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RABL
Episode #322Feb 08, 201264 comments

RABL

RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode. (8 minutes)
ElasticSearch Part 2
Episode #307Dec 12, 201161 comments

ElasticSearch Part 2

This final part on ElasticSearch and Tire will show how to make more complex search queries, customize the indexing, and add facets. (16 minutes)
MetaWhere & MetaSearch
Episode #251Jan 31, 201165 comments

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)
Authlogic
Episode #160May 04, 2009127 comments

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)
Validations in Rails 3
Episode #211Apr 26, 201059 comments

Validations in Rails 3

Rails 3 offers several new additions to validations. Here learn how to make a custom error_messages partial, reflect on validations, and clean up complex validations in a model. (9 minutes)
Complex Forms Part 2
Episode #74Oct 08, 2007117 comments

Complex Forms Part 2

See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to create any number of tasks in one form the same time a project is created. (8 minutes)
Formtastic Part 1
Episode #184Oct 19, 200978 comments

Formtastic Part 1

Formtastic is a concise way to generate form views. In this episode (part 1 of 2) I show how to generate both a simple form and a more complex one which is customized with options. (10 minutes)
More on Cucumber
Episode #159Apr 27, 200957 comments

More on Cucumber

There is a lot more to Cucumber than I showed in an earlier episode. See how to refactor complex scenarios in this episode. (18 minutes)
Complex Partials
Episode #99Mar 31, 200830 comments

Complex Partials

How do you handle partials which have differences depending on the action which is rendering them? Here's three suggestions for this problem. (8 minutes)
Refactoring Out Helper Object
Episode #101Apr 14, 200844 comments

Refactoring Out Helper Object

If you have complex view logic, this can easily lead to helper methods which call each other. See how to refactor this out into another object in this episode. This is also known as the presenter pattern. (7 minutes)