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Token Fields
With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association.
(11 minutes)
Request Specs and Capybara
Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. Here I also show how to use capybara with integrated JavaScript testing using Selenium.
(13 minutes)
Undo with Paper Trail
Undo and redo behavior is easy to add with a versioning gem such as Paper Trail. Learn how to add an undo link to any model's flash message.
(13 minutes)
Pagination with Kaminari
If you need pagination in Rails 3 try out Kaminari. It is a clean, flexible solution which uses scopes to flow nicely with Active Record queries. Did I mention it also works with Mongoid?
(8 minutes)
CarrierWave File Uploads
CarrierWave makes it easy and clean to add file uploads to your application. It supports a variety of ORMs, frameworks and image processors.
(9 minutes)
MetaWhere & MetaSearch
MetaWhere provides a way to do complex find conditions without SQL in Active Record. MetaSearch makes it easy to create search forms with many find options.
(8 minutes)
Offline Apps Part 2
Learn how to make a site usable offline with HTML 5 localStorage. This last part of the series covers jquery-tmpl and jquery-offline.
(14 minutes)
Offline Apps Part 1
Learn how to make a site usable offline through an HTML 5 cache manifest. This first part of the series covers rack-offline and problems you may run into.
(10 minutes)
Beanstalkd and Stalker
Beanstalk is a fast and easy way to queue background tasks. Stalker provides a nice wrapper interface for creating these jobs.
(9 minutes)
Simple OmniAuth
Authentication is incredibly simple to add with just OmniAuth if you don't need username/password or multiple authentications per user.
(9 minutes)