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Cron in Ruby

Railscasts - 2009-06-01 - free

Cron is great for handling recurring tasks, but it is an external dependency with a crazy syntax. In this episode I show you how to use Whenever to create cron jobs with Ruby. Watch this screencast


Monitoring with God

Railscasts - 2008-10-05 - free

Need to ensure your background processes stay up and running and don't use too many resources? Check out the god gem as shown in this episode. Watch this screencast


Custom Daemon

Railscasts - 2008-09-29 - free

Creating a custom daemon to handle background tasks is surprisingly simple. In this episode I will make a daemon to handle dynamically scheduled tasks. Watch this screencast


Starling and Workling

Railscasts - 2008-09-22 - free

Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode. Watch this screencast


Rake in Background

Railscasts - 2008-09-15 - free

In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. Watch this screencast