This is a basic implementation of creating bookmarks for our delicious clone using the Rails built in REST.

I also found out that you need the haml-rails gem in order to get your views to generate in HAML.

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In this installment in the Delicious Clone, we use CanCan to set some permissions on the Bookmarks Controller.

Next week, we'll finish the bookmark creation process and the following, we'll add styling with SASS.

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Run your tests faster with parallel_tests gem using all the cores you have on your computer.

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This is a quick demonstration of how to switch your Rails 3 application to HAML from ERB.

Because I'm going to be testing in cucumber sections of the site that require a user to be logged in, I decided to get it out of the way. So, in this video, I write a cucumber feature to test login and round it off with a few tests on the devise generated user model to make sure it continues to behave as I expect it to as I update it throughout the process of building this application.

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Here is what I've done to create this application:

Use the 'rails new' command to create a rails application

Set up the Gemfile

Configure the Database

Install Cucumber

Install Rspec

Install Devise

Install CanCan

Install jQuery

Configure Devise

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This video demonstrates how to build a countdown timer with the setInterval function in Javascript, a text field, and jQuery to update your text field.

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Capistrano has been the most popular way to deploy Ruby and Rails applications for a long time. This video provides a quick demonstration of a basic recipe for deploying a Rails 3 application.

I made this video a while ago and I realized that I never posted it. Here is a very basic recipe for deploying with Capistrano.

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I'm trying something new and using the YouTube player. Let me know if you see any differences.

In this video, I demonstrate how to create, merge, and delete local and remote branches in Git.

Git is a Source Control Management system written by Linus Torvalds for managing development on the Linux operating system.

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Twitter just turned off Basic Auth and is forcing application developer to use OAuth. Here is a demonstration of how to add Twitter OAuth to your Ruby on Rails Application.

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