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Delayed Job
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.
(10 minutes)
OpenID with Authlogic
Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160.
(11 minutes)
Feed Parsing
Learn two different techniques for parsing an RSS feed using Feedzirra in this episode!
(10 minutes)
Cron in Ruby
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.
(8 minutes)
Tree Based Navigation
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.
(11 minutes)
Authlogic
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.
(14 minutes)
Webrat
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.
(7 minutes)
Beginning with Cucumber
Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development.
(15 minutes)
PDFs with Prawn
Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode.
(10 minutes)
Rails Engines
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.
(8 minutes)