http://railscasts.com Every other week you will be treated to a new, free RailsCasts episode featuring tips and tricks with Ruby on Rails, the popular web development framework. These screencasts are short and focus on one technique so you can quickly move on to applying it to your own project. The topics are geared toward the intermediate Rails developer, but beginners and experts will get something out of it as well. A Pro option is also available containing more screencasts each week. This version is for mobile devices which cannot support the full resolution version. en Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Ryan Bates rails, ruby on rails, screencasts, podcasts, tips, tricks, tutorials, training, programming, railscast, mobile clean Ryan Bates ryan@railscasts.com no ZURB's Foundation is a front-end for quickly building applications and prototypes. It is similar to Twitter Bootstrap but uses Sass instead of LESS. Here you will learn the basics of the grid system, navigation, tooltips and more. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/417-foundation foundation Ryan Bates ZURB's Foundation is a front-end for quickly building applications and prototypes. It is similar to Twitter Bootstrap but uses Sass instead of LESS... ZURB's Foundation is a front-end for quickly building applications and prototypes. It is similar to Twitter Bootstrap but uses Sass instead of LESS. Here you will learn the basics of the grid system, navigation, tooltips and more. no 11:06 With the release of Rails 4.0.0.rc1 it's time to try it out and report any bugs. Here I walk you through the steps to upgrade a Rails 3.2 application to Rails 4. Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/415-upgrading-to-rails-4 upgrading-to-rails-4 Ryan Bates With the release of Rails 4.0.0.rc1 it's time to try it out and report any bugs. Here I walk you through the steps to upgrade a Rails 3.2 applicati... With the release of Rails 4.0.0.rc1 it's time to try it out and report any bugs. Here I walk you through the steps to upgrade a Rails 3.2 application to Rails 4. no 12:44 Rails commands, such as generators, migrations, and tests, have a tendency to be slow because they need to load the Rails app each time. Here I show three tools to make this faster: Zeus, Spring, and Commands. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/412-fast-rails-commands fast-rails-commands Ryan Bates Rails commands, such as generators, migrations, and tests, have a tendency to be slow because they need to load the Rails app each time. Here I sho... Rails commands, such as generators, migrations, and tests, have a tendency to be slow because they need to load the Rails app each time. Here I show three tools to make this faster: Zeus, Spring, and Commands. no 8:06 The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JSON output. Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/409-active-model-serializers active-model-serializers Ryan Bates The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JS... The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JSON output. no 10:58 Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here I show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual way to trigger activities. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/406-public-activity public-activity Ryan Bates Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here I show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual w... Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here I show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual way to trigger activities. no 10:59 Here we take a look at two tools to aid us in development: Better Errors which makes it easier than ever to debug exceptions, and RailsPanel, a Chrome extension to see Rails requests. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/402-better-errors-railspanel better-errors-railspanel Ryan Bates Here we take a look at two tools to aid us in development: Better Errors which makes it easier than ever to debug exceptions, and RailsPanel, a Chr... Here we take a look at two tools to aid us in development: Better Errors which makes it easier than ever to debug exceptions, and RailsPanel, a Chrome extension to see Rails requests. no 8:06 Rails 4.0 is still unfinished, but it is shaping up to become a great release. Here I show how to setup a new Rails 4.0 (edge) application and walk through many of its new features. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/400-what-s-new-in-rails-4 what-s-new-in-rails-4 Ryan Bates Rails 4.0 is still unfinished, but it is shaping up to become a great release. Here I show how to setup a new Rails 4.0 (edge) application and walk... Rails 4.0 is still unfinished, but it is shaping up to become a great release. Here I show how to setup a new Rails 4.0 (edge) application and walk through many of its new features. no 20:23 Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here I show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a solution for validations. Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/396-importing-csv-and-excel importing-csv-and-excel Ryan Bates Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here I show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a... Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here I show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a solution for validations. no 10:19 Instead of presenting a sign up form to the user, consider creating a temporary guest record so the user can try out the application without filling in their information up front. They can then become a permanent member afterwards. Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/393-guest-user-record guest-user-record Ryan Bates Instead of presenting a sign up form to the user, consider creating a temporary guest record so the user can try out the application without fillin... Instead of presenting a sign up form to the user, consider creating a temporary guest record so the user can try out the application without filling in their information up front. They can then become a permanent member afterwards. no 9:27 Turbolinks can make your Rails app feel faster by using JavaScript to replace the page content when clicking a link. It will be default in new Rails 4.0 applications, but here I show how to use it in Rails 3 and mention some of the gotchas. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/390-turbolinks turbolinks Ryan Bates Turbolinks can make your Rails app feel faster by using JavaScript to replace the page content when clicking a link. It will be default in new Rail... Turbolinks can make your Rails app feel faster by using JavaScript to replace the page content when clicking a link. It will be default in new Rails 4.0 applications, but here I show how to use it in Rails 3 and mention some of the gotchas. no 7:45 The cache_digests gem (also included in Rails 4) will automatically add a digest to the fragment cache key based on the template. If a template changes the cache will auto-expire. But watch out for the gotchas! Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/387-cache-digests cache-digests Ryan Bates The cache_digests gem (also included in Rails 4) will automatically add a digest to the fragment cache key based on the template. If a template cha... The cache_digests gem (also included in Rails 4) will automatically add a digest to the fragment cache key based on the template. If a template changes the cache will auto-expire. But watch out for the gotchas! no 7:39 RubyGems can make it easy to add a feature to a Rails application, but it can also cause headaches down the road. Here I give some tips on researching gems to decide which one to choose, or when to do it from scratch. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/384-exploring-rubygems exploring-rubygems Ryan Bates RubyGems can make it easy to add a feature to a Rails application, but it can also cause headaches down the road. Here I give some tips on research... RubyGems can make it easy to add a feature to a Rails application, but it can also cause headaches down the road. Here I give some tips on researching gems to decide which one to choose, or when to do it from scratch. no 7:20 There are several gems to help implement tags in a Rails app. Here I show you how to integrate acts-as-taggable-on and then show how to do it from scratch. Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/382-tagging tagging Ryan Bates There are several gems to help implement tags in a Rails app. Here I show you how to integrate acts-as-taggable-on and then show how to do it from ... There are several gems to help implement tags in a Rails app. Here I show you how to integrate acts-as-taggable-on and then show how to do it from scratch. no 11:03 FnordMetric allows you to chart events in real time. This is great for keeping track of user activity in your Rails app as demonstrated in this episode. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/378-fnordmetric fnordmetric Ryan Bates FnordMetric allows you to chart events in real time. This is great for keeping track of user activity in your Rails app as demonstrated in this epi... FnordMetric allows you to chart events in real time. This is great for keeping track of user activity in your Rails app as demonstrated in this episode. no 10:04 JRuby is a polished and stable Ruby implementation. Here I show the basics of setting it up and executing Java from within Ruby. I also see how it compares with MRI at running threads. Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/376-jruby-basics jruby-basics Ryan Bates JRuby is a polished and stable Ruby implementation. Here I show the basics of setting it up and executing Java from within Ruby. I also see how it ... JRuby is a polished and stable Ruby implementation. Here I show the basics of setting it up and executing Java from within Ruby. I also see how it compares with MRI at running threads. no 10:47 Learn how to do extensive image manipulation with the ImageMagick commands. Also learn how RMagick can be used in combination with CarrierWave to process uploaded images. Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/374-image-manipulation image-manipulation Ryan Bates Learn how to do extensive image manipulation with the ImageMagick commands. Also learn how RMagick can be used in combination with CarrierWave to p... Learn how to do extensive image manipulation with the ImageMagick commands. Also learn how RMagick can be used in combination with CarrierWave to process uploaded images. no 11:23 Bullet will notify you of database queries that can potentially be improved through eager loading or counter cache column. A variety of notification alerts are supported. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/372-bullet bullet Ryan Bates Bullet will notify you of database queries that can potentially be improved through eager loading or counter cache column. A variety of notificatio... Bullet will notify you of database queries that can potentially be improved through eager loading or counter cache column. A variety of notification alerts are supported. no 6:20 Ransack allows you to easily build complex search forms. It also helps in adding sortable links and building a dynamic advanced search page. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/370-ransack ransack Ryan Bates Ransack allows you to easily build complex search forms. It also helps in adding sortable links and building a dynamic advanced search page. Ransack allows you to easily build complex search forms. It also helps in adding sortable links and building a dynamic advanced search page. no 10:18 MiniProfiler allows you to see the speed of a request conveniently on the page. It also shows the SQL queries performed and allows you to profile a specific block of code. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/368-miniprofiler miniprofiler Ryan Bates MiniProfiler allows you to see the speed of a request conveniently on the page. It also shows the SQL queries performed and allows you to profile a... MiniProfiler allows you to see the speed of a request conveniently on the page. It also shows the SQL queries performed and allows you to profile a specific block of code. no 9:03 Sidekiq allows you to move jobs into the background for asynchronous processing. It uses threads instead of forks so it is much more efficient with memory compared to Resque. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/366-sidekiq sidekiq Ryan Bates Sidekiq allows you to move jobs into the background for asynchronous processing. It uses threads instead of forks so it is much more efficient with... Sidekiq allows you to move jobs into the background for asynchronous processing. It uses threads instead of forks so it is much more efficient with memory compared to Resque. no 10:17 If you need to calculate an average user's rating or sum up a number of votes, consider using the activerecord-reputation-system gem. Here I will cover the basics and also briefly present a from-scratch solution. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/364-active-record-reputation-system active-record-reputation-system Ryan Bates If you need to calculate an average user's rating or sum up a number of votes, consider using the activerecord-reputation-system gem. Here I will c... If you need to calculate an average user's rating or sum up a number of votes, consider using the activerecord-reputation-system gem. Here I will cover the basics and also briefly present a from-scratch solution. no 10:27 As you will see it is easy to add a CSV export option to Rails. Here I also show how to export for Excel in a variety of formats. Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/362-exporting-csv-and-excel exporting-csv-and-excel Ryan Bates As you will see it is easy to add a CSV export option to Rails. Here I also show how to export for Excel in a variety of formats. As you will see it is easy to add a CSV export option to Rails. Here I also show how to export for Excel in a variety of formats. no 6:35 This will show how to create a new facebook application and configure it. Then add some authentication with the omniauth-facebook gem and top it off with a client-side authentication using the JavaScript SDK. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/360-facebook-authentication facebook-authentication Ryan Bates This will show how to create a new facebook application and configure it. Then add some authentication with the omniauth-facebook gem and top it of... This will show how to create a new facebook application and configure it. Then add some authentication with the omniauth-facebook gem and top it off with a client-side authentication using the JavaScript SDK. no 12:09 The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/358-brakeman brakeman Ryan Bates The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities. The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities. no 8:24 If a user's authentication cookie is sent over an insecure connection it is vulnerable to session hijacking, or more specifically, sidejacking. Learn how this is done, and how you can prevent it. Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/356-dangers-of-session-hijacking dangers-of-session-hijacking Ryan Bates If a user's authentication cookie is sent over an insecure connection it is vulnerable to session hijacking, or more specifically, sidejacking. Lea... If a user's authentication cookie is sent over an insecure connection it is vulnerable to session hijacking, or more specifically, sidejacking. Learn how this is done, and how you can prevent it. no 6:26 Squeel provides a comprehensive DSL for writing SQL queries in Ruby. It is built upon Arel giving you access to many of its powerful features. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/354-squeel squeel Ryan Bates Squeel provides a comprehensive DSL for writing SQL queries in Ruby. It is built upon Arel giving you access to many of its powerful features. Squeel provides a comprehensive DSL for writing SQL queries in Ruby. It is built upon Arel giving you access to many of its powerful features. no 9:10 There are many approaches to locking down an API. Here I start off with HTTP Basic authentication then move on to generating a unique token which can be passed through a URL parameter or HTTP header. Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/352-securing-an-api securing-an-api Ryan Bates There are many approaches to locking down an API. Here I start off with HTTP Basic authentication then move on to generating a unique token which c... There are many approaches to locking down an API. Here I start off with HTTP Basic authentication then move on to generating a unique token which can be passed through a URL parameter or HTTP header. no 7:42 APIs should be consistent, but it is difficult to do this when returning a JSON response along side the HTML interface. Here I show how to add a versioned, RESTful API. The version can be determined from either the URL or HTTP headers. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/350-rest-api-versioning rest-api-versioning Ryan Bates APIs should be consistent, but it is difficult to do this when returning a JSON response along side the HTML interface. Here I show how to add a ve... APIs should be consistent, but it is difficult to do this when returning a JSON response along side the HTML interface. Here I show how to add a versioned, RESTful API. The version can be determined from either the URL or HTTP headers. no 10:40 It is often asked: Is Rails a good fit if I only need to serve an API? In this episode I show how to use the Rails API gem to create a slimmer Rails application designed to respond with JSON. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/348-the-rails-api-gem the-rails-api-gem Ryan Bates It is often asked: Is Rails a good fit if I only need to serve an API? In this episode I show how to use the Rails API gem to create a slimmer Rail... It is often asked: Is Rails a good fit if I only need to serve an API? In this episode I show how to use the Rails API gem to create a slimmer Rails application designed to respond with JSON. no 9:56 Deploying to Amazon EC2 allows you to scale an application quickly. Learn how to use Rubber to deploy to the cloud with just a few commands and monitor the cluster with various web tools. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/347-rubber-and-amazon-ec2 rubber-and-amazon-ec2 Ryan Bates Deploying to Amazon EC2 allows you to scale an application quickly. Learn how to use Rubber to deploy to the cloud with just a few commands and mon... Deploying to Amazon EC2 allows you to scale an application quickly. Learn how to use Rubber to deploy to the cloud with just a few commands and monitor the cluster with various web tools. no 17:04 Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/346-wizard-forms-with-wicked wizard-forms-with-wicked Ryan Bates Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps. Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps. no 11:57 PostgreSQL can act as a worker queue which can replace the need for a separate process to manage the background jobs. Here you will learn how to do this with the queue_classic gem. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/344-queue-classic queue-classic Ryan Bates PostgreSQL can act as a worker queue which can replace the need for a separate process to manage the background jobs. Here you will learn how to do... PostgreSQL can act as a worker queue which can replace the need for a separate process to manage the background jobs. Here you will learn how to do this with the queue_classic gem. no 8:07 Postgres is a feature-packed relational database that every Rails developer should consider using. Here you will learn how to install it, add it to a new application, and transition from an existing SQLite app using the "taps" gem. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/342-migrating-to-postgresql migrating-to-postgresql Ryan Bates Postgres is a feature-packed relational database that every Rails developer should consider using. Here you will learn how to install it, add it to... Postgres is a feature-packed relational database that every Rails developer should consider using. Here you will learn how to install it, add it to a new application, and transition from an existing SQLite app using the "taps" gem. no 8:14 DataTables makes it easy to convert a plain HTML table into one with pagination, sorting, and searching - all done with JavaScript and jQuery. Here I show how to set this up and use a Rails application as the data source. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/340-datatables datatables Ryan Bates DataTables makes it easy to convert a plain HTML table into one with pagination, sorting, and searching - all done with JavaScript and jQuery. Here... DataTables makes it easy to convert a plain HTML table into one with pagination, sorting, and searching - all done with JavaScript and jQuery. Here I show how to set this up and use a Rails application as the data source. no 9:40 Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database content? Learn how using Globalize 3 in this episode. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/338-globalize3 globalize3 Ryan Bates Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database ... Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database content? Learn how using Globalize 3 in this episode. no 5:57 Copycopter provides a nice interface that clients can use to edit the text in a Rails application. Learn how to deploy a Copycopter server using Heroku and integrate it in a Rails application through I18n. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/336-copycopter copycopter Ryan Bates Copycopter provides a nice interface that clients can use to edit the text in a Rails application. Learn how to deploy a Copycopter server using He... Copycopter provides a nice interface that clients can use to edit the text in a Rails application. Learn how to deploy a Copycopter server using Heroku and integrate it in a Rails application through I18n. no 6:48 Compass improves the Sass experience by providing useful mixins, functions, and more. You will also learn how to make CSS sprites with it in this episode. