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#417 Foundation 16 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
ZURB's Foundation is a front-end for quickly building applications and prototypes. It is similar to Twitter Bootstrap but uses Sass instead of LESS. Here you will learn the basics of the grid system, ...
#415 Upgrading to Rails 4 6 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
With the release of Rails 4.0.0.rc1 it's time to try it out and report any bugs. Here I walk you through the steps to upgrade a Rails 3.2 application to Rails 4.
#412 Fast Rails Commands 4 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
Rails commands, such as generators, migrations, and tests, have a tendency to be slow because they need to load the Rails app each time. Here I show three tools to make this faster: Zeus, Spring, and ...
#409 Active Model Serializers 9 Mar 2013 | 01:00 pm
The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JSON output.
#406 Public Activity 13 Feb 2013 | 01:00 pm
Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here I show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual way to trigger activities.
#402 Better Errors & RailsPanel 25 Jan 2013 | 01:00 pm
Here we take a look at two tools to aid us in development: Better Errors which makes it easier than ever to debug exceptions, and RailsPanel, a Chrome extension to see Rails requests.
#400 What's New in Rails 4 4 Jan 2013 | 01:00 pm
Rails 4.0 is still unfinished, but it is shaping up to become a great release. Here I show how to setup a new Rails 4.0 (edge) application and walk through many of its new features.
#396 Importing CSV and Excel 8 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm
Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here I show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a solution for validations.
#393 Guest User Record 21 Nov 2012 | 01:00 pm
Instead of presenting a sign up form to the user, consider creating a temporary guest record so the user can try out the application without filling in their information up front. They can then become...
#390 Turbolinks 5 Nov 2012 | 01:00 pm
Turbolinks can make your Rails app feel faster by using JavaScript to replace the page content when clicking a link. It will be default in new Rails 4.0 applications, but here I show how to use it in ...
