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PayPal Express Checkout
Episode #146 – Jan 26, 2009 – 61 comments

PayPal Express Checkout

PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode. (15 minutes)
Integrating Active Merchant
Episode #145 – Jan 19, 2009 – 91 comments

Integrating Active Merchant

In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. (18 minutes)
Active Merchant Basics
Episode #144 – Jan 12, 2009 – 69 comments

Active Merchant Basics

Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway. (10 minutes)
PayPal Security
Episode #143 – Jan 05, 2009 – 72 comments

PayPal Security

This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN). (11 minutes)
PayPal Notifications
Episode #142 – Dec 29, 2008 – 63 comments

PayPal Notifications

PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to mark a cart as purchased. (10 minutes)
PayPal Basics
Episode #141 – Dec 22, 2008 – 52 comments

PayPal Basics

This episode is the first in a series on handling the checkout process for orders. Here we show how to complete purchases through PayPal's Website Payments Standard service. (7 minutes)
Rails 2.2 Extras
Episode #140 – Dec 15, 2008 – 45 comments

Rails 2.2 Extras

This episode finishes up the Rails 2.2 series by showing a few miscellaneous additions that I find useful. (4 minutes)
Nested Resources
Episode #139 – Dec 08, 2008 – 66 comments

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)
I18n
Episode #138 – Dec 01, 2008 – 70 comments

I18n

Internationalization is one of the biggest additions in Rails 2.2. See how the basics work in this episode. (7 minutes)
Memoization
Episode #137 – Nov 24, 2008 – 48 comments

Memoization

Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization. (5 minutes)