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Jbuilder
Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions.
(8 minutes)
Extending Refinery CMS
Here I continue on Refinery and show how to add database-backed content by generating an engine. You will also learn how to override Refinery's views and controllers in this episode.
(14 minutes)
Better Sass with Bourbon
If you are tired of the browser vendor prefixes in CSS, check out Bourbon. It provides Sass mixins and functions to make CSS more convenient.
(7 minutes)
PDFs with Prawn (revised)
Prawn is an excellent Ruby library for generating PDF documents. Here you will learn how to add it to a Rails application through a separate PDF renderer class.
(11 minutes)
Delayed Job (revised)
Long requests should be moved into a background process, and Delayed Job is one of the easiest ways to do this because it works with an Active Record database.
(8 minutes)
Compass & CSS Sprites
Compass improves the Sass experience by providing useful mixins, functions, and more. You will also learn how to make CSS sprites with it in this episode.
(9 minutes)
A/B Testing with Split
Split testing allows you to experiment with different designs and track conversions to determine which one is the most effective. Learn how to do A/B testing using Split in this episode.
(10 minutes)
RABL
RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode.
(8 minutes)
Search with Sunspot
Sunspot makes it easy to do full text searching through Solr. Here I show how to search on various attributes and add facets for filtering the search further.
(10 minutes)
ActiveAttr
ActiveAttr provides what Active Model left out. If you need to create a table-less model with features similar to Active Record, watch this episode.
(5 minutes)