ActiveRelation: ActiveRecord Gets a Facelift
This week’s screencast will be a hands-on demonstration of the new ActiveRecord finder API. Read the screencast’s related article
Tag: rubyonrails
Running your Java EE 6 and Rails Applications in the Cloud
Java EE 6 platform is an extreme makeover from the previous versions. It breaks the “one size fits all†approach with Profiles and improves Java EE 5 developer productivity features. It enables extensibility by embracing open source libraries and frameworks. NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ provide extensive tooling for Java EE …
A Whole New ActionMailer
This video takes you through a tour of the new ActionMailer features in the context of a live application. More information on the content of this screencast
Active Record Queries in Rails 3
Rails 3 introduces a new query interface for performing finds in Active Record. See how it works along with the changes in named scopes. http://railscasts.com/episodes/202-active-record-queries-in-rails-3
On The Edge of Rails Performance
Since then more Rails applications have gone into production, additional techniques have been developed for optimizing performance, and more open source libraries have been published. In this talk I will first give a quick introduction for those just getting their feet wet with optimizing Rails applications. However, the majority of …
Hey… is that your Database Crying
Although ActiveRecord and the new Rails ORMs are optimized for general use cases with relational databases, most enterprise applications will not preform well enough using just the out-of-the-box functionality. Further, since often the ORMs do such a good job of hiding details when interfacing with the database, issues that might …