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Twitter Bootstrap Basics
Episode #328Feb 28, 2012138 comments

Twitter Bootstrap Basics

Twitter Bootstrap can help make beautiful web apps quickly by providing you with useful CSS and JavaScript. Here you will learn how to include it into Rails with the twitter-bootstrap-rails gem. (10 minutes)
FnordMetric
Episode #378Sep 04, 201277 comments

FnordMetric

FnordMetric allows you to chart events in real time. This is great for keeping track of user activity in your Rails app as demonstrated in this episode. (10 minutes)
A Look at Meteor
Episode #351May 16, 2012105 comments

A Look at Meteor

Meteor is a JavaScript framework for building rich client-side applications. Here I re-create the Raffler app to compare with Backbone.js and Rails. Meteor may not be related to Rails, but I think many will find it interesting. (15 minutes)
Facebook Authentication
Episode #360Jun 25, 2012196 comments

Facebook Authentication

This will show how to create a new facebook application and configure it. Then add some authentication with the omniauth-facebook gem and top it off with a client-side authentication using the JavaScript SDK. (12 minutes)
Rubber and Amazon EC2
Episode #347May 03, 2012199 comments

Rubber and Amazon EC2

Deploying to Amazon EC2 allows you to scale an application quickly. Learn how to use Rubber to deploy to the cloud with just a few commands and monitor the cluster with various web tools. (17 minutes)
Private Pub
Episode #316Jan 16, 2012133 comments

Private Pub

Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScript or supply a hash for use with JSON. (7 minutes)
Twitter Integration
Episode #359Jun 15, 201276 comments

Twitter Integration

Here I show how to integrate Twitter into a Rails app. This includes fetching data, caching it, and even how to authenticate as a user signing in to your application through Twitter. (14 minutes)
Client-Side Performance
Episode #369Jul 24, 201260 comments

Client-Side Performance

Optimizing Rails performance can only take you so far. The client-side plays a big part in how fast a page feels. Here I show many tools that can help make your apps faster than ever. (14 minutes)
Syntax Highlighting (revised)
Episode #207May 11, 201258 comments

Syntax Highlighting (revised)

Here I compare several syntax highlighting solutions and show how to use Pygments in a Rails app. I also show how to integrate it with Markdown and add caching. (8 minutes)
Offline Apps Part 2
Episode #248Jan 10, 201137 comments

Offline Apps Part 2

Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline. (14 minutes)