RailsCasts

RailsCasts

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RailsCasts episodes

  • #225 Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 1
    In the first part of this series on upgrading a Rails 2 application to Rails 3, we'll start off by setting up Rails 3.0 Release Candidate in a clean environment. The rails_upgrade plugin will then help us determine what needs upgrading.
    12 min
  • #223 Charts
    There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app.
    17 min
  • #222 Rack in Rails 3
    The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal.
    9 min
  • #220 PDFKit
    Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit.
    9 min
  • #219 Active Model
    In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other features to tableless models.
    7 min
  • #218 Making Generators in Rails 3
    Generators in Rails 3 have been rewritten to use Thor which means the code used to create a generator is quite different. Here you will learn the new way to make generators in Rails 3.
    11 min

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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…