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/334-compass-css-sprites compass-css-sprites Ryan Bates Compass improves the Sass experience by providing useful mixins, functions, and more. You will also learn how to make CSS sprites with it in this e... Compass improves the Sass experience by providing useful mixins, functions, and more. You will also learn how to make CSS sprites with it in this episode. no 9:50 If you need to quickly create an informational site that can be easily edited, consider using a content management system. Here I show how to build a site using Refinery CMS. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/332-refinery-cms-basics refinery-cms-basics Ryan Bates If you need to quickly create an informational site that can be easily edited, consider using a content management system. Here I show how to build... If you need to quickly create an informational site that can be easily edited, consider using a content management system. Here I show how to build a site using Refinery CMS. no 11:26 If you are tired of the browser vendor prefixes in CSS, check out Bourbon. It provides Sass mixins and functions to make CSS more convenient. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/330-better-sass-with-bourbon better-sass-with-bourbon Ryan Bates If you are tired of the browser vendor prefixes in CSS, check out Bourbon. It provides Sass mixins and functions to make CSS more convenient. If you are tired of the browser vendor prefixes in CSS, check out Bourbon. It provides Sass mixins and functions to make CSS more convenient. no 7:19 Twitter Bootstrap can help make beautiful web apps quickly by providing you with useful CSS and JavaScript. Here you will learn how to include it into Rails with the twitter-bootstrap-rails gem. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/328-twitter-bootstrap-basics twitter-bootstrap-basics Ryan Bates Twitter Bootstrap can help make beautiful web apps quickly by providing you with useful CSS and JavaScript. Here you will learn how to include it i... Twitter Bootstrap can help make beautiful web apps quickly by providing you with useful CSS and JavaScript. Here you will learn how to include it into Rails with the twitter-bootstrap-rails gem. no 10:11 ActiveAttr provides what Active Model left out. If you need to create a table-less model with features similar to Active Record, watch this episode. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/326-activeattr activeattr Ryan Bates ActiveAttr provides what Active Model left out. If you need to create a table-less model with features similar to Active Record, watch this episode. ActiveAttr provides what Active Model left out. If you need to create a table-less model with features similar to Active Record, watch this episode. no 5:24 There are a variety of ways to pass variables from a Rails application to JavaScript. Here I show three techniques: a script tag, a data attribute, and the Gon gem. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/324-passing-data-to-javascript passing-data-to-javascript Ryan Bates There are a variety of ways to pass variables from a Rails application to JavaScript. Here I show three techniques: a script tag, a data attribute,... There are a variety of ways to pass variables from a Rails application to JavaScript. Here I show three techniques: a script tag, a data attribute, and the Gon gem. no 6:48 RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/322-rabl rabl Ryan Bates RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure comp... RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode. no 8:59 Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/320-jbuilder jbuilder Ryan Bates Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions. Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions. no 8:17 Rails 3.2 sports many new features including automatic explain queries, tagged logging, key-value store in Active Record, improved migration generator and more. Learn all about these new features in this episode. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/318-upgrading-to-rails-3-2 upgrading-to-rails-3-2 Ryan Bates Rails 3.2 sports many new features including automatic explain queries, tagged logging, key-value store in Active Record, improved migration genera... Rails 3.2 sports many new features including automatic explain queries, tagged logging, key-value store in Active Record, improved migration generator and more. Learn all about these new features in this episode. no 9:45 Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScript or supply a hash for use with JSON. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/316-private-pub private-pub Ryan Bates Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScrip... Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScript or supply a hash for use with JSON. no 7:34 If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generate a URL slug and maintain a history. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/314-pretty-urls-with-friendlyid pretty-urls-with-friendlyid Ryan Bates If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generat... If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generate a URL slug and maintain a history. no 7:43 HTML email can be difficult to code because any CSS should be made inline. Here I present a few tools for doing this including the premailer-rails3 and roadie gems. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/312-sending-html-email sending-html-email Ryan Bates HTML email can be difficult to code because any CSS should be made inline. Here I present a few tools for doing this including the premailer-rails3... HTML email can be difficult to code because any CSS should be made inline. Here I present a few tools for doing this including the premailer-rails3 and roadie gems. no 5:42 Learning Ruby on Rails can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to programming. Here I will take you on a tour through various resources to help get started with Rails. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/310-getting-started-with-rails getting-started-with-rails Ryan Bates Learning Ruby on Rails can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to programming. Here I will take you on a tour through various resources to h... Learning Ruby on Rails can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to programming. Here I will take you on a tour through various resources to help get started with Rails. no 7:56 As Rails developers, we frequently use the command line. Here I will show how to switch to Z Shell using Oh My ZSH including how to make your own theme and plugins. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/308-oh-my-zsh oh-my-zsh Ryan Bates As Rails developers, we frequently use the command line. Here I will show how to switch to Z Shell using Oh My ZSH including how to make your own t... As Rails developers, we frequently use the command line. Here I will show how to switch to Z Shell using Oh My ZSH including how to make your own theme and plugins. no 9:11 Add full text searching using ElasticSearch and Tire. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application. This is the first part in a two part series. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/306-elasticsearch-part-1 elasticsearch-part-1 Ryan Bates Add full text searching using ElasticSearch and Tire. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application. This is... Add full text searching using ElasticSearch and Tire. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application. This is the first part in a two part series. no 9:58 With the release of OmniAuth 1.0 there is a new Identity strategy which allows users to register/login with a password if they don't want to use an external provider. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/304-omniauth-identity omniauth-identity Ryan Bates With the release of OmniAuth 1.0 there is a new Identity strategy which allows users to register/login with a password if they don't want to use an... With the release of OmniAuth 1.0 there is a new Identity strategy which allows users to register/login with a password if they don't want to use an external provider. no 11:01 Edit an attribute in-place without leaving a page using the Best In Place gem. Learn how to add validations and support for various field types. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/302-in-place-editing in-place-editing Ryan Bates Edit an attribute in-place without leaving a page using the Best In Place gem. Learn how to add validations and support for various field types. Edit an attribute in-place without leaving a page using the Best In Place gem. Learn how to add validations and support for various field types. no 8:20 GitHub makes it easier than ever to contribute to open source with pull requests. Here I show how to submit a pull request to the VCR project. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/300-contributing-to-open-source contributing-to-open-source Ryan Bates GitHub makes it easier than ever to contribute to open source with pull requests. Here I show how to submit a pull request to the VCR project. GitHub makes it easier than ever to contribute to open source with pull requests. Here I show how to submit a pull request to the VCR project. no 9:22 Spree allows you to quickly turn a Rails project into a full eCommerce application. Here I show how to set it up and configure the look and feel of the store. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/298-getting-started-with-spree getting-started-with-spree Ryan Bates Spree allows you to quickly turn a Rails project into a full eCommerce application. Here I show how to set it up and configure the look and feel of... Spree allows you to quickly turn a Rails project into a full eCommerce application. Here I show how to set it up and configure the look and feel of the store. no 10:53 Mercury allows you to edit a section of HTML directly in the web browser through a WYSIWYG editor. Here I show how to integrate Mercury into a Rails app and save the changes back to the database. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/296-mercury-editor mercury-editor Ryan Bates Mercury allows you to edit a section of HTML directly in the web browser through a WYSIWYG editor. Here I show how to integrate Mercury into a Rail... Mercury allows you to edit a section of HTML directly in the web browser through a WYSIWYG editor. Here I show how to integrate Mercury into a Rails app and save the changes back to the database. no 11:09 PJAX allows you to quickly update a section of a page using AJAX with automatic pushState support. Here I show how to use both pjax_rails and rack-pjax gems. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/294-playing-with-pjax playing-with-pjax Ryan Bates PJAX allows you to quickly update a section of a page using AJAX with automatic pushState support. Here I show how to use both pjax_rails and rack-... PJAX allows you to quickly update a section of a page using AJAX with automatic pushState support. Here I show how to use both pjax_rails and rack-pjax gems. no 8:38 Vagrant allows you to run your Rails application and all of its dependencies in a portable, sharable environment. Use for development, set it up as a staging server, or experiment with a production setup. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/292-virtual-machines-with-vagrant virtual-machines-with-vagrant Ryan Bates Vagrant allows you to run your Rails application and all of its dependencies in a portable, sharable environment. Use for development, set it up as... Vagrant allows you to run your Rails application and all of its dependencies in a portable, sharable environment. Use for development, set it up as a staging server, or experiment with a production setup. no 11:30 Communicating with a SOAP API can be a daunting task. Savon makes this easier by presenting the SOAP API through a Ruby interface. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/290-soap-with-savon soap-with-savon Ryan Bates Communicating with a SOAP API can be a daunting task. Savon makes this easier by presenting the SOAP API through a Ruby interface. Communicating with a SOAP API can be a daunting task. Savon makes this easier by presenting the SOAP API through a Ruby interface. no 9:52 Stripe is a full-stack payment solution with very reasonable pricing and is easy to setup. See how to add it to a Rails application here. Currently only available in the US. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/288-billing-with-stripe billing-with-stripe Ryan Bates Stripe is a full-stack payment solution with very reasonable pricing and is easy to setup. See how to add it to a Rails application here. Currently... Stripe is a full-stack payment solution with very reasonable pricing and is easy to setup. See how to add it to a Rails application here. Currently only available in the US. no 16:36 Clean up complex view logic using Draper. This gem provides decorators (much like presenters) which bundles view logic in an object oriented fashion. In this episode I do a step-by-step refactoring of a complex template into a decorator. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/286-draper draper Ryan Bates Clean up complex view logic using Draper. This gem provides decorators (much like presenters) which bundles view logic in an object oriented fashio... Clean up complex view logic using Draper. This gem provides decorators (much like presenters) which bundles view logic in an object oriented fashion. In this episode I do a step-by-step refactoring of a complex template into a decorator. no 12:10 Spork improves the loading time of your test suite by starting up your Rails application once in the background. Use it with Guard for the ultimate combo in fast feedback while doing TDD. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/285-spork spork Ryan Bates Spork improves the loading time of your test suite by starting up your Rails application once in the background. Use it with Guard for the ultimate... Spork improves the loading time of your test suite by starting up your Rails application once in the background. Use it with Guard for the ultimate combo in fast feedback while doing TDD. no 9:19 Active Admin allows you to quickly build an admin interface with just a few commands. Not only does it look great, but it is very customizable as shown in this episode. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/284-active-admin active-admin Ryan Bates Active Admin allows you to quickly build an admin interface with just a few commands. Not only does it look great, but it is very customizable as s... Active Admin allows you to quickly build an admin interface with just a few commands. Not only does it look great, but it is very customizable as shown in this episode. no 12:43 Sorcery is a full-featured, modular solution to authentication which leaves the controller and view layers up to you. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/283-authentication-with-sorcery authentication-with-sorcery Ryan Bates Sorcery is a full-featured, modular solution to authentication which leaves the controller and view layers up to you. Sorcery is a full-featured, modular solution to authentication which leaves the controller and view layers up to you. no 10:40 It is incredibly easy to upgrade to Rails 3.1, but if you want to take advantage of the asset pipeline you will need to put in some extra effort. Have no fear because I walk you through each of the necessary steps in this episode. Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/282-upgrading-to-rails-3-1 upgrading-to-rails-3-1 Ryan Bates It is incredibly easy to upgrade to Rails 3.1, but if you want to take advantage of the asset pipeline you will need to put in some extra effort. H... It is incredibly easy to upgrade to Rails 3.1, but if you want to take advantage of the asset pipeline you will need to put in some extra effort. Have no fear because I walk you through each of the necessary steps in this episode. no 8:42 Foreman can help manage multiple processes that your Rails app depends upon when running in development. It also provides an export command to move them into production. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/281-foreman foreman Ryan Bates Foreman can help manage multiple processes that your Rails app depends upon when running in development. It also provides an export command to move... Foreman can help manage multiple processes that your Rails app depends upon when running in development. It also provides an export command to move them into production. no 4:21 Pry is an alternative to IRB and sports many great features. Here I show how to integrate it into a Rails app, and how it can aid in debugging. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/280-pry-with-rails pry-with-rails Ryan Bates Pry is an alternative to IRB and sports many great features. Here I show how to integrate it into a Rails app, and how it can aid in debugging. Pry is an alternative to IRB and sports many great features. Here I show how to integrate it into a Rails app, and how it can aid in debugging. no 8:08 The asset pipeline is probably the biggest feature in Rails 3.1, but it can seem like magic at first. Here I dive into exactly how the asset pipeline works. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/279-understanding-the-asset-pipeline understanding-the-asset-pipeline Ryan Bates The asset pipeline is probably the biggest feature in Rails 3.1, but it can seem like magic at first. Here I dive into exactly how the asset pipeli... The asset pipeline is probably the biggest feature in Rails 3.1, but it can seem like magic at first. Here I dive into exactly how the asset pipeline works. no 11:22 Sunspot makes it easy to do full text searching through Solr. Here I show how to search on various attributes and add facets for filtering the search further. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/278-search-with-sunspot search-with-sunspot Ryan Bates Sunspot makes it easy to do full text searching through Solr. Here I show how to search on various attributes and add facets for filtering the sear... Sunspot makes it easy to do full text searching through Solr. Here I show how to search on various attributes and add facets for filtering the search further. no 10:22 Engines are receiving a major update in Rails 3.1. You can mount them at any path, embed assets, run generators and more. See how in this episode. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/277-mountable-engines mountable-engines Ryan Bates Engines are receiving a major update in Rails 3.1. You can mount them at any path, embed assets, run generators and more. See how in this episode. Engines are receiving a major update in Rails 3.1. You can mount them at any path, embed assets, run generators and more. See how in this episode. no 13:03 It can be difficult to test code that deals with the current time or an external web request. Here I show you how to do both using the Timecop and FakeWeb gems. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/276-testing-time-web-requests testing-time-web-requests Ryan Bates It can be difficult to test code that deals with the current time or an external web request. Here I show you how to do both using the Timecop and ... It can be difficult to test code that deals with the current time or an external web request. Here I show you how to do both using the Timecop and FakeWeb gems. no 8:57 Here I show how I would add tests to the password reset feature created in the previous episode. I use RSpec, Capybara, Factory Girl, and Guard to make request, model, and mailer specs. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/275-how-i-test how-i-test Ryan Bates Here I show how I would add tests to the password reset feature created in the previous episode. I use RSpec, Capybara, Factory Girl, and Guard to ... Here I show how I would add tests to the password reset feature created in the previous episode. I use RSpec, Capybara, Factory Girl, and Guard to make request, model, and mailer specs. no 15:26 It is easy to create authentication from scratch, but how do we extend it with more features? Here I add a "remember me" check box and a "forgotten password" link. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/274-remember-me-reset-password remember-me-reset-password Ryan Bates It is easy to create authentication from scratch, but how do we extend it with more features? Here I add a "remember me" check box and a "forgotten... It is easy to create authentication from scratch, but how do we extend it with more features? Here I add a "remember me" check box and a "forgotten password" link. no 12:14 If you need to work with geographic data, Geocoder is an excellent gem for converting addresses and coordinates, finding nearby locations, determining distances, and more! Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/273-geocoder geocoder Ryan Bates If you need to work with geographic data, Geocoder is an excellent gem for converting addresses and coordinates, finding nearby locations, determin... If you need to work with geographic data, Geocoder is an excellent gem for converting addresses and coordinates, finding nearby locations, determining distances, and more! no 8:12 Redcarpet is an easy-to-use gem which interprets Markdown. Here I show how to customize it and add syntax highlighting through Pygments and Albino. Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/272-markdown-with-redcarpet markdown-with-redcarpet Ryan Bates Redcarpet is an easy-to-use gem which interprets Markdown. Here I show how to customize it and add syntax highlighting through Pygments and Albino. Redcarpet is an easy-to-use gem which interprets Markdown. Here I show how to customize it and add syntax highlighting through Pygments and Albino. no 6:47 Resque creates background jobs using Redis. It supports multiple queue and comes with an administration interface for monitoring and managing the queues. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/271-resque resque Ryan Bates Resque creates background jobs using Redis. It supports multiple queue and comes with an administration interface for monitoring and managing the q... Resque creates background jobs using Redis. It supports multiple queue and comes with an administration interface for monitoring and managing the queues. no 12:23 Here I show off three new features in Rails 3.1 that will help with authentication: easier HTTP Basic, SecurePassword in the database, and forcing SSL. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/270-authentication-in-rails-3-1 authentication-in-rails-3-1 Ryan Bates Here I show off three new features in Rails 3.1 that will help with authentication: easier HTTP Basic, SecurePassword in the database, and forcing ... Here I show off three new features in Rails 3.1 that will help with authentication: easier HTTP Basic, SecurePassword in the database, and forcing SSL. no 7:07 In Rails 3.1 the controller inheritance also applies to the view layer. Here I show how to add an application template which is shared by all views, and a lookup path for overriding templates based on the subdomain. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/269-template-inheritance template-inheritance Ryan Bates In Rails 3.1 the controller inheritance also applies to the view layer. Here I show how to add an application template which is shared by all views... In Rails 3.1 the controller inheritance also applies to the view layer. Here I show how to add an application template which is shared by all views, and a lookup path for overriding templates based on the subdomain. no 8:46 Sass extends CSS with variables, nesting, mixins and more. Here I show how to convert plain CSS to SCSS in a Rails 3.1 app. Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/268-sass-basics sass-basics Ryan Bates Sass extends CSS with variables, nesting, mixins and more. Here I show how to convert plain CSS to SCSS in a Rails 3.1 app. Sass extends CSS with variables, nesting, mixins and more. Here I show how to convert plain CSS to SCSS in a Rails 3.1 app. no 13:06 CoffeeScript allows you to write JavaScript in a concise, elegant fashion. Here I convert JavaScript code to CoffeeScript in a Rails 3.1 app. Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/267-coffeescript-basics coffeescript-basics Ryan Bates CoffeeScript allows you to write JavaScript in a concise, elegant fashion. Here I convert JavaScript code to CoffeeScript in a Rails 3.1 app. CoffeeScript allows you to write JavaScript in a concise, elegant fashion. Here I convert JavaScript code to CoffeeScript in a Rails 3.1 app. no 11:04 HTTP Streaming allows the browser to start processing the HTML response while the Rails app is still processing the rest of the request. Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/266-http-streaming http-streaming Ryan Bates HTTP Streaming allows the browser to start processing the HTML response while the Rails app is still processing the rest of the request. HTTP Streaming allows the browser to start processing the HTML response while the Rails app is still processing the rest of the request. no 9:15 This is the first episode in a series covering Rails 3.1. Here I show how to install the beta and show some of the new features. Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/265-rails-3-1-overview rails-3-1-overview Ryan Bates This is the first episode in a series covering Rails 3.1. Here I show how to install the beta and show some of the new features. This is the first episode in a series covering Rails 3.1. Here I show how to install the beta and show some of the new features. no 13:50 Guard watches files and runs a command after a file is modified. This allows you to automatically run tests in the background, restart your development server, reload the browser, and more. Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/264-guard guard Ryan Bates Guard watches files and runs a command after a file is modified. This allows you to automatically run tests in the background, restart your develop... Guard watches files and runs a command after a file is modified. This allows you to automatically run tests in the background, restart your development server, reload the browser, and more. no 8:44 Showing validation errors inline as the user is filling out the form can lead to a better use experience. Learn how to do this using the Client Side Validations gem. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/263-client-side-validations client-side-validations Ryan Bates Showing validation errors inline as the user is filling out the form can lead to a better use experience. Learn how to do this using the Client Sid... Showing validation errors inline as the user is filling out the form can lead to a better use experience. Learn how to do this using the Client Side Validations gem. no 8:42 The Ancestry gem works like a tree but also allows us to fetch deeply nested messages in a single query. It provides a method to arrange them after fetching. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/262-trees-with-ancestry trees-with-ancestry Ryan Bates The Ancestry gem works like a tree but also allows us to fetch deeply nested messages in a single query. It provides a method to arrange them after... The Ancestry gem works like a tree but also allows us to fetch deeply nested messages in a single query. It provides a method to arrange them after fetching. no 9:39 Are you testing your JavaScript? Learn how to add specs using Jasmine. This episode also covers jQuery integration with jasmine-jquery. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/261-testing-javascript-with-jasmine testing-javascript-with-jasmine Ryan Bates Are you testing your JavaScript? Learn how to add specs using Jasmine. This episode also covers jQuery integration with jasmine-jquery. Are you testing your JavaScript? Learn how to add specs using Jasmine. This episode also covers jQuery integration with jasmine-jquery. no 15:20 Faye is a subscription/publishing server which makes it easy to do push notifications within a Rails app. Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/260-messaging-with-faye messaging-with-faye Ryan Bates Faye is a subscription/publishing server which makes it easy to do push notifications within a Rails app. Faye is a subscription/publishing server which makes it easy to do push notifications within a Rails app. no 13:42 The decent_exposure gem makes it convenient to share controller data with the view through methods instead of instance variables. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/259-decent-exposure decent-exposure Ryan Bates The decent_exposure gem makes it convenient to share controller data with the view through methods instead of instance variables. The decent_exposure gem makes it convenient to share controller data with the view through methods instead of instance variables. no 9:55 With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields token-fields Ryan Bates With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association. With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association. no 11:09 Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. Here I also show how to use capybara with integrated JavaScript testing using Selenium. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/257-request-specs-and-capybara request-specs-and-capybara Ryan Bates Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. Here I also show how to use capybara with integr... Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. Here I also show how to use capybara with integrated JavaScript testing using Selenium. no 13:16 Internationalization is easy to add in Rails, but the YAML files can be difficult to manage. In this episode I show how to use Redis for managing the translations through a web interface. Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/256-i18n-backends i18n-backends Ryan Bates Internationalization is easy to add in Rails, but the YAML files can be difficult to manage. In this episode I show how to use Redis for managing t... Internationalization is easy to add in Rails, but the YAML files can be difficult to manage. In this episode I show how to use Redis for managing the translations through a web interface. no 11:11 Undo and redo behavior is easy to add with a versioning gem such as Paper Trail. Learn how to add an undo link to any model's flash message. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/255-undo-with-paper-trail undo-with-paper-trail Ryan Bates Undo and redo behavior is easy to add with a versioning gem such as Paper Trail. Learn how to add an undo link to any model's flash message. Undo and redo behavior is easy to add with a versioning gem such as Paper Trail. Learn how to add an undo link to any model's flash message. no 13:22 If you need pagination in Rails 3 try out Kaminari. It is a clean, flexible solution which uses scopes to flow nicely with Active Record queries. Did I mention it also works with Mongoid? Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/254-pagination-with-kaminari pagination-with-kaminari Ryan Bates If you need pagination in Rails 3 try out Kaminari. It is a clean, flexible solution which uses scopes to flow nicely with Active Record queries. D... If you need pagination in Rails 3 try out Kaminari. It is a clean, flexible solution which uses scopes to flow nicely with Active Record queries. Did I mention it also works with Mongoid? no 8:22 CarrierWave makes it easy and clean to add file uploads to your application. It supports a variety of ORMs, frameworks and image processors. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/253-carrierwave-file-uploads carrierwave-file-uploads Ryan Bates CarrierWave makes it easy and clean to add file uploads to your application. It supports a variety of ORMs, frameworks and image processors. CarrierWave makes it easy and clean to add file uploads to your application. It supports a variety of ORMs, frameworks and image processors. no 9:05 Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/252-metrics-metrics-metrics metrics-metrics-metrics Ryan Bates Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics. Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics. no 7:51 MetaWhere provides a way to do complex find conditions without SQL in Active Record. MetaSearch makes it easy to create search forms with many find options. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/251-metawhere-metasearch metawhere-metasearch Ryan Bates MetaWhere provides a way to do complex find conditions without SQL in Active Record. MetaSearch makes it easy to create search forms with many find... MetaWhere provides a way to do complex find conditions without SQL in Active Record. MetaSearch makes it easy to create search forms with many find options. no 8:28 Password authentication is not too complicated to make from scratch, it will also help to get a better understanding of how it works. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/250-authentication-from-scratch authentication-from-scratch Ryan Bates Password authentication is not too complicated to make from scratch, it will also help to get a better understanding of how it works. Password authentication is not too complicated to make from scratch, it will also help to get a better understanding of how it works. no 15:26 Rails 3 comes with instrument support through the ActiveSupport::Notifications class. Call "subscribe" to listen to notifications, and "instrument" to send them. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/249-notifications-in-rails-3 notifications-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Rails 3 comes with instrument support through the ActiveSupport::Notifications class. Call "subscribe" to listen to notifications, and "instrument"... Rails 3 comes with instrument support through the ActiveSupport::Notifications class. Call "subscribe" to listen to notifications, and "instrument" to send them. no 10:22 Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/248-offline-apps-part-2 offline-apps-part-2 Ryan Bates Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline. Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline. no 14:51 Learn how to make a site usable offline through an HTML 5 cache manifest. This first part of the series covers rack-offline and problems you may run into. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/247-offline-apps-part-1 offline-apps-part-1 Ryan Bates Learn how to make a site usable offline through an HTML 5 cache manifest. This first part of the series covers rack-offline and problems you may ru... Learn how to make a site usable offline through an HTML 5 cache manifest. This first part of the series covers rack-offline and problems you may run into. no 10:44 The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support can be easily added. Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/246-ajax-history-state ajax-history-state Ryan Bates The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support ca... The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support can be easily added. no 10:35 Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works. Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/245-new-gem-with-bundler new-gem-with-bundler Ryan Bates Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works. Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works. no 7:25 Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/244-gravatar gravatar Ryan Bates Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. no 5:36 Beanstalk is a fast and easy way to queue background tasks. Stalker provides a nice wrapper interface for creating these jobs. Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/243-beanstalkd-and-stalker beanstalkd-and-stalker Ryan Bates Beanstalk is a fast and easy way to queue background tasks. Stalker provides a nice wrapper interface for creating these jobs. Beanstalk is a fast and easy way to queue background tasks. Stalker provides a nice wrapper interface for creating these jobs. no 9:16 Thor is an alternative to Rake. It has better support for command line arguments and provides a way to add global scripts. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/242-thor thor Ryan Bates Thor is an alternative to Rake. It has better support for command line arguments and provides a way to add global scripts. Thor is an alternative to Rake. It has better support for command line arguments and provides a way to add global scripts. no 8:54 Authentication is incredibly simple to add with just OmniAuth if you don't need username/password or multiple authentications per user. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/241-simple-omniauth simple-omniauth Ryan Bates Authentication is incredibly simple to add with just OmniAuth if you don't need username/password or multiple authentications per user. Authentication is incredibly simple to add with just OmniAuth if you don't need username/password or multiple authentications per user. no 9:06 Many administration pages have search, sorting, and pagination on the index page. See how to add all of this including AJAX. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/240-search-sort-paginate-with-ajax search-sort-paginate-with-ajax Ryan Bates Many administration pages have search, sorting, and pagination on the index page. See how to add all of this including AJAX. Many administration pages have search, sorting, and pagination on the index page. See how to add all of this including AJAX. no 13:43 The new Active Record query methods in Rails 3 might seem like magic at first. But in this episode I unravel how it works by browsing the Rails 3 source code. Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/239-activerecord-relation-walkthrough activerecord-relation-walkthrough Ryan Bates The new Active Record query methods in Rails 3 might seem like magic at first. But in this episode I unravel how it works by browsing the Rails 3 s... The new Active Record query methods in Rails 3 might seem like magic at first. But in this episode I unravel how it works by browsing the Rails 3 source code. no 11:45 Mongoid is a polished, high-level Ruby gem for accessing MongoDB. Here I cover installation, adding fields, validations, associations, and keys. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/238-mongoid mongoid Ryan Bates Mongoid is a polished, high-level Ruby gem for accessing MongoDB. Here I cover installation, adding fields, validations, associations, and keys. Mongoid is a polished, high-level Ruby gem for accessing MongoDB. Here I cover installation, adding fields, validations, associations, and keys. no 11:08 It is important to use attr_accessible for security with mass assignment, but what if you need it to be dynamic based on user permissions? See how in this episode. Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/237-dynamic-attr-accessible dynamic-attr-accessible Ryan Bates It is important to use attr_accessible for security with mass assignment, but what if you need it to be dynamic based on user permissions? See how ... It is important to use attr_accessible for security with mass assignment, but what if you need it to be dynamic based on user permissions? See how in this episode. no 9:12 In this episode we continue our look at integrating OmniAuth with devise. Here I show how to set up new users with validations. Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/236-omniauth-part-2 omniauth-part-2 Ryan Bates In this episode we continue our look at integrating OmniAuth with devise. Here I show how to set up new users with validations. In this episode we continue our look at integrating OmniAuth with devise. Here I show how to set up new users with validations. no 15:59 OmniAuth is an easy way to add many different authentication services to your app. In this episode we start integrating it with Devise. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/235-omniauth-part-1 omniauth-part-1 Ryan Bates OmniAuth is an easy way to add many different authentication services to your app. In this episode we start integrating it with Devise. OmniAuth is an easy way to add many different authentication services to your app. In this episode we start integrating it with Devise. no 10:52 Simple Form is a convenient way to generate forms with many options to customize the generated markup. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/234-simple-form simple-form Ryan Bates Simple Form is a convenient way to generate forms with many options to customize the generated markup. Simple Form is a convenient way to generate forms with many options to customize the generated markup. no 7:50 Janrain Engage (aka RPX) makes it easy to support many authentication solutions through their one service. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/233-engage-with-devise engage-with-devise Ryan Bates Janrain Engage (aka RPX) makes it easy to support many authentication solutions through their one service. Janrain Engage (aka RPX) makes it easy to support many authentication solutions through their one service. no 6:22 In this episode we continue our look into the Rails 3 router by exploring the Mapper class. Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/232-routing-walkthrough-part-2 routing-walkthrough-part-2 Ryan Bates In this episode we continue our look into the Rails 3 router by exploring the Mapper class. In this episode we continue our look into the Rails 3 router by exploring the Mapper class. no 13:25 How does routing work internally in Rails 3? In this episode I'll walk you through the Rails code that makes routing possible. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/231-routing-walkthrough routing-walkthrough Ryan Bates How does routing work internally in Rails 3? In this episode I'll walk you through the Rails code that makes routing possible. How does routing work internally in Rails 3? In this episode I'll walk you through the Rails code that makes routing possible. no 13:22 Inherited Resource simplifies RESTful controllers by providing default actions which can be customized through inheritance. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/230-inherited-resources inherited-resources Ryan Bates Inherited Resource simplifies RESTful controllers by providing default actions which can be customized through inheritance. Inherited Resource simplifies RESTful controllers by providing default actions which can be customized through inheritance. no 9:15 If you have frequently changing data on the server side, it's helpful to automatically display this to the user as well. Here I show how to accomplish this with polling in jQuery. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/229-polling-for-changes polling-for-changes Ryan Bates If you have frequently changing data on the server side, it's helpful to automatically display this to the user as well. Here I show how to accompl... If you have frequently changing data on the server side, it's helpful to automatically display this to the user as well. Here I show how to accomplish this with polling in jQuery. no 16:07 Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/228-sortable-table-columns sortable-table-columns Ryan Bates Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header. Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header. no 10:52 Here we finish up this upgrade series by removing all deprecation warnings and fixing some problems in the view. