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Cookie Based Session Store
In Rails 1.2 the default session store is file based. This is inefficient and difficult to maintain. In Rails 2.0 the default is now cookie based which has several benefits as you will see in this episode.
(4 minutes)
Testing Controllers with RSpec
Controllers are tricky to test, and there's no perfect way to do it. In this episode you will see how I test controllers, and my reasoning behind it.
(11 minutes)
Logging Variables
Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode.
(6 minutes)
Sending Email
This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail.
(7 minutes)
Generate Named Routes
This more advanced episode will show you how to dynamically generate named routes by adding a method to the map object.
(5 minutes)
Stopping Spam with Akismet
The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by using the Akismet web service.
(11 minutes)
Custom Rake Tasks
Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom rake tasks and improve them by using rake features.
(10 minutes)
Markaby in Helper
Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode.
(6 minutes)
Custom Routes
In this episode you will learn how to add custom routes, make some parameters optional, and add requirements for other parameters.
(7 minutes)
Hacking ActiveRecord
Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This episode will show you how to open up an existing class and change its behavior.
(11 minutes)