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PDFs with Prawn
Episode #153Mar 16, 2009105 comments

PDFs with Prawn

Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Learn how to use it along with the Prawnto plugin in this episode. (10 minutes)
Rails 2.3 Extras
Episode #152Mar 09, 200923 comments

Rails 2.3 Extras

This episode finishes up this series on Rails 2.3. Here you will learn about several smaller additions in 2.3. (9 minutes)
Rack Middleware
Episode #151Mar 02, 200940 comments

Rack Middleware

Rack middleware is a way to filter a request and response coming into your application. In this episode I show how to modify the response body using middleware. (12 minutes)
Rails Metal
Episode #150Feb 23, 200921 comments

Rails Metal

Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few milliseconds using Metal. (9 minutes)
Rails Engines
Episode #149Feb 16, 200933 comments

Rails Engines

Rails 2.3 brings us much of the same functionality as the Rails Engines plugin. Learn how to embed one application into another in this episode. (8 minutes)
App Templates in Rails 2.3
Episode #148Feb 09, 200928 comments

App Templates in Rails 2.3

In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode. (11 minutes)
Sortable Lists
Episode #147Feb 02, 200935 comments

Sortable Lists

Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode. (8 minutes)
PayPal Express Checkout
Episode #146Jan 26, 200934 comments

PayPal Express Checkout

PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode. (15 minutes)
Integrating Active Merchant
Episode #145Jan 19, 200963 comments

Integrating Active Merchant

In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. (18 minutes)
Active Merchant Basics
Episode #144Jan 12, 200947 comments

Active Merchant Basics

Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway. (10 minutes)