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Routing in Rails 3
Rails 3 sports a new routing interface. In this episode I show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show off a few new features.
(13 minutes)
Exporting CSV and Excel
As you will see it is easy to add a CSV export option to Rails. Here I also show how to export for Excel in a variety of formats.
(6 minutes)
Private Pub
Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScript or supply a hash for use with JSON.
(7 minutes)
Wizard Forms with Wicked
Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps.
(11 minutes)
Brakeman
The Brakeman gem will scan the Ruby code of a Rails application and alert you to common security vulnerabilities.
(8 minutes)
Cache Digests
The cache_digests gem (also included in Rails 4) will automatically add a digest to the fragment cache key based on the template. If a template changes the cache will auto-expire. But watch out for the gotchas!
(7 minutes)
Globalize3
Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database content? Learn how using Globalize 3 in this episode.
(5 minutes)
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)
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)
Public Activity
Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here I show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual way to trigger activities.
(10 minutes)