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Autocomplete Search Terms
Episode #399Dec 31, 201290 comments

Autocomplete Search Terms

Learn how to add autocompletion to a search form and improve performance using Rack middleware, caching and switching from SQL to Redis. (17 minutes)
Touch and Cache
Episode #172Jul 27, 200952 comments

Touch and Cache

Rails 2.3.3 brings us a new feature called "touch". See how to use this to auto-expire associated caches in this episode. (6 minutes)
Counter Cache Column
Episode #23Apr 25, 200769 comments

Counter Cache Column

If you need to display the record count for a has_many association, you can improve performance by caching that number in a column. (7 minutes)