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RailsCasts #350 REST API Versioning

Railscasts - 2012-05-16 - free

APIs should be consistent, but it is difficult to do this when returning a JSON response along side the HTML interface. Here I show how to add a versioned, RESTful API. The version can be determined from either the URL or HTTP headers.

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RailsCasts #351 A Look at Meteor

Railscasts - 2012-05-16 - paid

Meteor is a JavaScript framework for building rich client-side applications. Here I re-create the Raffler app to compare with Backbone.js and Rails. Meteor may not be related to Rails, but I think many will find it interesting.

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Play by Play: Kyle Neath

Peepcode - 2012-05-15 - paid

Kyle Neath was the first designer hired at GitHub. He has had a hand in most of the projects shipped during that time (the website, GitHub Issues, GitHub for Mac, and others). Kyle is a master of his tools and takes a practical approach to design. Rather than focusing solely...

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RailsCasts #207 Syntax Highlighting (revised)

Railscasts - 2012-05-11 - paid

Here I compare several syntax highlighting solutions and show how to use Pygments in a Rails app. I also show how to integrate it with Markdown and add caching.

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RailsCasts #348 The Rails API Gem

Railscasts - 2012-05-09 - free

It is often asked: Is Rails a good fit if I only need to serve an API? In this episode I show how to use the Rails API gem to create a slimmer Rails application designed to respond with JSON.

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RailsCasts #349 Rails Modularity

Railscasts - 2012-05-09 - paid

Rails is a modular framework allowing you to include only what you need. Here I show how the smallest Rails app works, and then I take a look at how to whittle down a full Rails application stack.

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RailsCasts #258 Token Fields (revised)

Railscasts - 2012-05-05 - paid

The Chosen plugin makes it easy to turn a many-to-many select menu into a searchable token field. Then see how the jQuery Tokeninput field can help with AJAX loading and creating new records.

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RailsCasts #346 Wizard Forms with Wicked

Railscasts - 2012-05-03 - free

Creating a wizard form can be tricky in Rails. Learn how Wicked can help by turning a controller into a series of multiple steps.

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RailsCasts #347 Rubber and Amazon EC2

Railscasts - 2012-05-03 - paid

Deploying to Amazon EC2 allows you to scale an application quickly. Learn how to use Rubber to deploy to the cloud with just a few commands and monitor the cluster with various web tools.

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