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Super Simple Authentication
Episode #21 – Apr 20, 2007 – 77 comments

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
Episode #236 – Oct 13, 2010 – 92 comments

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
Episode #206 – Mar 22, 2010 – 78 comments

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
Episode #189 – Nov 23, 2009 – 83 comments

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
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)
More on ActiveResource
Episode #95 – Mar 02, 2008 – 55 comments

More on ActiveResource

See how to handle authentication and custom actions using ActiveResource in this episode. (8 minutes)
OpenID with Authlogic
Episode #170 – Jul 13, 2009 – 72 comments

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
Episode #178 – Sep 07, 2009 – 64 comments

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
Episode #158 – Apr 20, 2009 – 67 comments

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
Episode #156 – Apr 06, 2009 – 60 comments

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)