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/227-upgrading-to-rails-3-part-3 upgrading-to-rails-3-part-3 Ryan Bates Here we finish up this upgrade series by removing all deprecation warnings and fixing some problems in the view. Here we finish up this upgrade series by removing all deprecation warnings and fixing some problems in the view. no 9:34 Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/226-upgrading-to-rails-3-part-2 upgrading-to-rails-3-part-2 Ryan Bates Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin. Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin. no 12:23 In the first part of this series on upgrading a Rails 2 application to Rails 3, we'll start off by setting up Rails 3.0 Release Candidate in a clean environment. The rails_upgrade plugin will then help us determine what needs upgrading. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/225-upgrading-to-rails-3-part-1 upgrading-to-rails-3-part-1 Ryan Bates In the first part of this series on upgrading a Rails 2 application to Rails 3, we'll start off by setting up Rails 3.0 Release Candidate in a clea... In the first part of this series on upgrading a Rails 2 application to Rails 3, we'll start off by setting up Rails 3.0 Release Candidate in a clean environment. The rails_upgrade plugin will then help us determine what needs upgrading. no 11:56 Embedded flash notices, permanent cookies, and the details of respond_with are in this episode. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/224-controllers-in-rails-3 controllers-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Embedded flash notices, permanent cookies, and the details of respond_with are in this episode. Embedded flash notices, permanent cookies, and the details of respond_with are in this episode. no 10:49 There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/223-charts charts Ryan Bates There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app. There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app. no 16:12 The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/222-rack-in-rails-3 rack-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal. The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal. no 8:48 It is now possible to add subdomains to Rails 3 without the use of additional plugins. Learn how in this episode. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/221-subdomains-in-rails-3 subdomains-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates It is now possible to add subdomains to Rails 3 without the use of additional plugins. Learn how in this episode. It is now possible to add subdomains to Rails 3 without the use of additional plugins. Learn how in this episode. no 13:55 Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/220-pdfkit pdfkit Ryan Bates Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit. Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit. no 8:14 In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other features to tableless models. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/219-active-model active-model Ryan Bates In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other... In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other features to tableless models. no 6:47 Generators in Rails 3 have been rewritten to use Thor which means the code used to create a generator is quite different. Here you will learn the new way to make generators in Rails 3. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/218-making-generators-in-rails-3 making-generators-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Generators in Rails 3 have been rewritten to use Thor which means the code used to create a generator is quite different. Here you will learn the n... Generators in Rails 3 have been rewritten to use Thor which means the code used to create a generator is quite different. Here you will learn the new way to make generators in Rails 3. no 10:07 See how to create a multi-step (wizard) form from scratch in this episode. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/217-multistep-forms multistep-forms Ryan Bates See how to create a multi-step (wizard) form from scratch in this episode. See how to create a multi-step (wizard) form from scratch in this episode. no 15:14 Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences. Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/216-generators-in-rails-3 generators-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences. Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences. no 11:24 Learn some advanced techniques regarding named scopes and get an introduction to Arel in this episode. Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/215-advanced-queries-in-rails-3 advanced-queries-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Learn some advanced techniques regarding named scopes and get an introduction to Arel in this episode. Learn some advanced techniques regarding named scopes and get an introduction to Arel in this episode. no 9:26 A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option. Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/214-a-b-testing-with-a-bingo a-b-testing-with-a-bingo Ryan Bates A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option. A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option. no 11:04 If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode. Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/213-calendars calendars Ryan Bates If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode. If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode. no 9:50 Learn how to refactor a set of conditional Active Record queries using a Dynamic Delegator. Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/212-refactoring-dynamic-delegator refactoring-dynamic-delegator Ryan Bates Learn how to refactor a set of conditional Active Record queries using a Dynamic Delegator. Learn how to refactor a set of conditional Active Record queries using a Dynamic Delegator. no 7:58 Rails 3 offers several new additions to validations. Here learn how to make a custom error_messages partial, reflect on validations, and clean up complex validations in a model. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/211-validations-in-rails-3 validations-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Rails 3 offers several new additions to validations. Here learn how to make a custom error_messages partial, reflect on validations, and clean up c... Rails 3 offers several new additions to validations. Here learn how to make a custom error_messages partial, reflect on validations, and clean up complex validations in a model. no 9:53 Here we dive deeper into Devise by customizing how the views, routing, validations, and authentication works. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/210-customizing-devise customizing-devise Ryan Bates Here we dive deeper into Devise by customizing how the views, routing, validations, and authentication works. Here we dive deeper into Devise by customizing how the views, routing, validations, and authentication works. no 7:52 Devise is a full-featured authentication solution which handles all of the controller logic and form views for you. Learn how to set it up in this episode. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/209-introducing-devise introducing-devise Ryan Bates Devise is a full-featured authentication solution which handles all of the controller logic and form views for you. Learn how to set it up in this ... Devise is a full-featured authentication solution which handles all of the controller logic and form views for you. Learn how to set it up in this episode. no 10:36 Blocks in ERB templates are handled differently in Rails 3.0 Beta 2. Learn all about it in this episode. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/208-erb-blocks-in-rails-3 erb-blocks-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Blocks in ERB templates are handled differently in Rails 3.0 Beta 2. Learn all about it in this episode. Blocks in ERB templates are handled differently in Rails 3.0 Beta 2. Learn all about it in this episode. no 9:41 Here I talk about three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails: CodeRay, Ultraviolet and Pygments. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/207-syntax-highlighting syntax-highlighting Ryan Bates Here I talk about three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails: CodeRay, Ultraviolet and Pygments. Here I talk about three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails: CodeRay, Ultraviolet and Pygments. no 9:09 Action Mailer has been rewritten for Rails 3 providing a much cleaner API with its use of the Mail gem. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/206-action-mailer-in-rails-3 action-mailer-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Action Mailer has been rewritten for Rails 3 providing a much cleaner API with its use of the Mail gem. Action Mailer has been rewritten for Rails 3 providing a much cleaner API with its use of the Mail gem. no 12:20 Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript unobtrusive-javascript Ryan Bates Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. Keep JavaScript out of your HTML content with unobtrusive JavaScript. Here I show how Rails 3 works with this best practice. no 13:18 It is easy to be vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks in earlier versions of Rails, but Rails 3 solves this by automatically escaping unsafe input. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/204-xss-protection-in-rails-3 xss-protection-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates It is easy to be vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks in earlier versions of Rails, but Rails 3 solves this by automatically escaping unsafe ... It is easy to be vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks in earlier versions of Rails, but Rails 3 solves this by automatically escaping unsafe input. no 8:56 Rails 3 sports a new routing interface. In this episode I show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show off a few new features. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/203-routing-in-rails-3 routing-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Rails 3 sports a new routing interface. In this episode I show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show off a few new features. Rails 3 sports a new routing interface. In this episode I show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show off a few new features. no 13:31 Rails 3 introduces a new query interface for performing finds in Active Record. See how it works along with the changes in named scopes. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/202-active-record-queries-in-rails-3 active-record-queries-in-rails-3 Ryan Bates Rails 3 introduces a new query interface for performing finds in Active Record. See how it works along with the changes in named scopes. Rails 3 introduces a new query interface for performing finds in Active Record. See how it works along with the changes in named scopes. no 10:43 Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/201-bundler bundler Ryan Bates Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode. Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode. no 9:22 Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to open source. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/200-rails-3-beta-and-rvm rails-3-beta-and-rvm Ryan Bates Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to ope... Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to open source. no 8:43 Change the look and behavior of a Rails app on mobile devices. Also use jQTouch to build a native-looking interface. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/199-mobile-devices mobile-devices Ryan Bates Change the look and behavior of a Rails app on mobile devices. Also use jQTouch to build a native-looking interface. Change the look and behavior of a Rails app on mobile devices. Also use jQTouch to build a native-looking interface. no 13:26 Use checkboxes to edit multiple records in one form, where each one has an individual set of form fields. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/198-edit-multiple-individually edit-multiple-individually Ryan Bates Use checkboxes to edit multiple records in one form, where each one has an individual set of form fields. Use checkboxes to edit multiple records in one form, where each one has an individual set of form fields. no 13:53 Add and remove nested model fields dynamically through JavaScript using either Prototype or jQuery. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/197-nested-model-form-part-2 nested-model-form-part-2 Ryan Bates Add and remove nested model fields dynamically through JavaScript using either Prototype or jQuery. Add and remove nested model fields dynamically through JavaScript using either Prototype or jQuery. no 12:40 Handling multiple models in a single form is much easier with the accepts_nested_attributes_for method. See how to use this method to handle nested model fields. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1 nested-model-form-part-1 Ryan Bates Handling multiple models in a single form is much easier with the accepts_nested_attributes_for method. See how to use this method to handle nested... Handling multiple models in a single form is much easier with the accepts_nested_attributes_for method. See how to use this method to handle nested model fields. no 11:09 Here I show several of my favorite web applications which I found most helpful as a Ruby developer over the past year. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/195-my-favorite-web-apps-in-2009 my-favorite-web-apps-in-2009 Ryan Bates Here I show several of my favorite web applications which I found most helpful as a Ruby developer over the past year. Here I show several of my favorite web applications which I found most helpful as a Ruby developer over the past year. no 6:26 MongoDB is a document based database engine. Learn how to access it through MongoMapper in this episode. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/194-mongodb-and-mongomapper mongodb-and-mongomapper Ryan Bates MongoDB is a document based database engine. Learn how to access it through MongoMapper in this episode. MongoDB is a document based database engine. Learn how to access it through MongoMapper in this episode. no 13:13 If you want to create a model without a database backend, you simply need to define a couple methods in the model like I show in this episode. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/193-tableless-model tableless-model Ryan Bates If you want to create a model without a database backend, you simply need to define a couple methods in the model like I show in this episode. If you want to create a model without a database backend, you simply need to define a couple methods in the model like I show in this episode. no 8:28 CanCan is a simple authorization plugin that offers a lot of flexibility. See how to use it in this episode. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/192-authorization-with-cancan authorization-with-cancan Ryan Bates CanCan is a simple authorization plugin that offers a lot of flexibility. See how to use it in this episode. CanCan is a simple authorization plugin that offers a lot of flexibility. See how to use it in this episode. no 15:57 Mechanize extends the power of Nokogiri allowing you to interact with multiple pages on the site: click links, submit forms, etc. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/191-mechanize mechanize Ryan Bates Mechanize extends the power of Nokogiri allowing you to interact with multiple pages on the site: click links, submit forms, etc. Mechanize extends the power of Nokogiri allowing you to interact with multiple pages on the site: click links, submit forms, etc. no 10:16 Screen scraping is easy with Nokogiri and SelectorGadget. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/190-screen-scraping-with-nokogiri screen-scraping-with-nokogiri Ryan Bates Screen scraping is easy with Nokogiri and SelectorGadget. Screen scraping is easy with Nokogiri and SelectorGadget. no 13:34 Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a single column through a string or bitmask. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/189-embedded-association embedded-association Ryan Bates Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a single column through a string or bitmask. Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a single column through a string or bitmask. no 14:03 Declarative authorization provides an advanced and powerful solution for role based authorization. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/188-declarative-authorization declarative-authorization Ryan Bates Declarative authorization provides an advanced and powerful solution for role based authorization. Declarative authorization provides an advanced and powerful solution for role based authorization. no 15:27 Sometimes bad code slips into production and triggers a 500 error. Learn how to be notified of this and resolve it through integration tests. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/187-testing-exceptions testing-exceptions Ryan Bates Sometimes bad code slips into production and triggers a 500 error. Learn how to be notified of this and resolve it through integration tests. Sometimes bad code slips into production and triggers a 500 error. Learn how to be notified of this and resolve it through integration tests. no 10:01 Pickle adds many convenient Cucumber steps for generating models. Also learn about table diffs in this episode. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/186-pickle-with-cucumber pickle-with-cucumber Ryan Bates Pickle adds many convenient Cucumber steps for generating models. Also learn about table diffs in this episode. Pickle adds many convenient Cucumber steps for generating models. Also learn about table diffs in this episode. no 16:43 Learn about some of the more advanced functionality of Formtastic including handling many-to-many associations, required fields, and styling. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/185-formtastic-part-2 formtastic-part-2 Ryan Bates Learn about some of the more advanced functionality of Formtastic including handling many-to-many associations, required fields, and styling. Learn about some of the more advanced functionality of Formtastic including handling many-to-many associations, required fields, and styling. no 9:11 Formtastic is a concise way to generate form views. In this episode (part 1 of 2) I show how to generate both a simple form and a more complex one which is customized with options. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/184-formtastic-part-1 formtastic-part-1 Ryan Bates Formtastic is a concise way to generate form views. In this episode (part 1 of 2) I show how to generate both a simple form and a more complex one ... Formtastic is a concise way to generate form views. In this episode (part 1 of 2) I show how to generate both a simple form and a more complex one which is customized with options. no 10:41 Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/183-gemcutter-jeweler gemcutter-jeweler Ryan Bates Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. no 7:24 Present a slick user interface for cropping image attachments using Jcrop and Paperclip. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/182-cropping-images cropping-images Ryan Bates Present a slick user interface for cropping image attachments using Jcrop and Paperclip. Present a slick user interface for cropping image attachments using Jcrop and Paperclip. no 14:07 The :include and :joins options for the find method can be a little confusing because they are so similar. In this episode I show specifically when to use which option. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/181-include-vs-joins include-vs-joins Ryan Bates The :include and :joins options for the find method can be a little confusing because they are so similar. In this episode I show specifically when... The :include and :joins options for the find method can be a little confusing because they are so similar. In this episode I show specifically when to use which option. no 11:37 Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS selects you can remove. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/180-finding-unused-css finding-unused-css Ryan Bates Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS... Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS selects you can remove. no 8:04 Rails 2.3.4 includes a conventional way to add seed data to your application - no more including it in the migration files. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/179-seed-data seed-data Ryan Bates Rails 2.3.4 includes a conventional way to add seed data to your application - no more including it in the migration files. Rails 2.3.4 includes a conventional way to add seed data to your application - no more including it in the migration files. no 7:56 Security is important! Here I show seven different security flaws which are common to Rails applications ranging from mass assignment to CSRF protection. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/178-seven-security-tips seven-security-tips Ryan Bates Security is important! Here I show seven different security flaws which are common to Rails applications ranging from mass assignment to CSRF prote... Security is important! Here I show seven different security flaws which are common to Rails applications ranging from mass assignment to CSRF protection. no 14:53 If you need to keep track of a model's history of changes and switch between versions, consider using the vestal_versions gem like I show in this episode. