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Backbone on Rails Part 2
In the second part of this two part series on Backbone.js, we finish up the Raffler application. Included is how to create entries through a form, respond to events, extract sub-views, pre-populate records, visit routes, and more.
(24 minutes)
Backbone on Rails Part 1
In this first part of a two part series you will learn basic Backbone concepts including models, collections, routers, views and events. The backbone-on-rails gem is used for Rails integration with the asset pipeline.
(18 minutes)
HTTP Caching
With HTTP response headers you can the cache in the user's browser and proxies. Etags, Last-Modified, Cache-Control and Rack::Cache are all covered here
(15 minutes)
Rails Middleware Walkthrough
Here I describe each Rack middleware that is included in a Rails app which will give you a better understanding of what a request goes through behind the scenes before it hits your application.
(14 minutes)
Rack App from Scratch
Rack comes with many helpful utilities such as request and response objects, various middleware, and MockRequest for testing. Here I cover all of these while building a Rack app from scratch.
(15 minutes)
Rollout and Degrade
Learn how to use the Rollout gem to deploy a feature to a select group of users and the Degrade gem to automatically disable it upon failure. Also included is a way of doing this from scratch.
(13 minutes)
Receiving Email with Mailman
The Mailman gem makes it easy to receive email in a Rails application. Here I show how to write a script to run Mailman in its own process and pull down mail from a POP3 account.
(11 minutes)
Form Builders
Forms often follow a similar pattern with a lot of repetition. Learn how to clean up form views and remove duplication with the help of form builders.
(12 minutes)
A Shell-Scripting Story
This episode continues off of the previous episode on Oh My ZSH showing how to script Z Shell. Here I show how to write a Rake autocompletion script and cover a few more useful utilities.
(10 minutes)
ElasticSearch Part 2
This final part on ElasticSearch and Tire will show how to make more complex search queries, customize the indexing, and add facets.
(16 minutes)