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RailsCasts (Mobile)

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 technique so you can quickly move on to applying it to your own project. The topics are geared toward the intermediate Rails developer, but beginners and experts will get something out of it as well. A Pro option is also available containing more screencasts each week. This version is for mobile

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11:17

#65 Stopping Spam with Akismet

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/08/06

The Railscasts site has been getting a lot of comment spam in the past, but no longer. In this episode I will show you how I solved this problem by using the Akismet web service.

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5:06

#64 Custom Helper Modules

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/30

Rails designates one helper module per controller, but that shouldn't stop you from making custom helper modules to help structure the code. Learn how in this episode.

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6:07

#63 Model Name in URL

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/27

By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details.

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11:13

#62 Hacking ActiveRecord

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/25

Have you ever wanted to temporarily disable all validations? Well, ActiveRecord doesn't support this, but that doesn't mean we can't add it. This episode will show you how to open up an existing class and change its behavior.

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7:58

#61 Sending Email

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/23

This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail.

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9:49

#60 Testing without Fixtures

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/20

Tests which rely heavily on fixtures are brittle and can be difficult to maintain. This episode will show a couple techniques for creating tests which don't use fixtures.

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7:26

#59 Optimistic Locking

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/18

When two people attempt to update the same record near the same time, one of the updates will likely be overwritten. You can solve this problem with optimistic locking.

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11:11

#58 How to Make a Generator

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/16

Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which you will learn in this episode.

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5:30

#57 Create Model Through Text Field

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/13

Let's say you provide a select menu for setting which category a given product belongs to, but you also want the option of creating a new category by typing the name in a text field. See a great way to do that in this episode.

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9:49

#56 The Logger

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/11

Learn all about the logger in this episode. See how to send messages to the log and how to customize it.

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9:26

#55 Cleaning Up the View

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/09

This episode starts off with a big, messy template. Watch as this code shrinks and becomes more readable while the interface stays the same.

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8:03

#54 Debugging with ruby-debug

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/06

This episode will show you how to debug a rails app using ruby-debug: set a breakpoint, inspect variables, change the code and more.

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8:32

#53 Handling Exceptions

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/04

When an exception is raised in development you get the full error along with the stack trace. In production, only a simple message is displayed. Learn why this is and how to customize the handling of exceptions.

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10:02

#52 Update through Checkboxes

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/07/02

See how to select multiple items using checkboxes and perform an action on the selected items in this episode.

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6:48

#51 will_paginate

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/29

In edge rails (soon to be Rails 2.0), the built-in pagination has been moved into a plugin: classic_pagination. I recommend jumping over to the will_paginate plugin as shown in this episode.

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14:22

#50 Contributing to Rails

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/27

The best way to contribute to the Rails project is to submit a patch. This episode shows how to do exactly that. There's also a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss!

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6:55

#49 Reading the API

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/25

The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative sites for accessing the API. Update: sorry about the broken movie, it should work now.

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10:51

#48 Console Tricks

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/22

The Rails console is one of my favorite tools. This episode is packed with tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the console.

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9:00

#47 Two Many-to-Many

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/20

There are two different ways to set up a many-to-many association in Rails. In this episode you will see how to implement both ways along with some tips on choosing the right one for your project.

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5:58

#46 Catch-all Route

RailsCasts (Mobile) ·

2007/06/18

Sometimes you need to add complex/dynamic routes. This is often impossible to do in routes.rb, but do not worry. It can be accomplished with a catch-all route. See how in this episode.

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