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/177-model-versioning model-versioning Ryan Bates If you need to keep track of a model's history of changes and switch between versions, consider using the vestal_versions gem like I show in this e... If you need to keep track of a model's history of changes and switch between versions, consider using the vestal_versions gem like I show in this episode. no 9:28 Searchlogic makes searching models easier than ever with its assortment of named scopes. In this episode I show you how to create simple and advanced searches. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/176-searchlogic searchlogic Ryan Bates Searchlogic makes searching models easier than ever with its assortment of named scopes. In this episode I show you how to create simple and advanc... Searchlogic makes searching models easier than ever with its assortment of named scopes. In this episode I show you how to create simple and advanced searches. no 13:51 Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple jQuery plugin. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/175-ajax-history-and-bookmarks ajax-history-and-bookmarks Ryan Bates Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple... Browser page history and bookmarks do not usually work with AJAX requests, but in this episode I show you how to remedy this problem using a simple jQuery plugin. no 11:04 Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/174-pagination-with-ajax pagination-with-ajax Ryan Bates Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery. Learn an easy, unobtrusive way to add AJAX functionality to an existing set of pagination links using jQuery. no 13:18 Screen scraping is not pretty, but sometimes it's your only option to extract content from an external site. In this episode I show you how to fetch product prices using ScrAPI. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/173-screen-scraping-with-scrapi screen-scraping-with-scrapi Ryan Bates Screen scraping is not pretty, but sometimes it's your only option to extract content from an external site. In this episode I show you how to fetc... Screen scraping is not pretty, but sometimes it's your only option to extract content from an external site. In this episode I show you how to fetch product prices using ScrAPI. no 15:23 Rails 2.3.3 brings us a new feature called "touch". See how to use this to auto-expire associated caches in this episode. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/172-touch-and-cache touch-and-cache Ryan Bates Rails 2.3.3 brings us a new feature called "touch". See how to use this to auto-expire associated caches in this episode. Rails 2.3.3 brings us a new feature called "touch". See how to use this to auto-expire associated caches in this episode. no 6:38 Is there a long running task which should be handled in the background? One of the best ways is using the delayed_job plugin like I show in this episode. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/171-delayed-job delayed-job Ryan Bates Is there a long running task which should be handled in the background? One of the best ways is using the delayed_job plugin like I show in this ep... Is there a long running task which should be handled in the background? One of the best ways is using the delayed_job plugin like I show in this episode. no 10:56 Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/170-openid-with-authlogic openid-with-authlogic Ryan Bates Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160. Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160. no 11:39 Use JavaScript to allow dynamic content in a page cache. In this episode I show you how to insert the user-specific content into a page through JavaScript. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/169-dynamic-page-caching dynamic-page-caching Ryan Bates Use JavaScript to allow dynamic content in a page cache. In this episode I show you how to insert the user-specific content into a page through Jav... Use JavaScript to allow dynamic content in a page cache. In this episode I show you how to insert the user-specific content into a page through JavaScript. no 11:38 Learn two different techniques for parsing an RSS feed using Feedzirra in this episode! Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/168-feed-parsing feed-parsing Ryan Bates Learn two different techniques for parsing an RSS feed using Feedzirra in this episode! Learn two different techniques for parsing an RSS feed using Feedzirra in this episode! no 10:31 Use a virtual attribute to implement a simple tagging feature. In this episode I show you how to assign virtual attributes through a callback instead of a setter method. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/167-more-on-virtual-attributes more-on-virtual-attributes Ryan Bates Use a virtual attribute to implement a simple tagging feature. In this episode I show you how to assign virtual attributes through a callback inste... Use a virtual attribute to implement a simple tagging feature. In this episode I show you how to assign virtual attributes through a callback instead of a setter method. no 7:44 Metric Fu is a compilation of several tools to help find areas of code that could be improved. In this episode I show you how to setup this tool on the railscasts.com source code. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/166-metric-fu metric-fu Ryan Bates Metric Fu is a compilation of several tools to help find areas of code that could be improved. In this episode I show you how to setup this tool on... Metric Fu is a compilation of several tools to help find areas of code that could be improved. In this episode I show you how to setup this tool on the railscasts.com source code. no 9:21 Use checkboxes to select multiple records and edit them all in one form as shown in this episode. With virtual attributes you can even edit values relatively! Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/165-edit-multiple edit-multiple Ryan Bates Use checkboxes to select multiple records and edit them all in one form as shown in this episode. With virtual attributes you can even edit values ... Use checkboxes to select multiple records and edit them all in one form as shown in this episode. With virtual attributes you can even edit values relatively! no 14:26 Cron is great for handling recurring tasks, but it is an external dependency with a crazy syntax. In this episode I show you how to use Whenever to create cron jobs with Ruby. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/164-cron-in-ruby cron-in-ruby Ryan Bates Cron is great for handling recurring tasks, but it is an external dependency with a crazy syntax. In this episode I show you how to use Whenever to... Cron is great for handling recurring tasks, but it is an external dependency with a crazy syntax. In this episode I show you how to use Whenever to create cron jobs with Ruby. no 8:13 Creating a social networking site often requires a self-referential association on the User model to define friends/followers. In this episode I show how to do exactly that. Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/163-self-referential-association self-referential-association Ryan Bates Creating a social networking site often requires a self-referential association on the User model to define friends/followers. In this episode I sh... Creating a social networking site often requires a self-referential association on the User model to define friends/followers. In this episode I show how to do exactly that. no 14:36 The acts_as_tree plugin provides many methods for handling a tree based association. In this episode I show how to build a navigation system with tabs, subpages, and breadcrumbs. Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/162-tree-based-navigation tree-based-navigation Ryan Bates The acts_as_tree plugin provides many methods for handling a tree based association. In this episode I show how to build a navigation system with t... The acts_as_tree plugin provides many methods for handling a tree based association. In this episode I show how to build a navigation system with tabs, subpages, and breadcrumbs. no 11:02 Ever want to know what Rails is doing under the hood during a request? In this episode I show three different profiling tools: New Relic RPM, FiveRuns TuneUp, and Rack::Bug. Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/161-three-profiling-tools three-profiling-tools Ryan Bates Ever want to know what Rails is doing under the hood during a request? In this episode I show three different profiling tools: New Relic RPM, FiveR... Ever want to know what Rails is doing under the hood during a request? In this episode I show three different profiling tools: New Relic RPM, FiveRuns TuneUp, and Rack::Bug. no 7:02 Authentication can get very complex. In this episode I show how Authlogic can handle this complexity while you stay in control of how it is presented to the user. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/160-authlogic authlogic Ryan Bates Authentication can get very complex. In this episode I show how Authlogic can handle this complexity while you stay in control of how it is present... Authentication can get very complex. In this episode I show how Authlogic can handle this complexity while you stay in control of how it is presented to the user. no 14:06 There is a lot more to Cucumber than I showed in an earlier episode. See how to refactor complex scenarios in this episode. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/159-more-on-cucumber more-on-cucumber Ryan Bates There is a lot more to Cucumber than I showed in an earlier episode. See how to refactor complex scenarios in this episode. There is a lot more to Cucumber than I showed in an earlier episode. See how to refactor complex scenarios in this episode. no 18:56 Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories to generate the needed records. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/158-factories-not-fixtures factories-not-fixtures Ryan Bates Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories ... Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories to generate the needed records. no 12:36 You can improve the readability and remove duplication in RSpec by adding matchers and macros. Learn how in this episode. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/157-rspec-matchers-macros rspec-matchers-macros Ryan Bates You can improve the readability and remove duplication in RSpec by adding matchers and macros. Learn how in this episode. You can improve the readability and remove duplication in RSpec by adding matchers and macros. Learn how in this episode. no 18:09 If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/156-webrat webrat Ryan Bates If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this ep... If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode. no 7:39 Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/155-beginning-with-cucumber beginning-with-cucumber Ryan Bates Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. no 15:22 Polymorphic associations can be perplexing. In this episode I show you how to set it up in Active Record and then move to the controller and view layer. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/154-polymorphic-association polymorphic-association Ryan Bates Polymorphic associations can be perplexing. In this episode I show you how to set it up in Active Record and then move to the controller and view l... Polymorphic associations can be perplexing. In this episode I show you how to set it up in Active Record and then move to the controller and view layer. no 8:52 Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/153-pdfs-with-prawn pdfs-with-prawn Ryan Bates Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode. Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode. no 10:04 This episode finishes up this series on Rails 2.3. Here you will learn about several smaller additions in 2.3. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/152-rails-2-3-extras rails-2-3-extras Ryan Bates This episode finishes up this series on Rails 2.3. Here you will learn about several smaller additions in 2.3. This episode finishes up this series on Rails 2.3. Here you will learn about several smaller additions in 2.3. no 9:48 Rack middleware is a way to filter a request and response coming into your application. In this episode I show how to modify the response body using middleware. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/151-rack-middleware rack-middleware Ryan Bates Rack middleware is a way to filter a request and response coming into your application. In this episode I show how to modify the response body usin... Rack middleware is a way to filter a request and response coming into your application. In this episode I show how to modify the response body using middleware. no 12:42 Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few milliseconds using Metal. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/150-rails-metal rails-metal Ryan Bates Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few mi... Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few milliseconds using Metal. no 9:49 Rails 2.3 brings us much of the same functionality as the Rails Engines plugin. Learn how to embed one application into another in this episode. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/149-rails-engines rails-engines Ryan Bates Rails 2.3 brings us much of the same functionality as the Rails Engines plugin. Learn how to embed one application into another in this episode. Rails 2.3 brings us much of the same functionality as the Rails Engines plugin. Learn how to embed one application into another in this episode. no 8:55 In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/148-app-templates-in-rails-2-3 app-templates-in-rails-2-3 Ryan Bates In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode. In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode. no 11:36 Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/147-sortable-lists sortable-lists Ryan Bates Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode. Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode. no 8:14 PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/146-paypal-express-checkout paypal-express-checkout Ryan Bates PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode. PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode. no 15:24 In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/145-integrating-active-merchant integrating-active-merchant Ryan Bates In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. no 18:15 Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/144-active-merchant-basics active-merchant-basics Ryan Bates Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate wit... Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway. no 10:10 This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN). Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/143-paypal-security paypal-security Ryan Bates This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN). This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN). no 11:39 PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to mark a cart as purchased. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/142-paypal-notifications paypal-notifications Ryan Bates PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to ma... PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to mark a cart as purchased. no 10:46 This episode is the first in a series on handling the checkout process for orders. Here we show how to complete purchases through PayPal's Website Payments Standard service. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/141-paypal-basics paypal-basics Ryan Bates This episode is the first in a series on handling the checkout process for orders. Here we show how to complete purchases through PayPal's Website ... This episode is the first in a series on handling the checkout process for orders. Here we show how to complete purchases through PayPal's Website Payments Standard service. no 7:03 This episode finishes up the Rails 2.2 series by showing a few miscellaneous additions that I find useful. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/140-rails-2-2-extras rails-2-2-extras Ryan Bates This episode finishes up the Rails 2.2 series by showing a few miscellaneous additions that I find useful. This episode finishes up the Rails 2.2 series by showing a few miscellaneous additions that I find useful. no 4:54 In this episode I show how to nest resources through routing and go into some new additions in Rails 2.2. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/139-nested-resources nested-resources Ryan Bates In this episode I show how to nest resources through routing and go into some new additions in Rails 2.2. In this episode I show how to nest resources through routing and go into some new additions in Rails 2.2. no 10:20 Internationalization is one of the biggest additions in Rails 2.2. See how the basics work in this episode. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/138-i18n i18n Ryan Bates Internationalization is one of the biggest additions in Rails 2.2. See how the basics work in this episode. Internationalization is one of the biggest additions in Rails 2.2. See how the basics work in this episode. no 7:36 Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/137-memoization memoization Ryan Bates Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization. Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization. no 5:16 How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/136-jquery jquery Ryan Bates How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS. How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS. no 9:49 Want to create a Ruby Gem instead of a Rails plugin? In this episode I will walk you through creating a gem to extend Rails. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/135-making-a-gem making-a-gem Ryan Bates Want to create a Ruby Gem instead of a Rails plugin? In this episode I will walk you through creating a gem to extend Rails. Want to create a Ruby Gem instead of a Rails plugin? In this episode I will walk you through creating a gem to extend Rails. no 9:08 Need to add image attachments to a model? See how with paperclip in this episode. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/134-paperclip paperclip Ryan Bates Need to add image attachments to a model? See how with paperclip in this episode. Need to add image attachments to a model? See how with paperclip in this episode. no 7:46 Do you know how to make Capistrano tasks? See how to change default deployment behavior with custom tasks in this episode. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/133-capistrano-tasks capistrano-tasks Ryan Bates Do you know how to make Capistrano tasks? See how to change default deployment behavior with custom tasks in this episode. Do you know how to make Capistrano tasks? See how to change default deployment behavior with custom tasks in this episode. no 8:49 Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/132-helpers-outside-views helpers-outside-views Ryan Bates Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that. Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that. no 6:14 This episode demonstrates a couple ways to redirect the user back to a previous page. Applying this to your site can help minimize the user's need to press the back button. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/131-going-back going-back Ryan Bates This episode demonstrates a couple ways to redirect the user back to a previous page. Applying this to your site can help minimize the user's need ... This episode demonstrates a couple ways to redirect the user back to a previous page. Applying this to your site can help minimize the user's need to press the back button. no 4:51 Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/130-monitoring-with-god monitoring-with-god Ryan Bates Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode. Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode. no 14:40 Creating a custom daemon to handle background tasks is surprisingly simple. In this episode I will make a daemon to handle dynamically scheduled tasks. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/129-custom-daemon custom-daemon Ryan Bates Creating a custom daemon to handle background tasks is surprisingly simple. In this episode I will make a daemon to handle dynamically scheduled ta... Creating a custom daemon to handle background tasks is surprisingly simple. In this episode I will make a daemon to handle dynamically scheduled tasks. no 7:40 Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/128-starling-and-workling starling-and-workling Ryan Bates Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode. Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode. no 9:32 In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/127-rake-in-background rake-in-background Ryan Bates In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. no 10:38 Have you ever wanted to fill up a database with a lot of test data? See how to do that in this episode using the populator and faker gems. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/126-populating-a-database populating-a-database Ryan Bates Have you ever wanted to fill up a database with a lot of test data? See how to do that in this episode using the populator and faker gems. Have you ever wanted to fill up a database with a lot of test data? See how to do that in this episode using the populator and faker gems. no 8:38 Discover how to dynamically change the layout using content in the database. Check out this episode for details. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/125-dynamic-layouts dynamic-layouts Ryan Bates Discover how to dynamically change the layout using content in the database. Check out this episode for details. Discover how to dynamically change the layout using content in the database. Check out this episode for details. no 11:56 You know those invitation systems where a given user can invite a number of other people to join? That's what I show you how to make in this episode. