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jQuery
Episode #136 – Nov 17, 2008 – 114 comments

jQuery

How do you use jQuery with Rails? In this episode I redo episode #43 using jQuery instead of Prototype/RJS. (9 minutes)
Helpers Outside Views
Episode #132 – Oct 20, 2008 – 58 comments

Helpers Outside Views

Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that. (6 minutes)
Going Back
Episode #131 – Oct 12, 2008 – 45 comments

Going Back

This episode demonstrates a couple ways to redirect the user back to a previous page. Applying this to your site can help minimize the user's need to press the back button. (4 minutes)
Rake in Background
Episode #127 – Sep 15, 2008 – 62 comments

Rake in Background

In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. (10 minutes)
Dynamic Layouts
Episode #125 – Sep 01, 2008 – 42 comments

Dynamic Layouts

Discover how to dynamically change the layout using content in the database. Check out this episode for details. (11 minutes)
Beta Invitations
Episode #124 – Aug 25, 2008 – 80 comments

Beta Invitations

You know those invitation systems where a given user can invite a number of other people to join? That's what I show you how to make in this episode. (22 minutes)
Subdomains
Episode #123 – Aug 18, 2008 – 82 comments

Subdomains

Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode. (18 minutes)
Semi-Static Pages
Episode #117 – Jul 07, 2008 – 73 comments

Semi-Static Pages

Static pages can sometimes be a little awkward to add to a Rails app. See a couple different solutions to this problem in this episode. (14 minutes)
Site Wide Announcements
Episode #103 – Apr 28, 2008 – 58 comments

Site Wide Announcements

Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode. (13 minutes)
Action Caching
Episode #93 – Feb 17, 2008 – 37 comments

Action Caching

Action caching behaves much like page caching except it processes the controller filters. You can also make it conditional as seen in this episode. (7 minutes)