Feb 08
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Introduction to Grails - Part 2
In this screencast, we continue on our task of creating a 'Stack Overflow' clone by adding more domain classes and relationships between them. We also cover how to test your classes using integration tests.
Jan 25
Introduction to Grails - Part 1
Are you new to Grails? Grails is an excellent alternative to Ruby on Rails, which uses Groovy / Java. In this screencast, learn how to create a simple CRUD system with Grails.
Jan 19
Creating an Admin using Nested Controllers
In this screencast, I cover how to create an admin section with a separate login, and describe how nested controllers work.
Jan 17
Easy Rails Jukebox Application
Create a Ruby on Rails Jukebox Application and implement the "permalink" feature instead of the usage of "ID". Taking advantage of the "Counter Cache" you will be able to automatically keep track of the number of Albums asociated with each Artist. The last part spicy up the application with the usage of the Themes plugin for Rails.
Jan 02
Essential CSS for Every Web Developer
Want to know the basics of CSS? Watch this screencast and learn everything you should know as a web developer. We'll cover the basics which include colors, borders, padding, margins, lists, fonts, backgrounds, tables, links and floats. This is a very basic screencast, so if you are already familiar with these topics, this might be just a review for you.
Dec 21
Background Processes with Ruby
Learn how to spawn background processes using Ruby and the Process class. Here we discuss the difference between 'wait' and 'detach'.
Dec 17
Writing CSS with LESS - Part 2
In this screencast we'll cover using variables, mixins and operations with LESS while building the header for the Flitter front end.
Dec 14
Writing CSS with LESS - Part 1
In this screencast we'll cover the basics of setting up a LESS file to compile into CSS as we provide an HTML front end to Flitter, a Ruby on Rails Twitter clone.
