If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode.
Polymorphic associations can be perplexing. In this episode I show you how to set it up in Active Record and then move to the controller and view layer.
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.
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.
Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode.
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About RailsCasts (Mobile)
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Every other week you will be treated to a new, free RailsCasts episode featuring tips and tricks with Ruby on Rails, the popular web development framework. These screencasts are short and focus on one…
technique so you can quickly move on to applying it to your own project. The topics are geared toward the intermediate Rails developer, but beginners and experts will get something out of it as well. A Pro option is also available containing more screencasts each week. This version is for mobile devices which cannot support the full resolution version.