Recent Episodes
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169
Dynamic Page Caching Other translations:
Use a combination of page caching and JavaScript to create a fast cached page that can still be updated dynamically.
Tags: caching performance ajax administration
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168
Feed Parsing Other translations:
In this episode we use two different techniques to parse an RSS feed with Feedzirra.
Tags: plugins active-record
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167
More on Virtual Attributes Other translations:
Make use of virtual attributes and callbacks to implement tagging in a blogging application.
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166
Metric Fu
Metric Fu is a compliation of tools that help you find the places in your code that need improvement. See what they have to say about the Railscasts codebase.
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165
Edit Multiple Other translations:
Select multiple records with checkboxes and edit them all on one form. Find out how to use virtual attributes to update values relatively.
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164
Cron in Ruby
Cron does a great job of handling recurring tasks, but the syntax is a little tricky. This episode shows you how to use Whenever to write cron jobs in Ruby instead.
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163
Self Referential Association Other translations:
In this episode we create a small social networking application and use a self-referential association to link users with their friends.
Tags: active-record controllers
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162
Tree Based Navigation
The acts_as_tree plugin provides a good solution for handling a tree-based navigation. In this episode we build a navigation system with menus, subpages and a breadcrumb control.
Tags: active-record plugins
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161
Three Profiling Tools
Find out what your Rails application is doing under the hood with New Relic RPM, FiveRuns TuneUp and Rack::Bug.
Tags: tools performance
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160
Authlogic Other translations:
Authentication can become very complex. This episode shows how to use Authlogic to handle this complexity while keeping control over what is presented to the user.
Tags: authentication plugins