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Screen Scraping with ScrAPI
Screen scraping is not pretty, but sometimes it's your only option to extract content from an external site. In this episode I show you how to fetch product prices using ScrAPI.
(15 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)
Feed Parsing
Learn two different techniques for parsing an RSS feed using Feedzirra in this episode!
(10 minutes)
Integrating Active Merchant
In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process.
(18 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)
Active Merchant Basics
Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway.
(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)
Sortable Lists
Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode.
(8 minutes)
PayPal Express Checkout
PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode.
(15 minutes)
Thinking Sphinx
If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode.
(12 minutes)