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Declarative Authorization
Episode #188Nov 16, 2009114 comments

Declarative Authorization

Declarative authorization provides an advanced and powerful solution for role based authorization. (15 minutes)
Authorization with CanCan
Episode #192Dec 14, 2009114 comments

Authorization with CanCan

CanCan is a simple authorization plugin that offers a lot of flexibility. See how to use it in this episode. (15 minutes)
Active Record Reputation System
Episode #364Jul 09, 2012105 comments

Active Record Reputation System

If you need to calculate an average user's rating or sum up a number of votes, consider using the activerecord-reputation-system gem. Here I will cover the basics and also briefly present a from-scratch solution. (10 minutes)
RABL
Episode #322Feb 08, 201264 comments

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)
Jbuilder
Episode #320Jan 30, 201278 comments

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)
Token Fields
Episode #258Mar 21, 2011118 comments

Token Fields

With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an autocompleting list of entries for a many-to-many association. (11 minutes)
Mongoid
Episode #238Nov 01, 201081 comments

Mongoid

Mongoid is a polished, high-level Ruby gem for accessing MongoDB. Here I cover installation, adding fields, validations, associations, and keys. (11 minutes)
Customizing Devise
Episode #210Apr 19, 201074 comments

Customizing Devise

Here we dive deeper into Devise by customizing how the views, routing, validations, and authentication works. (7 minutes)
A/B Testing with A/Bingo
Episode #214May 17, 201052 comments

A/B Testing with A/Bingo

A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option. (11 minutes)
Beginning with Cucumber
Episode #155Mar 30, 2009107 comments

Beginning with Cucumber

Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. (15 minutes)