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Super Simple Authentication
The final piece of the administration puzzle: authentication. There are many different approaches which is why I saved this step for last. This episode will cover a few techniques including the simple solution used for this site.
(6 minutes)
OmniAuth Part 2
In this episode we continue our look at integrating OmniAuth with devise. Here I show how to set up new users with validations.
(15 minutes)
Action Mailer in Rails 3
Action Mailer has been rewritten for Rails 3 providing a much cleaner API with its use of the Mail gem.
(12 minutes)
Embedded Association
Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a single column through a string or bitmask.
(14 minutes)
PayPal Security
This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN).
(11 minutes)
More on ActiveResource
See how to handle authentication and custom actions using ActiveResource in this episode.
(8 minutes)
OpenID with Authlogic
Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160.
(11 minutes)
7 Security Tips
Security is important! Here I show seven different security flaws which are common to Rails applications ranging from mass assignment to CSRF protection.
(14 minutes)
Factories not Fixtures
Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories to generate the needed records.
(12 minutes)
Webrat
If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode.
(7 minutes)