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jQuery & Ajax (revised)
Here I go back to the basics and show how to turn a traditional Rails app into one that interacts through Ajax by adding "remote" options, JavaScript templates and a dabble of jQuery.
(14 minutes)
Semi-Static Pages (revised)
There are many ways to handle static pages in a Rails application. Here I show two approaches including one that uses a RESTful style PagesController to keep the content in the database
(8 minutes)
Batch API Requests
Here I demonstrate how to perform bulk API operations though a single request using Rack middleware. This is great if you need to trigger multiple actions at once such as if the user goes offline.
(18 minutes)
Devise (revised)
Devise is one of the most popular authentication plugins for Rails. Here I show how to set it up with a User model and configure the modules, views, routes, and more.
(8 minutes)
Memcached & Dalli
Memcached is an excellent cache store, and Dalli is the best way to interact with it through Ruby. Here I show various ways to use Memcached in a Rails app including how to set it up in production.
(12 minutes)
Notifications in Rails 3
Rails 3 comes with instrument support through the ActiveSupport::Notifications class. Call "subscribe" to listen to notifications, and "instrument" to send them.
(10 minutes)
Active Record Queries in Rails 3
Rails 3 introduces a new query interface for performing finds in Active Record. See how it works along with the changes in named scopes.
(10 minutes)
Console Tricks (revised)
Here you will learn how to get the most out of the Rails console. I will also demonstrate several utility gems and how to use them without adding them to the Gemfile.
(9 minutes)
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)