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Custom Daemon
Episode #129Sep 29, 200863 comments

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)
Complex Forms Part 2
Episode #74Oct 08, 2007117 comments

Complex Forms Part 2

See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to create any number of tasks in one form the same time a project is created. (8 minutes)
Generators in Rails 3
Episode #216May 31, 201040 comments

Generators in Rails 3

Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences. (11 minutes)
Mechanize
Episode #191Dec 07, 200967 comments

Mechanize

Mechanize extends the power of Nokogiri allowing you to interact with multiple pages on the site: click links, submit forms, etc. (10 minutes)
Screen Scraping with Nokogiri
Episode #190Nov 30, 200962 comments

Screen Scraping with Nokogiri

Screen scraping is easy with Nokogiri and SelectorGadget. (13 minutes)
7 Security Tips
Episode #178Sep 07, 200964 comments

7 Security Tips

Security is important! Here I show seven different security flaws which are common to Rails applications ranging from mass assignment to CSRF protection. (14 minutes)
Gemcutter & Jeweler
Episode #183Oct 12, 200951 comments

Gemcutter & Jeweler

Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. (7 minutes)
Finding Unused CSS
Episode #180Sep 21, 200955 comments

Finding Unused CSS

Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS selects you can remove. (8 minutes)
Migrations in Rails 2.0
Episode #83Dec 09, 200741 comments

Migrations in Rails 2.0

Migrations are now sexy in Rails 2.0! In this episode we will take a look at these improvements and the related rake tasks. (5 minutes)
group_by Month
Episode #29May 09, 200762 comments

group_by Month

Learn how to use the very useful group_by method to group an array by anything you want! In this episode I group an array of tasks by month then sort it properly. (5 minutes)