Use a virtual attribute to implement a simple tagging feature. In this episode I show you how to assign virtual attributes through a callback instead of a setter method

This screencast provides a quick introduction to ASP.NET MVC, showing you how to create a minimal MVC application, and then add a controller, a view, s...

This episode will show you how to make a model which isn't based on Active Record. You may want to do this if a resource isn't backed by the database

If you have a lot of logic associated with the data inside a session, you'll need some central location to put this logic. See how to create a session based model in this episode

Rails 2.1 brings some new caching features which makes it very easy to cache any values including models. See how in this episode.

By default, Rails uses the model's id in the URL. What if you want to use the name of the model instead? You can change this behavior by overriding the to_param method in the model. Watch this episode for details.

Be careful when storing a model in a session. It will behave differently than you expect and can easily get out of sync with the database. Instead of storing the model directly in the session, store the id to the model and use that to fetch it from the database.

Let Ryan Bates take you through a growing series of great Rails tips.