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/124-beta-invitations beta-invitations Ryan Bates You know those invitation systems where a given user can invite a number of other people to join? That's what I show you how to make in this episode. You know those invitation systems where a given user can invite a number of other people to join? That's what I show you how to make in this episode. no 22:17 Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/123-subdomains subdomains Ryan Bates Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode. Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode. no 18:21 Tired of juggling multiple Rails apps around with script/server? See how to set up Passenger in development so each one has its own local domain name. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/122-passenger-in-development passenger-in-development Ryan Bates Tired of juggling multiple Rails apps around with script/server? See how to set up Passenger in development so each one has its own local domain name. Tired of juggling multiple Rails apps around with script/server? See how to set up Passenger in development so each one has its own local domain name. no 7:52 This episode will show you how to make a model which isn't based on Active Record. You may want to do this if a resource isn't backed by the database. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/121-non-active-record-model non-active-record-model Ryan Bates This episode will show you how to make a model which isn't based on Active Record. You may want to do this if a resource isn't backed by the database. This episode will show you how to make a model which isn't based on Active Record. You may want to do this if a resource isn't backed by the database. no 12:51 If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/120-thinking-sphinx thinking-sphinx Ryan Bates If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode. If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode. no 12:32 If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a session based model in this episode. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/119-session-based-model session-based-model Ryan Bates If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a sess... If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a session based model in this episode. no 13:26 Liquid is a safe way to provide a powerful template language to the site's users. See how in this episode. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/118-liquid liquid Ryan Bates Liquid is a safe way to provide a powerful template language to the site's users. See how in this episode. Liquid is a safe way to provide a powerful template language to the site's users. See how in this episode. no 16:04 Static pages can sometimes be a little awkward to add to a Rails app. See a couple different solutions to this problem in this episode. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/117-semi-static-pages semi-static-pages Ryan Bates Static pages can sometimes be a little awkward to add to a Rails app. See a couple different solutions to this problem in this episode. Static pages can sometimes be a little awkward to add to a Rails app. See a couple different solutions to this problem in this episode. no 14:48 Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/116-selenium selenium Ryan Bates Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode. Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode. no 9:30 Rails 2.1 brings some new caching features which makes it very easy to cache any values including models. See how in this episode. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/115-caching-in-rails-2-1 caching-in-rails-2-1 Ryan Bates Rails 2.1 brings some new caching features which makes it very easy to cache any values including models. See how in this episode. Rails 2.1 brings some new caching features which makes it very easy to cache any values including models. See how in this episode. no 8:47 Ever wondered how some sites seem to have endless scrolling page with no pagination? Find out how easy it is to do this in Rails in this episode. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/114-endless-page endless-page Ryan Bates Ever wondered how some sites seem to have endless scrolling page with no pagination? Find out how easy it is to do this in Rails in this episode. Ever wondered how some sites seem to have endless scrolling page with no pagination? Find out how easy it is to do this in Rails in this episode. no 8:43 If you want Rails to behave a certain way, try changing it and submitting a patch. This episode will show how to do exactly this using Git. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/113-contributing-to-rails-with-git contributing-to-rails-with-git Ryan Bates If you want Rails to behave a certain way, try changing it and submitting a patch. This episode will show how to do exactly this using Git. If you want Rails to behave a certain way, try changing it and submitting a patch. This episode will show how to do exactly this using Git. no 11:36 The scoped method allows you to generate named scopes on the fly. In this episode I show how to use anonymous scopes to improve the conditional logic which was used in the previous episode on advanced search form. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/112-anonymous-scopes anonymous-scopes Ryan Bates The scoped method allows you to generate named scopes on the fly. In this episode I show how to use anonymous scopes to improve the conditional log... The scoped method allows you to generate named scopes on the fly. In this episode I show how to use anonymous scopes to improve the conditional logic which was used in the previous episode on advanced search form. no 8:49 If you need to create an advanced search with a lot of fields, it may not be ideal to use a GET request as I showed in episode 37. In this episode I will show you how to handle this by creating a Search resource. Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/111-advanced-search-form advanced-search-form Ryan Bates If you need to create an advanced search with a lot of fields, it may not be ideal to use a GET request as I showed in episode 37. In this episode ... If you need to create an advanced search with a lot of fields, it may not be ideal to use a GET request as I showed in episode 37. In this episode I will show you how to handle this by creating a Search resource. no 7:38 In Rails 2.1 we now have the ability to set gem dependencies. Now it's easier than ever to specify which ruby gems our rails app relies on. Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/110-gem-dependencies gem-dependencies Ryan Bates In Rails 2.1 we now have the ability to set gem dependencies. Now it's easier than ever to specify which ruby gems our rails app relies on. In Rails 2.1 we now have the ability to set gem dependencies. Now it's easier than ever to specify which ruby gems our rails app relies on. no 6:33 Rails 2.1 keeps track of the changes you make to a model's attributes. It also allows you to see what the previous value was. But watch out for the gotcha! See this episode for details. Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/109-tracking-attribute-changes tracking-attribute-changes Ryan Bates Rails 2.1 keeps track of the changes you make to a model's attributes. It also allows you to see what the previous value was. But watch out for the... Rails 2.1 keeps track of the changes you make to a model's attributes. It also allows you to see what the previous value was. But watch out for the gotcha! See this episode for details. no 7:26 The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode. Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/108-named-scope named-scope Ryan Bates The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode. The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode. no 11:02 Migrations now have a timestamp as their version number in Rails 2.1. In this episode I will explain this change as well as show you some other cool additions. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/107-migrations-in-rails-2-1 migrations-in-rails-2-1 Ryan Bates Migrations now have a timestamp as their version number in Rails 2.1. In this episode I will explain this change as well as show you some other coo... Migrations now have a timestamp as their version number in Rails 2.1. In this episode I will explain this change as well as show you some other cool additions. no 4:05 In the past, time zones have been very difficult to work with, but no longer! Rails 2.1 brings with it great time zone support as you can see in this episode. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/106-time-zones-in-rails-2-1 time-zones-in-rails-2-1 Ryan Bates In the past, time zones have been very difficult to work with, but no longer! Rails 2.1 brings with it great time zone support as you can see in th... In the past, time zones have been very difficult to work with, but no longer! Rails 2.1 brings with it great time zone support as you can see in this episode. no 6:07 Rails 2.1 Release Candidate 1 was just released! In this episode I will show you how to install it into your Rails project. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/105-gitting-rails-2-1-rc1 gitting-rails-2-1-rc1 Ryan Bates Rails 2.1 Release Candidate 1 was just released! In this episode I will show you how to install it into your Rails project. Rails 2.1 Release Candidate 1 was just released! In this episode I will show you how to install it into your Rails project. no 6:17 If you're running a production site, it's a good idea to record all exceptions which occur. See how to set up a notification system which does that in this episode. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/104-exception-notifications exception-notifications Ryan Bates If you're running a production site, it's a good idea to record all exceptions which occur. See how to set up a notification system which does that... If you're running a production site, it's a good idea to record all exceptions which occur. See how to set up a notification system which does that in this episode. no 8:58 Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/103-site-wide-announcements site-wide-announcements Ryan Bates Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See... Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode. no 13:30 Usually a select menu is used for setting a belongs_to association, but in this episode I will show you how to use a text field with auto completion. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/102-auto-complete-association auto-complete-association Ryan Bates Usually a select menu is used for setting a belongs_to association, but in this episode I will show you how to use a text field with auto completion. Usually a select menu is used for setting a belongs_to association, but in this episode I will show you how to use a text field with auto completion. no 13:29 If you have complex view logic, this can easily lead to helper methods which call each other. See how to refactor this out into another object in this episode. This is also known as the presenter pattern. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/101-refactoring-out-helper-object refactoring-out-helper-object Ryan Bates If you have complex view logic, this can easily lead to helper methods which call each other. See how to refactor this out into another object in t... If you have complex view logic, this can easily lead to helper methods which call each other. See how to refactor this out into another object in this episode. This is also known as the presenter pattern. no 7:25 Here's five quick tips to use in views. Be sure to catch the end of the episode where I reveal an exciting contest! Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/100-5-view-tips 5-view-tips Ryan Bates Here's five quick tips to use in views. Be sure to catch the end of the episode where I reveal an exciting contest! Here's five quick tips to use in views. Be sure to catch the end of the episode where I reveal an exciting contest! no 9:25 How do you handle partials which have differences depending on the action which is rendering them? Here's three suggestions for this problem. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/99-complex-partials complex-partials Ryan Bates How do you handle partials which have differences depending on the action which is rendering them? Here's three suggestions for this problem. How do you handle partials which have differences depending on the action which is rendering them? Here's three suggestions for this problem. no 8:56 You can use profiling to determine where the performance bottlenecks are in specific Rails actions. Watch this episode for details. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/98-request-profiling request-profiling Ryan Bates You can use profiling to determine where the performance bottlenecks are in specific Rails actions. Watch this episode for details. You can use profiling to determine where the performance bottlenecks are in specific Rails actions. Watch this episode for details. no 10:53 In order to improve performance of your Rails application you need to find the bottlenecks. A great starting point is your production log. In this episode you will see how to use RAWK to analyze your log file and determine which controller actions take up the most processing time. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/97-analyzing-the-production-log analyzing-the-production-log Ryan Bates In order to improve performance of your Rails application you need to find the bottlenecks. A great starting point is your production log. In this ... In order to improve performance of your Rails application you need to find the bottlenecks. A great starting point is your production log. In this episode you will see how to use RAWK to analyze your log file and determine which controller actions take up the most processing time. no 5:55 Git has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and for good reason. It's an excellent SCM which in many ways is more simple and powerful than subversion. See how to set up a Rails project with Git in this episode. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/96-git-on-rails git-on-rails Ryan Bates Git has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and for good reason. It's an excellent SCM which in many ways is more simple and powerful than subversio... Git has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and for good reason. It's an excellent SCM which in many ways is more simple and powerful than subversion. See how to set up a Rails project with Git in this episode. no 5:56 See how to handle authentication and custom actions using ActiveResource in this episode. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/95-more-on-activeresource more-on-activeresource Ryan Bates See how to handle authentication and custom actions using ActiveResource in this episode. See how to handle authentication and custom actions using ActiveResource in this episode. no 8:15 ActiveResource allows you to easily communicate between multiple Rails applications. See how in this episode. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/94-activeresource-basics activeresource-basics Ryan Bates ActiveResource allows you to easily communicate between multiple Rails applications. See how in this episode. ActiveResource allows you to easily communicate between multiple Rails applications. See how in this episode. no 7:07 Action caching behaves much like page caching except it processes the controller filters. You can also make it conditional as seen in this episode. Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/93-action-caching action-caching Ryan Bates Action caching behaves much like page caching except it processes the controller filters. You can also make it conditional as seen in this episode. Action caching behaves much like page caching except it processes the controller filters. You can also make it conditional as seen in this episode. no 7:04 The make_resourceful plugin is a great way to DRY up the 7 RESTful actions common in most controllers. Learn how to use it in this episode. Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/92-make-resourceful make-resourceful Ryan Bates The make_resourceful plugin is a great way to DRY up the 7 RESTful actions common in most controllers. Learn how to use it in this episode. The make_resourceful plugin is a great way to DRY up the 7 RESTful actions common in most controllers. Learn how to use it in this episode. no 6:08 In this episode I walk you through an exercise in refactoring by taking a long method and making it more concise. Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/91-refactoring-long-methods refactoring-long-methods Ryan Bates In this episode I walk you through an exercise in refactoring by taking a long method and making it more concise. In this episode I walk you through an exercise in refactoring by taking a long method and making it more concise. no 7:29 Sometimes you only want to cache a section of a page instead of the entire page. Fragment caching is the answer as shown in this episode. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/90-fragment-caching fragment-caching Ryan Bates Sometimes you only want to cache a section of a page instead of the entire page. Fragment caching is the answer as shown in this episode. Sometimes you only want to cache a section of a page instead of the entire page. Fragment caching is the answer as shown in this episode. no 6:54 Page caching is an efficient way to cache stateless content. In this episode I will show you how to cache the dynamic javascript we created last week. Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/89-page-caching page-caching Ryan Bates Page caching is an efficient way to cache stateless content. In this episode I will show you how to cache the dynamic javascript we created last week. Page caching is an efficient way to cache stateless content. In this episode I will show you how to cache the dynamic javascript we created last week. no 6:31 See how to dynamically change a select menu based on another select menu using Javascript. In this episode everything is kept client side which leads to a more responsive user interface. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/88-dynamic-select-menus dynamic-select-menus Ryan Bates See how to dynamically change a select menu based on another select menu using Javascript. In this episode everything is kept client side which lea... See how to dynamically change a select menu based on another select menu using Javascript. In this episode everything is kept client side which leads to a more responsive user interface. no 7:02 See how to easily generate and link to an RSS feed using new features in Rails 2.0. Watch this episode or details. Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/87-generating-rss-feeds generating-rss-feeds Ryan Bates See how to easily generate and link to an RSS feed using new features in Rails 2.0. Watch this episode or details. See how to easily generate and link to an RSS feed using new features in Rails 2.0. Watch this episode or details. no 6:06 Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/86-logging-variables logging-variables Ryan Bates Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode. Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode. no 6:37 Application configuration shouldn't be spread throughout your code base. Instead a much better place to put it is an external YAML file. See how to do that in this episode. Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/85-yaml-configuration-file yaml-configuration-file Ryan Bates Application configuration shouldn't be spread throughout your code base. Instead a much better place to put it is an external YAML file. See how to... Application configuration shouldn't be spread throughout your code base. Instead a much better place to put it is an external YAML file. See how to do that in this episode. no 7:03 In Rails 1.2 the default session store is file based. This is inefficient and difficult to maintain. In Rails 2.0 the default is now cookie based which has several benefits as you will see in this episode. Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/84-cookie-based-session-store cookie-based-session-store Ryan Bates In Rails 1.2 the default session store is file based. This is inefficient and difficult to maintain. In Rails 2.0 the default is now cookie based w... In Rails 1.2 the default session store is file based. This is inefficient and difficult to maintain. In Rails 2.0 the default is now cookie based which has several benefits as you will see in this episode. no 4:00 Migrations are now sexy in Rails 2.0! In this episode we will take a look at these improvements and the related rake tasks. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/83-migrations-in-rails-2-0 migrations-in-rails-2-0 Ryan Bates Migrations are now sexy in Rails 2.0! In this episode we will take a look at these improvements and the related rake tasks. Migrations are now sexy in Rails 2.0! In this episode we will take a look at these improvements and the related rake tasks. no 5:31 Rails 2.0 offers an extremely easy way to do HTTP basic authentication. See how in this episode. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/82-http-basic-authentication http-basic-authentication Ryan Bates Rails 2.0 offers an extremely easy way to do HTTP basic authentication. See how in this episode. Rails 2.0 offers an extremely easy way to do HTTP basic authentication. See how in this episode. no 4:23 In Rails 2.0, fixtures see many improvements which makes them much easier to manage. Watch this episode for details. Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/81-fixtures-in-rails-2-0 fixtures-in-rails-2-0 Ryan Bates In Rails 2.0, fixtures see many improvements which makes them much easier to manage. Watch this episode for details. In Rails 2.0, fixtures see many improvements which makes them much easier to manage. Watch this episode for details. no 4:25 Rails 2.0 is almost here. One of the many features in this release is the smarter helper methods which can make your views much cleaner. Learn all about it in this Episode. Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/80-simplify-views-with-rails-2-0 simplify-views-with-rails-2-0 Ryan Bates Rails 2.0 is almost here. One of the many features in this release is the smarter helper methods which can make your views much cleaner. Learn all ... Rails 2.0 is almost here. One of the many features in this release is the smarter helper methods which can make your views much cleaner. Learn all about it in this Episode. no 6:03 This more advanced episode will show you how to dynamically generate named routes by adding a method to the map object. Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/79-generate-named-routes generate-named-routes Ryan Bates This more advanced episode will show you how to dynamically generate named routes by adding a method to the map object. This more advanced episode will show you how to dynamically generate named routes by adding a method to the map object. no 5:59 In this episode I will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem. Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/78-generating-pdf-documents generating-pdf-documents Ryan Bates In this episode I will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem. In this episode I will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem. no 7:13 If the user has JavaScript disabled, the "Destroy" link might not work properly. In this episode I will explore a number of ways to work around this issue. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/77-destroy-without-javascript destroy-without-javascript Ryan Bates If the user has JavaScript disabled, the "Destroy" link might not work properly. In this episode I will explore a number of ways to work around thi... If the user has JavaScript disabled, the "Destroy" link might not work properly. In this episode I will explore a number of ways to work around this issue. no 7:08 The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your model. Watch this episode for details. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/76-scope-out scope-out Ryan Bates The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your mode... The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your model. Watch this episode for details. no 6:38 In this third and final episode on complex forms I will show you how to edit a project and multiple tasks all in one form. This includes removing and adding tasks dynamically as well. See the show notes for updated code. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/75-complex-forms-part-3 complex-forms-part-3 Ryan Bates In this third and final episode on complex forms I will show you how to edit a project and multiple tasks all in one form. This includes removing a... In this third and final episode on complex forms I will show you how to edit a project and multiple tasks all in one form. This includes removing and adding tasks dynamically as well. See the show notes for updated code. no 16:11 See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to create any number of tasks in one form the same time a project is created. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/74-complex-forms-part-2 complex-forms-part-2 Ryan Bates See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to crea... See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to create any number of tasks in one form the same time a project is created. no 8:54 Complex forms often lead to complex controllers, but that doesn't have to be the case. In this episode see how you can create multiple models through a single form while keeping the controller clean. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/73-complex-forms-part-1 complex-forms-part-1 Ryan Bates Complex forms often lead to complex controllers, but that doesn't have to be the case. In this episode see how you can create multiple models throu... Complex forms often lead to complex controllers, but that doesn't have to be the case. In this episode see how you can create multiple models through a single form while keeping the controller clean. no 8:05 Rails comes with three environments: development, test, and production. But, you aren't restricted to just these. You can add your own! See how in this episode. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/72-adding-an-environment adding-an-environment Ryan Bates Rails comes with three environments: development, test, and production. But, you aren't restricted to just these. You can add your own! See how in ... Rails comes with three environments: development, test, and production. But, you aren't restricted to just these. You can add your own! See how in this episode. no 3:22 Controllers are tricky to test, and there's no perfect way to do it. In this episode you will see how I test controllers, and my reasoning behind it. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/71-testing-controllers-with-rspec testing-controllers-with-rspec Ryan Bates Controllers are tricky to test, and there's no perfect way to do it. In this episode you will see how I test controllers, and my reasoning behind it. Controllers are tricky to test, and there's no perfect way to do it. In this episode you will see how I test controllers, and my reasoning behind it. no 11:17 In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/70-custom-routes custom-routes Ryan Bates In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters. In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters. no 7:05 Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode. Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/69-markaby-in-helper markaby-in-helper Ryan Bates Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HT... Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode. no 6:29 Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentication system. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/68-openid-authentication openid-authentication Ryan Bates Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentic... Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentication system. no 11:09 Need multiple user authentication? If so, the restful_authentication plugin is a great way to go. It will generate some basic authentication code for you which is good starting point to your authentication system. Watch this episode for details. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/67-restful-authentication restful-authentication Ryan Bates Need multiple user authentication? If so, the restful_authentication plugin is a great way to go. It will generate some basic authentication code f... Need multiple user authentication? If so, the restful_authentication plugin is a great way to go. It will generate some basic authentication code for you which is good starting point to your authentication system. Watch this episode for details. no 9:30 Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom rake tasks and improve them by using rake features. Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/66-custom-rake-tasks custom-rake-tasks Ryan Bates Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom ... Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom rake tasks and improve them by using rake features. no 10:06 The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by using the Akismet web service. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/65-stopping-spam-with-akismet stopping-spam-with-akismet Ryan Bates The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by... The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by using the Akismet web service. no 11:17 Rails designates one helper module per controller, but that shouldn't stop you from making custom helper modules to help structure the code. Learn how in this episode. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/64-custom-helper-modules custom-helper-modules Ryan Bates Rails designates one helper module per controller, but that shouldn't stop you from making custom helper modules to help structure the code. Learn ... Rails designates one helper module per controller, but that shouldn't stop you from making custom helper modules to help structure the code. Learn how in this episode. no 5:06 By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/63-model-name-in-url model-name-in-url Ryan Bates By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding... By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details. no 6:07 Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This episode will show you how to open up an existing class and change its behavior. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/62-hacking-activerecord hacking-activerecord Ryan Bates Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This e... Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This episode will show you how to open up an existing class and change its behavior. no 11:13 This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/61-sending-email sending-email Ryan Bates This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail. This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail. no 7:58 Tests which rely heavily on fixtures are brittle and can be difficult to maintain. This episode will show a couple techniques for creating tests which don't use fixtures. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/60-testing-without-fixtures testing-without-fixtures Ryan Bates Tests which rely heavily on fixtures are brittle and can be difficult to maintain. This episode will show a couple techniques for creating tests wh... Tests which rely heavily on fixtures are brittle and can be difficult to maintain. This episode will show a couple techniques for creating tests which don't use fixtures. no 9:49 When two people attempt to update the same record near the same time, one of the updates will likely be overwritten. You can solve this problem with optimistic locking. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/59-optimistic-locking optimistic-locking Ryan Bates When two people attempt to update the same record near the same time, one of the updates will likely be overwritten. You can solve this problem wit... When two people attempt to update the same record near the same time, one of the updates will likely be overwritten. You can solve this problem with optimistic locking. no 7:26 Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which you will learn in this episode. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/58-how-to-make-a-generator how-to-make-a-generator Ryan Bates Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which yo... Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which you will learn in this episode. no 11:11 Let's say you provide a select menu for setting which category a given product belongs to, but you also want the option of creating a new category by typing the name in a text field. See a great way to do that in this episode. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/57-create-model-through-text-field create-model-through-text-field Ryan Bates Let's say you provide a select menu for setting which category a given product belongs to, but you also want the option of creating a new category ... Let's say you provide a select menu for setting which category a given product belongs to, but you also want the option of creating a new category by typing the name in a text field. See a great way to do that in this episode. no 5:30 Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger the-logger Ryan Bates Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it. Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it. no 9:49 This episode starts off with a big, messy template. Watch as this code shrinks and becomes more readable while the interface stays the same. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/55-cleaning-up-the-view cleaning-up-the-view Ryan Bates This episode starts off with a big, messy template. Watch as this code shrinks and becomes more readable while the interface stays the same. This episode starts off with a big, messy template. Watch as this code shrinks and becomes more readable while the interface stays the same. no 9:26 This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/54-debugging-with-ruby-debug debugging-with-ruby-debug Ryan Bates This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more. This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more. no 8:03 When an exception is raised in development you get the full error along with the stack trace. In production, only a simple message is displayed. Learn why this is and how to customize the handling of exceptions. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/53-handling-exceptions handling-exceptions Ryan Bates When an exception is raised in development you get the full error along with the stack trace. In production, only a simple message is displayed. Le... When an exception is raised in development you get the full error along with the stack trace. In production, only a simple message is displayed. Learn why this is and how to customize the handling of exceptions. no 8:32 See how to select multiple items using checkboxes and perform an action on the selected items in this episode. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/52-update-through-checkboxes update-through-checkboxes Ryan Bates See how to select multiple items using checkboxes and perform an action on the selected items in this episode. See how to select multiple items using checkboxes and perform an action on the selected items in this episode. no 10:02 In edge rails (soon to be Rails 2.0), the built-in pagination has been moved into a plugin: classic_pagination. I recommend jumping over to the will_paginate plugin as shown in this episode. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/51-will-paginate will-paginate Ryan Bates In edge rails (soon to be Rails 2.0), the built-in pagination has been moved into a plugin: classic_pagination. I recommend jumping over to the wil... In edge rails (soon to be Rails 2.0), the built-in pagination has been moved into a plugin: classic_pagination. I recommend jumping over to the will_paginate plugin as shown in this episode. no 6:48 The best way to contribute to the Rails project is to submit a patch. This episode shows how to do exactly that. There's also a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss! Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/50-contributing-to-rails contributing-to-rails Ryan Bates The best way to contribute to the Rails project is to submit a patch. This episode shows how to do exactly that. There's also a surprise at the end... The best way to contribute to the Rails project is to submit a patch. This episode shows how to do exactly that. There's also a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss! no 14:22 The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative sites for accessing the API. Update: sorry about the broken movie, it should work now. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/49-reading-the-api reading-the-api Ryan Bates The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative... The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative sites for accessing the API. Update: sorry about the broken movie, it should work now. no 6:55 The Rails console is one of my favorite tools. This episode is packed with tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the console. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/48-console-tricks console-tricks Ryan Bates The Rails console is one of my favorite tools. This episode is packed with tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the console. The Rails console is one of my favorite tools. This episode is packed with tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the console. no 10:51 There are two different ways to set up a many-to-many association in Rails. In this episode you will see how to implement both ways along with some tips on choosing the right one for your project. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/47-two-many-to-many two-many-to-many Ryan Bates There are two different ways to set up a many-to-many association in Rails. In this episode you will see how to implement both ways along with some... There are two different ways to set up a many-to-many association in Rails. In this episode you will see how to implement both ways along with some tips on choosing the right one for your project. no 9:00 Sometimes you need to add complex/dynamic routes. This is often impossible to do in routes.rb, but do not worry. It can be accomplished with a catch-all route. See how in this episode. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/46-catch-all-route catch-all-route Ryan Bates Sometimes you need to add complex/dynamic routes. This is often impossible to do in routes.rb, but do not worry. It can be accomplished with a catc... Sometimes you need to add complex/dynamic routes. This is often impossible to do in routes.rb, but do not worry. It can be accomplished with a catch-all route. See how in this episode. no 5:58 This episode is packed with little RJS goodies. Learn the different ways to access an element, how to add "if" conditions and how to apply an effect to multiple elements. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/45-rjs-tips rjs-tips Ryan Bates This episode is packed with little RJS goodies. Learn the different ways to access an element, how to add "if" conditions and how to apply an effec... This episode is packed with little RJS goodies. Learn the different ways to access an element, how to add "if" conditions and how to apply an effect to multiple elements. no 7:30 RJS and AJAX can be difficult to debug. Many times you don't get any error message in the browser. Learn different techniques for solving these tricky problems in this episode. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/44-debugging-rjs debugging-rjs Ryan Bates RJS and AJAX can be difficult to debug. Many times you don't get any error message in the browser. Learn different techniques for solving these tri... RJS and AJAX can be difficult to debug. Many times you don't get any error message in the browser. Learn different techniques for solving these tricky problems in this episode. no 7:18 This episode will walk you through adding AJAX functionality to a form using RJS. See how to easily update multiple elements on a page. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/43-ajax-with-rjs ajax-with-rjs Ryan Bates This episode will walk you through adding AJAX functionality to a form using RJS. See how to easily update multiple elements on a page. This episode will walk you through adding AJAX functionality to a form using RJS. See how to easily update multiple elements on a page. no 11:34 Several methods in rails take a hash of options as the last argument. If you are passing the same options to several methods, you can remove this duplication by using with_options. Learn all about it in this episode. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/42-with-options with-options Ryan Bates Several methods in rails take a hash of options as the last argument. If you are passing the same options to several methods, you can remove this d... Several methods in rails take a hash of options as the last argument. If you are passing the same options to several methods, you can remove this duplication by using with_options. Learn all about it in this episode. no 3:55 By default, validations will take place every time the model is saved. Sometimes you only want a validation to happen when certain conditions are met. See how to do that in this episode. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/41-conditional-validations conditional-validations Ryan Bates By default, validations will take place every time the model is saved. Sometimes you only want a validation to happen when certain conditions are m... By default, validations will take place every time the model is saved. Sometimes you only want a validation to happen when certain conditions are met. See how to do that in this episode. no 4:59 If you try to create a helper method which accepts a block, you will run into a few gotchas. Learn the secrets of blocks in views in this episode. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/40-blocks-in-view blocks-in-view Ryan Bates If you try to create a helper method which accepts a block, you will run into a few gotchas. Learn the secrets of blocks in views in this episode. If you try to create a helper method which accepts a block, you will run into a few gotchas. Learn the secrets of blocks in views in this episode. no 9:06 When a validation error occurs, Rails helpfully wraps the field in a div tag so you can style it. But sometimes you don't want this behavior. In this episode you will see how to customize it. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/39-customize-field-error customize-field-error Ryan Bates When a validation error occurs, Rails helpfully wraps the field in a div tag so you can style it. But sometimes you don't want this behavior. In th... When a validation error occurs, Rails helpfully wraps the field in a div tag so you can style it. But sometimes you don't want this behavior. In this episode you will see how to customize it. no 3:30 If you have a form with multiple buttons, you can detect which button was clicked by checking the passed parameters. Learn how in this episode. Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/38-multibutton-form multibutton-form Ryan Bates If you have a form with multiple buttons, you can detect which button was clicked by checking the passed parameters. Learn how in this episode. If you have a form with multiple buttons, you can detect which button was clicked by checking the passed parameters. Learn how in this episode. no 4:26 A search form is quite different than other forms, this is because it does not deal with model's attributes. See a good way to add a simple search form in this episode. Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/37-simple-search-form simple-search-form Ryan Bates A search form is quite different than other forms, this is because it does not deal with model's attributes. See a good way to add a simple search ... A search form is quite different than other forms, this is because it does not deal with model's attributes. See a good way to add a simple search form in this episode. no 6:28 This episode will walk you through setting up a Rails project on subversion. It covers some helpful tips and gotchas you may experience along the way. Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/36-subversion-on-rails subversion-on-rails Ryan Bates This episode will walk you through setting up a Rails project on subversion. It covers some helpful tips and gotchas you may experience along the way. This episode will walk you through setting up a Rails project on subversion. It covers some helpful tips and gotchas you may experience along the way. no 8:50 REST adds many constraints. It restricts your controllers to seven actions. Normally this is okay, but sometimes you need to add your own custom actions. Learn how in this episode. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/35-custom-rest-actions custom-rest-actions Ryan Bates REST adds many constraints. It restricts your controllers to seven actions. Normally this is okay, but sometimes you need to add your own custom ac... REST adds many constraints. It restricts your controllers to seven actions. Normally this is okay, but sometimes you need to add your own custom actions. Learn how in this episode. no 8:44 When you add a custom route, make it a named route so you have url helper methods to easily link to that new route. See episode for details. Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/34-named-routes named-routes Ryan Bates When you add a custom route, make it a named route so you have url helper methods to easily link to that new route. See episode for details. When you add a custom route, make it a named route so you have url helper methods to easily link to that new route. See episode for details. no 6:39 You can sometimes remove a lot of duplication by generating methods dynamic. In this episode I will show you how to create a plugin which does exactly that. Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/33-making-a-plugin making-a-plugin Ryan Bates You can sometimes remove a lot of duplication by generating methods dynamic. In this episode I will show you how to create a plugin which does exac... You can sometimes remove a lot of duplication by generating methods dynamic. In this episode I will show you how to create a plugin which does exactly that. no 7:55 Although Rails does allow you to edit time attributes with text fields, it's not very flexible. In this episode you will learn how to use a virtual attribute to format the time to your liking. Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/32-time-in-text-field time-in-text-field Ryan Bates Although Rails does allow you to edit time attributes with text fields, it's not very flexible. In this episode you will learn how to use a virtual... Although Rails does allow you to edit time attributes with text fields, it's not very flexible. In this episode you will learn how to use a virtual attribute to format the time to your liking. no 5:22 Learn how to use the trusty strftime method to format a time, and see how Rails allows you to save this format for later use. Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/31-formatting-time formatting-time Ryan Bates Learn how to use the trusty strftime method to format a time, and see how Rails allows you to save this format for later use. Learn how to use the trusty strftime method to format a time, and see how Rails allows you to save this format for later use. no 5:01 If you are like me, you avoid creating page titles because it is kind of a pain. But in this episode I will show you a clean way to add titles to your pages. Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/30-pretty-page-title pretty-page-title Ryan Bates If you are like me, you avoid creating page titles because it is kind of a pain. But in this episode I will show you a clean way to add titles to y... If you are like me, you avoid creating page titles because it is kind of a pain. But in this episode I will show you a clean way to add titles to your pages. no 5:16 Learn how to use the very useful group_by method to group an array by anything you want! In this episode I group an array of tasks by month then sort it properly. Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/29-group-by-month group-by-month Ryan Bates Learn how to use the very useful group_by method to group an array by anything you want! In this episode I group an array of tasks by month then so... Learn how to use the very useful group_by method to group an array by anything you want! In this episode I group an array of tasks by month then sort it properly. no 5:11 Have you ever wanted to visually line up items in rows and columns? The in_groups_of method makes this a cinch. Just watch out for the gotcha. Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/28-in-groups-of in-groups-of Ryan Bates Have you ever wanted to visually line up items in rows and columns? The in_groups_of method makes this a cinch. Just watch out for the gotcha. Have you ever wanted to visually line up items in rows and columns? The in_groups_of method makes this a cinch. Just watch out for the gotcha. no 4:25 Another common security issue is cross site scripting. In this episode you will see why it is so important to escape any HTML a user may submit. Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/27-cross-site-scripting cross-site-scripting Ryan Bates Another common security issue is cross site scripting. In this episode you will see why it is so important to escape any HTML a user may submit. Another common security issue is cross site scripting. In this episode you will see why it is so important to escape any HTML a user may submit. no 5:50 Your site may be at risk! When using mass assignment, you are giving the user complete control over that model and its associations. See how a hacker might use this vulnerability and learn how to stop it in this episode. Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/26-hackers-love-mass-assignment hackers-love-mass-assignment Ryan Bates Your site may be at risk! When using mass assignment, you are giving the user complete control over that model and its associations. See how a hack... Your site may be at risk! When using mass assignment, you are giving the user complete control over that model and its associations. See how a hacker might use this vulnerability and learn how to stop it in this episode. no 6:14 One of the most common security problems for dynamic sites is SQL Injection. Thankfully Rails does everything it can in solving this issue, but you still need to be aware of it. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/25-sql-injection sql-injection Ryan Bates One of the most common security problems for dynamic sites is SQL Injection. Thankfully Rails does everything it can in solving this issue, but you... One of the most common security problems for dynamic sites is SQL Injection. Thankfully Rails does everything it can in solving this issue, but you still need to be aware of it. no 5:29 The stack trace can be a very useful tool when it comes to debugging. Learn the ins and outs of how the stack trace works in this episode. Note: I am using an older version of the Rails bundle here so it might be a little different than yours. The command in the newer version is called Install Plugin and requires you to type textmate_footnotes in the search. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/24-the-stack-trace the-stack-trace Ryan Bates The stack trace can be a very useful tool when it comes to debugging. Learn the ins and outs of how the stack trace works in this episode. Note: I ... The stack trace can be a very useful tool when it comes to debugging. Learn the ins and outs of how the stack trace works in this episode. Note: I am using an older version of the Rails bundle here so it might be a little different than yours. The command in the newer version is called Install Plugin and requires you to type textmate_footnotes in the search. no 4:39 If you need to display the record count for a has_many association, you can improve performance by caching that number in a column. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/23-counter-cache-column counter-cache-column Ryan Bates If you need to display the record count for a has_many association, you can improve performance by caching that number in a column. If you need to display the record count for a has_many association, you can improve performance by caching that number in a column. no 7:18 One way to improve performance is to cut down on the number of SQL queries. You can do this through eager loading. Learn all about it in this episode! Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/22-eager-loading eager-loading Ryan Bates One way to improve performance is to cut down on the number of SQL queries. You can do this through eager loading. Learn all about it in this episode! One way to improve performance is to cut down on the number of SQL queries. You can do this through eager loading. Learn all about it in this episode! no 4:37 The final piece of the administration puzzle: authentication. There are many different approaches which is why I saved this step for last. This episode will cover a few techniques including the simple solution used for this site. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/21-super-simple-authentication super-simple-authentication Ryan Bates The final piece of the administration puzzle: authentication. There are many different approaches which is why I saved this step for last. This epi... The final piece of the administration puzzle: authentication. There are many different approaches which is why I saved this step for last. This episode will cover a few techniques including the simple solution used for this site. no 6:41 In this second part of the series on administration, you will learn how to lock down the site to keep the public from accessing the administration features. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/20-restricting-access restricting-access Ryan Bates In this second part of the series on administration, you will learn how to lock down the site to keep the public from accessing the administration ... In this second part of the series on administration, you will learn how to lock down the site to keep the public from accessing the administration features. no 4:32 This is the first part of a three part series on building an administration system. Many developers choose to separate it completely from the public side of the site by placing it into an admin subdirectory. This episode will show you an alternative and often better solution. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/19-where-administration-goes where-administration-goes Ryan Bates This is the first part of a three part series on building an administration system. Many developers choose to separate it completely from the publi... This is the first part of a three part series on building an administration system. Many developers choose to separate it completely from the public side of the site by placing it into an admin subdirectory. This episode will show you an alternative and often better solution. no 5:12 Displaying flash messages in the layout can be a pain at times. In this episode you will learn an easy way to display any kind of flash message by looping through the hash. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/18-looping-through-flash looping-through-flash Ryan Bates Displaying flash messages in the layout can be a pain at times. In this episode you will learn an easy way to display any kind of flash message by ... Displaying flash messages in the layout can be a pain at times. In this episode you will learn an easy way to display any kind of flash message by looping through the hash. no 1:44 It is often asked: how do I create a list of checkboxes for managing a HABTM association? Ask no more because this episode will show you how to do exactly that. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/17-habtm-checkboxes habtm-checkboxes Ryan Bates It is often asked: how do I create a list of checkboxes for managing a HABTM association? Ask no more because this episode will show you how to do ... It is often asked: how do I create a list of checkboxes for managing a HABTM association? Ask no more because this episode will show you how to do exactly that. no 6:54 Keep your controllers clean and forms flexible by adding virtual attributes to your model. This very powerful technique allows you to create form fields which may not directly relate to the database. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/16-virtual-attributes virtual-attributes Ryan Bates Keep your controllers clean and forms flexible by adding virtual attributes to your model. This very powerful technique allows you to create form f... Keep your controllers clean and forms flexible by adding virtual attributes to your model. This very powerful technique allows you to create form fields which may not directly relate to the database. no 3:41 You can pass more than simple strings to find conditions. Arrays, ranges, and nil values can be passed as well. In this episode you will see the tricks involved with passing these odd objects to find conditions. (Update: audio fixed). Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/15-fun-with-find-conditions fun-with-find-conditions Ryan Bates You can pass more than simple strings to find conditions. Arrays, ranges, and nil values can be passed as well. In this episode you will see the tr... You can pass more than simple strings to find conditions. Arrays, ranges, and nil values can be passed as well. In this episode you will see the tricks involved with passing these odd objects to find conditions. (Update: audio fixed). no 4:31 Did you know ActiveRecord provides class methods for performing calculations on models? You can even use these methods through associations. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/14-performing-calculations-on-models performing-calculations-on-models Ryan Bates Did you know ActiveRecord provides class methods for performing calculations on models? You can even use these methods through associations. Did you know ActiveRecord provides class methods for performing calculations on models? You can even use these methods through associations. no 2:57 Be careful when storing a model in a session. It will behave differently than you expect and can easily get out of sync with the database. Instead of storing the model directly in the session, store the id to the model and use that to fetch it from the database. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/13-dangers-of-model-in-session dangers-of-model-in-session Ryan Bates Be careful when storing a model in a session. It will behave differently than you expect and can easily get out of sync with the database. Instead ... Be careful when storing a model in a session. It will behave differently than you expect and can easily get out of sync with the database. Instead of storing the model directly in the session, store the id to the model and use that to fetch it from the database. no 5:17 In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to do in the future. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/12-refactoring-user-name-part-3 refactoring-user-name-part-3 Ryan Bates In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to d... In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to do in the future. no 4:03 Testing and refactoring go hand in hand. Refactoring is all about improving code without changing its behavior. Testing is all about making sure you don't change the behavior while you are improving the code. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/11-refactoring-user-name-part-2 refactoring-user-name-part-2 Ryan Bates Testing and refactoring go hand in hand. Refactoring is all about improving code without changing its behavior. Testing is all about making sure yo... Testing and refactoring go hand in hand. Refactoring is all about improving code without changing its behavior. Testing is all about making sure you don't change the behavior while you are improving the code. no 6:34 Learn how to clean up your code through refactoring. This episode will show you how to move code from the view into the model to remove duplication and simplify the view. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/10-refactoring-user-name-part-1 refactoring-user-name-part-1 Ryan Bates Learn how to clean up your code through refactoring. This episode will show you how to move code from the view into the model to remove duplication... Learn how to clean up your code through refactoring. This episode will show you how to move code from the view into the model to remove duplication and simplify the view. no 5:44 Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the logs. This episode will show you how to filter this sensitive input so it doesn't show up in the log file. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/9-filtering-sensitive-logs filtering-sensitive-logs Ryan Bates Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the ... Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the logs. This episode will show you how to filter this sensitive input so it doesn't show up in the log file. no 2:42 If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that can be placed anywhere in a layout. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/8-layouts-and-content-for layouts-and-content-for Ryan Bates If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that ... If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that can be placed anywhere in a layout. no 3:30 Everything you wanted to know about layouts: global layouts, controller layouts, shared layouts, dynamic layouts and action layouts. Yes, there really are that many ways to specify a layout. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/7-all-about-layouts all-about-layouts Ryan Bates Everything you wanted to know about layouts: global layouts, controller layouts, shared layouts, dynamic layouts and action layouts. Yes, there rea... Everything you wanted to know about layouts: global layouts, controller layouts, shared layouts, dynamic layouts and action layouts. Yes, there really are that many ways to specify a layout. no 6:54 It may have a goofy syntax, but the Symbol#to_proc feature Rails adds allows you to do simple blocks very quickly and easily. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/6-shortcut-blocks-with-symbol-to-proc shortcut-blocks-with-symbol-to-proc Ryan Bates It may have a goofy syntax, but the Symbol#to_proc feature Rails adds allows you to do simple blocks very quickly and easily. It may have a goofy syntax, but the Symbol#to_proc feature Rails adds allows you to do simple blocks very quickly and easily. no 3:44 Learn how to use with_scope - a very powerful method which will allow your custom find methods to accept any find options. Just like magic! Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/5-using-with-scope using-with-scope Ryan Bates Learn how to use with_scope - a very powerful method which will allow your custom find methods to accept any find options. Just like magic! Learn how to use with_scope - a very powerful method which will allow your custom find methods to accept any find options. Just like magic! no 2:50 Move a find into the model to clean up the controllers and remove duplication. Also see how you can call these custom find methods through an association. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://railscasts.com/episodes/4-move-find-into-model move-find-into-model Ryan Bates Move a find into the model to clean up the controllers and remove duplication. Also see how you can call these custom find methods through an assoc... Move a find into the model to clean up the controllers and remove duplication. Also see how you can call these custom find methods through an association. no 2:03 No need to pass foreign keys in find conditions, just do the find through a has_many association. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/3-find-through-association find-through-association Ryan Bates No need to pass foreign keys in find conditions, just do the find through a has_many association. No need to pass foreign keys in find conditions, just do the find through a has_many association. no 2:17 Shorten simple finds considerably and improve readability by using the dynamic find_all_by and find_by methods. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/2-dynamic-find-by-methods dynamic-find-by-methods Ryan Bates Shorten simple finds considerably and improve readability by using the dynamic find_all_by and find_by methods. Shorten simple finds considerably and improve readability by using the dynamic find_all_by and find_by methods. no 1:28 Learn a quick way to improve performance. Just store the end result of an expensive command in an instance variable! Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://railscasts.com/episodes/1-caching-with-instance-variables caching-with-instance-variables Ryan Bates Learn a quick way to improve performance. Just store the end result of an expensive command in an instance variable! Learn a quick way to improve performance. Just store the end result of an expensive command in an instance variable! no 2:06