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Sortable Table Columns
Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header.
(10 minutes)
Calendars
If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode.
(9 minutes)
PDFKit
Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit.
(8 minutes)
Starling and Workling
Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode.
(9 minutes)
Syntax Highlighting
Here I talk about three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails: CodeRay, Ultraviolet and Pygments.
(9 minutes)
Custom Daemon
Creating a custom daemon to handle background tasks is surprisingly simple. In this episode I will make a daemon to handle dynamically scheduled tasks.
(7 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)
Monitoring with God
Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode.
(14 minutes)
Tree Based Navigation
The acts_as_tree plugin provides many methods for handling a tree based association. In this episode I show how to build a navigation system with tabs, subpages, and breadcrumbs.
(11 minutes)
OpenID Authentication
Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentication system.
(11 minutes)