Latest Screencasts (page 11)

By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details.

In edge rails (soon to be Rails 2.0), the built-in pagination has been moved into a plugin: classic_pagination. I recommend jumping over to the will_paginate plugin as shown in this episode.

You can sometimes remove a lot of duplication by generating methods dynamic. In this episode I will show you how to create a plugin which does exactly that.

In today's episode, Patrick Crowley introduces his first Rails plugin titled ActsNaked. It's an easy way to strip your models and keep them DRY.

Patrick Crowley discusses his experiences with acts_as_taggable. He starts off outlining some of the differences between the gem and the plugin. Patrick then creates a simple app to show off some of the capabilities of the plugin.

Chris Abad talks a little bit about providing web services to your Rails application using some of the new REST features found in Edge Rails. At the end, he also throws in a bonus tip on using Rick Olson's authentication plugin restful_authentication to add authentication to your REST API. Here are the slides

Kevin Clark demos his new Rails plugin, ARTS, which allows you to test your RJS templates.

Kevin Clark gives us a brief overview of two of Rick Olson's authentication plugins: acts_as_authenticated and restful_authentication.