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Migrations in Rails 2.1
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.
(4 minutes)
Authentication from Scratch
Password authentication is not too complicated to make from scratch, it will also help to get a better understanding of how it works.
(15 minutes)
Geocoder
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!
(8 minutes)
Token Fields
With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association.
(11 minutes)
Gravatar
Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode.
(5 minutes)
Contributing to Rails
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!
(14 minutes)
Draper
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.
(12 minutes)
Charts
There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app.
(16 minutes)
Bundler
Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode.
(9 minutes)
Subversion on Rails
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.
(8 minutes)