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Geocoder
Episode #273Jul 04, 201193 comments

Geocoder

If you need to work with geographic data, Geocoder is an excellent gem for converting addresses and coordinates, finding nearby locations, determining distances, and more! (8 minutes)
Token Fields
Episode #258Mar 21, 2011118 comments

Token Fields

With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association. (11 minutes)
Gravatar
Episode #244Dec 13, 201040 comments

Gravatar

Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. (5 minutes)
Contributing to Rails
Episode #50Jun 27, 200739 comments

Contributing to Rails

The best way to contribute to the Rails project is to submit a patch. This episode shows how to do exactly that. There's also a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss! (14 minutes)
Factories not Fixtures (revised)
Episode #158Oct 27, 201144 comments

Factories not Fixtures (revised)

Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show how to use Factory Girl to generate the needed records directly in the tests. (9 minutes)
Draper
Episode #286Oct 03, 201171 comments

Draper

Clean up complex view logic using Draper. This gem provides decorators (much like presenters) which bundles view logic in an object oriented fashion. In this episode I do a step-by-step refactoring of a complex template into a decorator. (12 minutes)
Charts
Episode #223Jul 19, 201081 comments

Charts

There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app. (16 minutes)
Bundler
Episode #201Feb 15, 201048 comments

Bundler

Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode. (9 minutes)
Subversion on Rails
Episode #36May 25, 200758 comments

Subversion on Rails

This episode will walk you through setting up a Rails project on subversion. It covers some helpful tips and gotchas you may experience along the way. (8 minutes)
CarrierWave File Uploads
Episode #253Feb 14, 2011117 comments

CarrierWave File Uploads

CarrierWave makes it easy and clean to add file uploads to your application. It supports a variety of ORMs, frameworks and image processors. (9 minutes)