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Monitoring with God
Episode #130Oct 05, 200849 comments

Monitoring with God

Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode. (14 minutes)
Console Tricks
Episode #48Jun 22, 200737 comments

Console Tricks

The Rails console is one of my favorite tools. This episode is packed with tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the console. (10 minutes)
Selenium
Episode #116Jun 30, 200864 comments

Selenium

Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode. (9 minutes)
Rake in Background
Episode #127Sep 15, 200862 comments

Rake in Background

In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. (10 minutes)
Debugging with ruby-debug
Episode #54Jul 06, 200751 comments

Debugging with ruby-debug

This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more. (8 minutes)
Reading the API
Episode #49Jun 25, 200746 comments

Reading the API

The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative sites for accessing the API. Update: sorry about the broken movie, it should work now. (6 minutes)
YAML Configuration File
Episode #85Dec 23, 200750 comments

YAML Configuration File

Application configuration shouldn't be spread throughout your code base. Instead a much better place to put it is an external YAML file. See how to do that in this episode. (7 minutes)
Custom Rake Tasks
Episode #66Aug 13, 200755 comments

Custom Rake Tasks

Rake is one of those tools that you don't realize how powerful it is until you start using it. In this episode you will learn how to create custom rake tasks and improve them by using rake features. (10 minutes)
The Logger
Episode #56Jul 11, 200732 comments

The Logger

Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it. (9 minutes)