If you need a full text search engine, Thinking Sphinx is a great solution. See why in this episode.

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

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, Jason Rudolph gives an overview and demonstration of Grails. Topics covered include Java/Grails inte...

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

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.

The make_resourceful plugin is a great way to DRY up the 7 RESTful actions common in most controllers. Learn how to use it in this episode

In this episode Ryan Bates will show you how to create PDF documents using the excellent PDF::Writer gem in rails

The scope_out plugin will generate several helpful find methods for you automatically! It's the best way to move the find conditions into your model. Watch this episode for details.

You can sometimes remove a lot of duplication by generating methods dynamic. In this episode I will show you how to create a plugin which does exactly ...

The stack trace can be a very useful tool when it comes to debugging. Learn the ins and outs of how the stack trace works in this episode. Note: I am using an older version of the Rails bundle here so it might be a little different than yours. The command in the newer version is called Install Plugin...

Joe Hewitt, Mozilla developer and author of DOM Inspector, speaks at Yahoo about his new debugging extension for Firefox. [Poor audio quality.]

Quick demo of Google Maps plugin for FarCry in action.