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Aug 30, 2010
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Polling for Changes
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.
Sortable Table Columns
Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header.
Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 3
Here we finish up this upgrade series by removing all deprecation warnings and fixing some problems in the view.
Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 2
Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin.
Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 1
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.
Controllers in Rails 3
Embedded flash notices, permanent cookies, and the details of respond_with are in this episode.
Charts
There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app.
Rack in Rails 3
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.
Subdomains in Rails 3
It is now possible to add subdomains to Rails 3 without the use of additional plugins. Learn how in this episode.
PDFKit
Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit.






