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RailsCasts #146 PayPal Express Checkout
Railscasts - 2009-01-26 - free
PayPal Express Checkout is easy to add to an existing ordering system. See how in this episode.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #145 Integrating Active Merchant
Railscasts - 2009-01-19 - free
In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #144 Active Merchant Basics
Railscasts - 2009-01-12 - free
Active Merchant is a great library for handling credit card transactions. In this episode I will show you the basics of using it to communicate with PayPal's gateway.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #143 PayPal Security
Railscasts - 2009-01-05 - free
This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN).
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #142 PayPal Notifications
Railscasts - 2008-12-29 - free
PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to mark a cart as purchased.
Watch this screencastRailsCasts #141 PayPal Basics
Railscasts - 2008-12-22 - free
This episode is the first in a series on handling the checkout process for orders. Here we show how to complete purchases through PayPal's Website Payments Standard service.
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