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REST API Versioning
APIs should be consistent, but it is difficult to do this when returning a JSON response along side the HTML interface. Here I show how to add a versioned, RESTful API. The version can be determined from either the URL or HTTP headers.
(10 minutes)
Pretty URLs with FriendlyId
If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generate a URL slug and maintain a history.
(7 minutes)
Routing Walkthrough Part 2
In this episode we continue our look into the Rails 3 router by exploring the Mapper class.
(13 minutes)
Nested Resources
In this episode I show how to nest resources through routing and go into some new additions in Rails 2.2.
(10 minutes)
Subdomains
Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode.
(18 minutes)
Generating RSS Feeds
See how to easily generate and link to an RSS feed using new features in Rails 2.0. Watch this episode or details.
(6 minutes)
Model Name in URL
By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details.
(6 minutes)