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