If you need to create an advanced search with a lot of fields, it may not be ideal to use a GET request as I showed in episode 37. In this episode I will show you how to handle this by creating a Search resource

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

Rails 2.1 keeps track of the changes you make to a model's attributes. It also allows you to see what the previous value was. But watch out for the gotcha! See this episode for details.

The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode.

In the past, time zones have been very difficult to work with, but no longer! Rails 2.1 brings with it great time zone support as you can see in this episode.

Rails 2.1 Release Candidate 1 was just released! In this episode I will show you how to install it into your Rails project.

NetBeans IDE 6.1 contains a completely new JavaScript editor which provides many advanced editing capabilities such as intelligent code completion, mark occurences, rename refactoring, on-fly analysis of JavaScript libraries, support for many Ajax frameworks and more. Watch this screencast to discove...

Firebug is an essential Firefox extension for web designers and developers. You are able to quickly target any element on a page to see the markup, the CSS, the layout, and the DOM in an instant. Not only can you see all of this juicy information, you can edit and see the results directly in the brow...

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.

Sometimes you need to display an administrative announcement to every page on the site and give the users the ability to hide the announcement. See how in this episode.