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Seed Data
Episode #179 – Sep 14, 2009 – 64 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 #172 – Jul 27, 2009 – 52 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 #152 – Mar 09, 2009 – 55 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 #151 – Mar 02, 2009 – 66 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 #150 – Feb 23, 2009 – 44 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 #149 – Feb 16, 2009 – 58 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 #148 – Feb 09, 2009 – 50 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)