Sep 06
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Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails - Part 1
In this series, I attempt to recreate a twitter style application called 'Flitter'. In this installment, I show you how to create an authenticated system easily using existing tools. I also show how to generate test data to simulate an active application. Finally, you will learn how to set up self-referencial associations.
Sep 18
Getting Connected to Twitter with OAuth
In this screencast, I show you how to use the Twitter gem to connect to Twitter, and we clarify some of the difficulties that comes with learning OAuth.
Sep 29
Storing Encrypted Data Securely using Active Record
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.
Mar 10
Gem Bundler
Having two gems that require different versions of the same dependency can sometimes cause runtime errors. Yehuda Katz and Carl Lereche have created an elegant solution in the Gem Bundler.
