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PDFKit
Episode #220Jun 28, 201096 comments

PDFKit

Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit. (8 minutes)
Offline Apps Part 2
Episode #248Jan 10, 201137 comments

Offline Apps Part 2

Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline. (14 minutes)
Notifications in Rails 3
Episode #249Jan 17, 201134 comments

Notifications in Rails 3

Rails 3 comes with instrument support through the ActiveSupport::Notifications class. Call "subscribe" to listen to notifications, and "instrument" to send them. (10 minutes)
Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 2
Episode #226Aug 09, 201048 comments

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. (12 minutes)
Introducing Devise
Episode #209Apr 12, 2010116 comments

Introducing Devise

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. (10 minutes)
Offline Apps Part 1
Episode #247Jan 03, 201136 comments

Offline Apps Part 1

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. (10 minutes)
Gravatar
Episode #244Dec 13, 201040 comments

Gravatar

Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. (5 minutes)
New Gem with Bundler
Episode #245Dec 20, 201037 comments

New Gem with Bundler

Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works. (7 minutes)
Calendars
Episode #213May 10, 2010103 comments

Calendars

If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode. (9 minutes)
Beanstalkd and Stalker
Episode #243Dec 06, 201040 comments

Beanstalkd and Stalker

Beanstalk is a fast and easy way to queue background tasks. Stalker provides a nice wrapper interface for creating these jobs. (9 minutes)