...
