RailsCasts

RailsCasts

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RailsCasts episodes

  • #326 ActiveAttr
    ActiveAttr provides what Active Model left out. If you need to create a table-less model with features similar to Active Record, watch this episode.
    6 min
  • #322 RABL
    RABL - Ruby API Builder Language - provides a DSL for generating JSON or XML responses in a Ruby application. Learn how to share and configure complex JSON data in this episode.
    9 min
  • #320 Jbuilder
    Jbuilder provides a DSL for generating JSON. It includes a template engine which allows you to create complex responses with helpers and conditions.
    9 min
  • #318 Upgrading to Rails 3.2
    Rails 3.2 sports many new features including automatic explain queries, tagged logging, key-value store in Active Record, improved migration generator and more. Learn all about these new features in this episode.
    10 min
  • #316 Private Pub
    Private Pub makes it easier than ever to publish and subscribe to real-time events in a Rails app. You can use publish_to with a block of JavaScript or supply a hash for use with JSON.
    8 min
  • #314 Pretty URLs with FriendlyId
    If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generate a URL slug and maintain a history.
    8 min
  • #312 Sending HTML Email
    HTML email can be difficult to code because any CSS should be made inline. Here I present a few tools for doing this including the premailer-rails3 and roadie gems.
    6 min
  • #308 Oh My ZSH
    As Rails developers, we frequently use the command line. Here I will show how to switch to Z Shell using Oh My ZSH including how to make your own theme and plugins.
    10 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…