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Facebook Graph API
Episode #361 – Jun 25, 2012 – 60 comments

Facebook Graph API

Learn how to use the Facebook Graph API with the Koala gem to fetch data from Facebook and post content through a user. Here I delve into permissions, error handling, and more. (14 minutes)
Git on Rails
Episode #96 – Mar 10, 2008 – 72 comments

Git on Rails

Git has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and for good reason. It's an excellent SCM which in many ways is more simple and powerful than subversion. See how to set up a Rails project with Git in this episode. (5 minutes)
Sending HTML Email
Episode #312 – Jan 02, 2012 – 49 comments

Sending HTML Email

HTML email can be difficult to code because any CSS should be made inline. Here I present a few tools for doing this including the premailer-rails3 and roadie gems. (5 minutes)
Gravatar
Episode #244 – Dec 13, 2010 – 40 comments

Gravatar

Gravatar is a service for providing user avatars. See how easy it is to use in Rails in this episode. (5 minutes)
Factories not Fixtures (revised)
Episode #158 – Oct 27, 2011 – 44 comments

Factories not Fixtures (revised)

Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show how to use Factory Girl to generate the needed records directly in the tests. (9 minutes)
Subversion on Rails
Episode #36 – May 25, 2007 – 58 comments

Subversion on Rails

This episode will walk you through setting up a Rails project on subversion. It covers some helpful tips and gotchas you may experience along the way. (8 minutes)
Beginning with Cucumber
Episode #155 – Mar 30, 2009 – 107 comments

Beginning with Cucumber

Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. (15 minutes)
Guard
Episode #264 – May 02, 2011 – 57 comments

Guard

Guard watches files and runs a command after a file is modified. This allows you to automatically run tests in the background, restart your development server, reload the browser, and more. (8 minutes)
Integrating Active Merchant
Episode #145 – Jan 19, 2009 – 91 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)
Gem Dependencies
Episode #110 – May 23, 2008 – 34 comments

Gem Dependencies

In Rails 2.1 we now have the ability to set gem dependencies. Now it's easier than ever to specify which ruby gems our rails app relies on. (6 minutes)