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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.

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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.

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#417 Foundation 11:06

12 years ago11:06

11:06

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.

1
#415 Upgrading to Rails 4 12:44

12 years ago12:44

12:44

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.

1
#412 Fast Rails Commands 8:06

12 years ago8:06

8:06

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.

1
#409 Active Model Serializers 10:58

12 years ago10:58

10:58

The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JSON output.

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#406 Public Activity 10:59

12 years ago10:59

10:59

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.

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#402 Better Errors & RailsPanel 8:06

12 years ago8:06

8:06

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.

1
#400 What's New in Rails 4 20:23

12 years ago20:23

20:23

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.

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#396 Importing CSV and Excel 10:19

12 years ago10:19

10:19

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.

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#393 Guest User Record 9:27

12 years ago9:27

9:27

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.

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#390 Turbolinks 7:45

12 years ago7:45

7:45

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.

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#387 Cache Digests 7:39

13 years ago7:39

7:39

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!

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#384 Exploring RubyGems 7:20

13 years ago7:20

7:20

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.

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#382 Tagging 11:03

13 years ago11:03

11:03

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.

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#378 FnordMetric 10:04

13 years ago10:04

10:04

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.

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#376 JRuby Basics 10:47

13 years ago10:47

10:47

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.

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#374 Image Manipulation 11:23

13 years ago11:23

11:23

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.

1
#372 Bullet 6:20

13 years ago6:20

6:20

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.

1
#370 Ransack 10:18

13 years ago10:18

10:18

Ransack allows you to easily build complex search forms. It also helps in adding sortable links and building a dynamic advanced search page.

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#368 MiniProfiler 9:03

13 years ago9:03

9:03

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.

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#366 Sidekiq 10:17

13 years ago10:17

10:17

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.

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#364 Active Record Reputation System 10:27

13 years ago10:27

10:27

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.

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#362 Exporting CSV and Excel 6:35

13 years ago6:35

6:35

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.

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#360 Facebook Authentication 12:09

13 years ago12:09

12:09

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.

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#358 Brakeman 8:24

13 years ago8:24

8:24

The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities.

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#356 Dangers of Session Hijacking 6:26

13 years ago6:26

6:26

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.

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#354 Squeel 9:10

13 years ago9:10

9:10

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.

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#352 Securing an API 7:42

13 years ago7:42

7:42

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.

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#350 REST API Versioning 10:40

13 years ago10:40

10:40

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.

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#348 The Rails API Gem 9:56

13 years ago9:56

9:56

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.

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#346 Wizard Forms with Wicked 11:57

13 years ago11:57

11:57

Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps.

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#347 Rubber and Amazon EC2 17:04

13 years ago17:04

17:04

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.

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#344 Queue Classic 8:07

13 years ago8:07

8:07

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.

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#342 Migrating to PostgreSQL 8:14

13 years ago8:14

8:14

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.

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#340 DataTables 9:40

13 years ago9:40

9:40

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.

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#338 Globalize3 5:57

13 years ago5:57

5:57

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.

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#336 Copycopter 6:48

13 years ago6:48

6:48

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.

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#334 Compass & CSS Sprites 9:50

13 years ago9:50

9:50

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.

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#332 Refinery CMS Basics 11:26

13 years ago11:26

11:26

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.

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#330 Better Sass with Bourbon 7:19

13 years ago7:19

7:19

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.

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#328 Twitter Bootstrap Basics 10:11

13 years ago10:11

10:11

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.

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#326 ActiveAttr 5:24

13 years ago5:24

5:24

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.

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#324 Passing Data to JavaScript 6:48

13 years ago6:48

6:48

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.

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#322 RABL 8:59

13 years ago8:59

8:59

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.

1
#320 Jbuilder 8:17

13 years ago8:17

8:17

Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions.

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#318 Upgrading to Rails 3.2 9:45

13 years ago9:45

9:45

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.

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