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Copycopter
Copycopter provides a nice interface that clients can use to edit the text in a Rails application. Learn how to deploy a Copycopter server using Heroku and integrate it in a Rails application through I18n.
(6 minutes)
Bundler (revised)
Bundler makes it easy to manage Ruby Gem dependencies. Learn how to use it in a Rails application, see what's new in Bundler 1.1, convenient ways to run bundle exec, and how to fix gem compilation issues.
(9 minutes)
Asset Pipeline in Production
The Asset Pipeline is very useful, but it can be a pain in production. Here I show why it works the way it does, and how to customize it to fit your deployment setup.
(13 minutes)
Nginx & Unicorn
Nginx and Unicorn make a killer-combo for hosting a Rails application in production. Learn how to configure each in a Vagrant virtual machine in this episode.
(19 minutes)
Rails 3.1 Overview
This is the first episode in a series covering Rails 3.1. Here I show how to install the beta and show some of the new features.
(13 minutes)
Upgrading to Rails 3.1
It is incredibly easy to upgrade to Rails 3.1, but if you want to take advantage of the asset pipeline you will need to put in some extra effort. Have no fear because I walk you through each of the necessary steps in this episode.
(8 minutes)
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)
Webrat
If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode.
(7 minutes)
Factories not Fixtures
Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories to generate the needed records.
(12 minutes)
Metrics Metrics Metrics
Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics.
(7 minutes)