Latest Screencasts (page 9)

PeepCode has teamed up with Gregg Pollack, Jason Seifer, and David A. Black of Envycasts to provide you with their current library of screencasts! Jump into the future of Ruby with part 2 of this two part series on the distinguishing new features of Ruby 1.9. Topics covered in this... Watch this screencast

In Ruby Essential Training, expert instructor Kevin Skoglund teaches the fundamentals of Ruby, the popular object-oriented open-source programming language. Kevin begins by walking through the basic data types, demonstrating Ruby's control structures (loops, iterators, conditionals, and code blocks) and showcasing the elegant syntax structure of the language. Kevin explains variable... Watch this screencast

As a developer, you’re always looking for ways to write faster applications with less code. The Sinatra framework hits a sweet spot for writing small, fast web applications and web services with Ruby. In this 64 minute screencast, Dan Benjamin teaches the basics of Sinatra: configuration, handlers, blocks, and templates.... Watch this screencast

Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. Watch this screencast

Now that we have a backbone to our ‘Flitter’ application, we learn how to create the front end and tie it all together. In this screencast, I cover a lot of CSS and getting your site to look good. I apologize for it lasting 1 hour, but I decided it’s better than chopping it up. [...] Watch this screencast

In this screencast you will see how to make a rails application capable of parse and execute shell commands using the ruby function %x The screencast start with basic shell commands, creation of a ruby script demonstrating the concept and finally follow the recipe of 10 easy steps to build your rails shell application. Download [...] Watch this screencast

Learn how to save data such as bank information, social security number, or other sensitive information in your Rails application securely by encrypting the data. By using spikex’s gem Strongbox, you can use private and public keys to secure your data in your database to where you must have the password to decrypt them. Download [...] Watch this screencast

The :include and :joins options for the find method can be a little confusing because they are so similar. In this episode I show specifically when to use which option. Watch this screencast

Ruby on Rails gives you some simple but powerful tools for mapping URL’s and HTTP Verbs to your Controllers and Views. Here is a simple walkthrough of 4 of these ‘Routes’: default routes, regular routes, named routes, and RESTful routes. Watch this screencast

Over time a CSS file can become large and filled with unused selectors. In this episode I show how to use the Deadweight gem to determine which CSS selects you can remove. Watch this screencast