Recent Episodes
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152
Rails 2.3 extras
A round of some of the smaller new feaures in Rails 2.3 to finish the short series on Rails 2.3.
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151
Rack Middleware
Rack middleware provides a way to filter a request and response in your application. We use it to modify the application's response body.
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150
Rails Metal
Rails Metal lets you bypass the normal Rails request process and speed up frequently called requests.
Tags: rails-23 performance
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149
Rails Engines Other translations:
Rails 2.3 has most of the Rails Engine plugin built in. Find out how to embed one application into another.
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148
App Templates in Rails 2.3
We often have to go through a number of steps to set up a new Rails application the way we like it. Find out how to automate the process with the new App Templates in Rails 2.3.
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147
Sortable Lists
Find out how to create a drag and drop list using prototype and one of Rails’ helper methods.
Tags: active-record plugins ajax routing
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143
PayPal Security
Find out how to encrypt the data to send to PayPal and verify the authenticity of Instant Payment Notifications.
Tags: tools security e-commerce
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142
PayPal Notifications
PayPal's Instant Payment Notification can be used to tell your app when an order is processed. See how it can be used to mark a cart as purchased.
Tags: tools e-commerce
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141
PayPal Basics
The first of a series about dealing with taking payments on your site. Here we show you how to use PayPal to take payments from your cart.
Tags: tools e-commerce
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138
I18n Other translations:
Internationalization was one of the big additions to Rails 2.2. We'll show you how to start using it in this episode.