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Episode 78: Generating PDF Documents

over 4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
In this episode I will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem....

Episode 79: Generate Named Routes

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
This more advanced episode will show you how to dynamically generate named routes by adding a method to the map object....

Episode 80: Simplify Views with Rails 2.0

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts. [Linked from: Riding Rails]
Rails 2.0 is almost here. One of the many features in this release is the smarter helper methods which can make your views much cleaner. Learn all about...

Episode 81: Fixtures in Rails 2.0

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
In Rails 2.0, fixtures see many improvements which makes them much easier to manage. Watch this episode for details....

Episode 82: HTTP Basic Authentication

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
Rails 2.0 offers an extremely easy way to do HTTP basic authentication. See how in this episode....

Episode 83: Migrations in Rails 2.0

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
Migrations are now sexy in Rails 2.0! In this episode we will take a look at these improvements and the related rake tasks....

Episode 84: Cookie Based Session Store

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
In Rails 1.2 the default session store is file based. This is inefficient and difficult to maintain. In Rails 2.0 the default is now cookie based which...

Episode 85: YAML Configuration File

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
Application configuration shouldn't be spread throughout your code base. Instead a much better place to put it is an external YAML file. See how to do that...

Episode 86: Logging Variables

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
Have you ever wanted to easily log all variables? Now you can by using some advanced Ruby concepts as shown in this episode....

Episode 87: Generating RSS Feeds

~4 years ago by Ryan Bates on Railscasts.
See how to easily generate and link to an RSS feed using new features in Rails 2.0. Watch this episode or details....