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Fast Tests
Episode #413Apr 10, 2013200 comments

Fast Tests

A slow test suite can put a damper on test-driven development. In this episode I show a variety of ways to optimize specs including: selective testing, preloading Rails, and testing outside of Rails. (17 minutes)
Fast Rails Commands
Episode #412Apr 04, 2013179 comments

Fast Rails Commands

Rails commands, such as generators, migrations, and tests, have a tendency to be slow because they need to load the Rails app each time. Here I show three tools to make this faster: Zeus, Spring, and Commands. (8 minutes)
Hstore
Episode #345Apr 24, 201299 comments

Hstore

With hstore you can add schema-less data to PostgreSQL. This allows you to store model attributes without creating separate database columns. Watch how to do this using the activerecord-postgres-hstore gem. (10 minutes)
Getting Started with Rails
Episode #310Dec 26, 201161 comments

Getting Started with Rails

Learning Ruby on Rails can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to programming. Here I will take you on a tour through various resources to help get started with Rails. (7 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)
Integrating Active Merchant
Episode #145Jan 19, 200991 comments

Integrating Active Merchant

In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. (18 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)