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Stopping Spam with Akismet
The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by using the Akismet web service.
(11 minutes)
Custom Rake Tasks
Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom rake tasks and improve them by using rake features.
(10 minutes)
Markaby in Helper
Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode.
(6 minutes)
Custom Routes
In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters.
(7 minutes)
Hacking ActiveRecord
Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This episode will show you how to open up an existing class and change its behavior.
(11 minutes)
Debugging with ruby-debug
This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more.
(8 minutes)
Update through Checkboxes
See how to select multiple items using checkboxes and perform an action on the selected items in this episode.
(10 minutes)
How to Make a Generator
Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which you will learn in this episode.
(11 minutes)
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)
The Logger
Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it.
(9 minutes)