Our screencasts are here to fill in the gaps, explain the confusing pieces, and give you an understanding you can't find elsewhere. There is a lot of "magic" that happens in Ruby on Rails and it's hard to wrap your head around so many different gems and concepts. You'll get to see my actual development environment, how I think about and design code, and learn how to become a confident developer.
Episode 44 · February 27, 2015 · Length: 17:13
Learn how to upload CSV files and import records from your Rails application
Episode 43 · February 20, 2015 · Length: 16:31
We take a look at the basics of using Ruby's CSV library to import data into your Rails application with a Rake task
Episode 42 · February 12, 2015 · Length: 18:10
An introduction to Ruby on Rails concerns where we build a Soft Deletable module like the Paranoia gem
Episode 41 · February 5, 2015 · Length: 16:21
Learn how to soft delete records instead of deleting them permanently from your database
Episode 40 · January 23, 2015 · Length: 14:49
Learn how oEmbed works to dynamically grab embed codes from a URL and how we can use fragment caching to make this more efficient
Episode 39 · January 15, 2015 · Length: 19:20
Learn how to refactor a complex controller with a bunch of methods into a much cleaner set of code
Episode 38 · January 3, 2015 · Length: 12:59
Add background uploads and progress easily with Refile's JS library
Episode 37 · January 3, 2015 · Length: 23:27
Learn how to upload files with the newest file upload library on the block: Refile
Episode 36 · December 19, 2014 · Length: 23:35
Learn how to set up polymorphic associations, add comments to your app, and think about the structure of your Rails application
Episode 35 · December 12, 2014 · Length: 17:29
Learn how to create simple API tokens for authentication with Devise
March 9
Refactoring CSV Uploads with ActiveModel::Model