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Seed Data
Episode #179Sep 14, 200964 comments

Seed Data

Rails 2.3.4 includes a conventional way to add seed data to your application - no more including it in the migration files. (7 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)
Rails 2.3 Extras
Episode #152Mar 09, 200955 comments

Rails 2.3 Extras

This episode finishes up this series on Rails 2.3. Here you will learn about several smaller additions in 2.3. (9 minutes)
Rack Middleware
Episode #151Mar 02, 200966 comments

Rack Middleware

Rack middleware is a way to filter a request and response coming into your application. In this episode I show how to modify the response body using middleware. (12 minutes)
Rails Metal
Episode #150Feb 23, 200944 comments

Rails Metal

Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few milliseconds using Metal. (9 minutes)
Rails Engines
Episode #149Feb 16, 200958 comments

Rails Engines

Rails 2.3 brings us much of the same functionality as the Rails Engines plugin. Learn how to embed one application into another in this episode. (8 minutes)
App Templates in Rails 2.3
Episode #148Feb 09, 200950 comments

App Templates in Rails 2.3

In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode. (11 minutes)