plugins episodes

Learn how to unleash the full potential of subdomains with the subdomain-fu Rails plugin in this episode.

If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode.

Liquid is a safe way to provide a powerful template language to the site's users. See how in this episode.

In Rails 2.1 we now have the ability to set gem dependencies. Now it's easier than ever to specify which ruby gems our rails app relies on.

If you're running a production site, it's a good idea to record all exceptions which occur. See how to set up a notification system which does that in this episode.

The make_resourceful plugin is a great way to DRY up the 7 RESTful actions common in most controllers. Learn how to use it in this episode.

In this episode I will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem.

The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your model. Watch this episode for details.

Do you ever need to generate HTML code in a helper method? Placing it directly in Ruby strings is not very pretty. Learn a great way to generate HTML through Markaby in this episode.

Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentication system.