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Making a Gem
Want to create a Ruby Gem instead of a Rails plugin? In this episode I will walk you through creating a gem to extend Rails.
(9 minutes)
Paperclip
Need to add image attachments to a model? See how with paperclip in this episode.
(7 minutes)
Capistrano Tasks
Do you know how to make Capistrano tasks? See how to change default deployment behavior with custom tasks in this episode.
(8 minutes)
Helpers Outside Views
Have you ever wanted to access helper methods outside of the view layer? In this episode I show you a couple ways to do just that.
(6 minutes)
Going Back
This episode demonstrates a couple ways to redirect the user back to a previous page. Applying this to your site can help minimize the user's need to press the back button.
(4 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)
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)
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)
Rake in Background
In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode.
(10 minutes)
Populating a Database
Have you ever wanted to fill up a database with a lot of test data? See how to do that in this episode using the populator and faker gems.
(8 minutes)