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Pagination with Kaminari
If you need pagination in Rails 3 try out Kaminari. It is a clean, flexible solution which uses scopes to flow nicely with Active Record queries. Did I mention it also works with Mongoid?
(8 minutes)
Request Specs and Capybara
Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. Here I also show how to use capybara with integrated JavaScript testing using Selenium.
(13 minutes)
Finding Unused CSS
Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS selects you can remove.
(8 minutes)
Simple OmniAuth
Authentication is incredibly simple to add with just OmniAuth if you don't need username/password or multiple authentications per user.
(9 minutes)
Model Versioning
If you need to keep track of a model's history of changes and switch between versions, consider using the vestal_versions gem like I show in this episode.
(9 minutes)
MetaWhere & MetaSearch
MetaWhere provides a way to do complex find conditions without SQL in Active Record. MetaSearch makes it easy to create search forms with many find options.
(8 minutes)
OmniAuth Part 1
OmniAuth is an easy way to add many different authentication services to your app. In this episode we start integrating it with Devise.
(10 minutes)
Testing JavaScript with Jasmine
Are you testing your JavaScript? Learn how to add specs using Jasmine. This episode also covers jQuery integration with jasmine-jquery.
(15 minutes)
I18n Backends
Internationalization is easy to add in Rails, but the YAML files can be difficult to manage. In this episode I show how to use Redis for managing the translations through a web interface.
(11 minutes)
Metrics Metrics Metrics
Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics.
(7 minutes)