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Upgrading to Rails 4 20 May 2013 | 10:59 pm
With the release of Rails 4.0.0.rc1 it's time to try it out and report any bugs. Here we walk you through the steps to upgrade a Rails 3.2 application to Rails 4.
Public Activity 5 May 2013 | 02:30 am
Learn how to easily add a user activity feed using the public_activity gem. Here we show both the default setup using model callbacks and a manual way to trigger activities.
Active Model Serializers 15 Apr 2013 | 12:19 am
The ActiveModel::Serializers gem can help you build JSON APIs through serializer objects. This provides a dedicated place to fully customize the JSON output
Fast Rails Commands 15 Apr 2013 | 12:17 am
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 we show three tools to make this faster: Zeus, Spring, and...
Importing CSV and Excel 2 Jan 2013 | 01:17 am
Allow users to import records into the database by uploading a CSV or Excel document. Here we show how to use Roo to parse these files and present a solution for validations
Guest User Record 17 Dec 2012 | 12:37 am
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...
Cache Digests 23 Nov 2012 | 11:38 pm
The cache_digests gem (also included in Rails 4) will automatically add a digest to the fragment cache key based on the template. If a template changes the cache will auto-expire but there are traps w...
Turbolinks 22 Nov 2012 | 01:08 am
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 we show how to use it in...
DataTables 2 Nov 2012 | 04:28 pm
DataTables makes it easy to convert a plain HTML table into one with pagination, sorting, and searching - all done with JavaScript and jQuery. Here we show how to set this up and use a Rails applicati...
Globalize3 2 Nov 2012 | 04:25 pm
Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database content? Learn how using Globalize 3 in this episode.
