The latest episodes from ASCIIcasts http://asciicasts.com/ Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:33:54 +0000 1440 The new pushState function in JavaScript allows us to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark support can be easily added. Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:11:08 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/246-ajax-history-state http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/246-ajax-history-state In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other features to tableless models. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:09:02 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/219-active-model http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/219-active-model Learn some advanced techniques regarding named scopes and get an introduction to Arel in this episode. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:41:03 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/215-advanced-queries-in-rails-3 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/215-advanced-queries-in-rails-3 In this episode we continue looking at devise with a focus on customizing its views, routing and validations. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:55:48 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/210-customizing-devise http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/210-customizing-devise Devise is a full-featured authentication solution which handles all of the controller logic and form views for you. Learn how to set it up in this episode. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:29:39 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/209-introducing-devise http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/209-introducing-devise Three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails applications are discussed in this episode: CodeRay, Ultraviolets and Pygments. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:43:25 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/207-syntax-highlighting http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/207-syntax-highlighting Action Mailer has been rewritten for Rails 3 providing a much cleaner API with its use of the Mail gem. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:53:59 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/206-actionmailer-in-rails3 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/206-actionmailer-in-rails3 Rails 3 makes great use of unobtrusive JavaScript, helping keep content and behaviour separate. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:04:46 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript In previous versions of Rails it was easy for your application to be vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. Rails 3 solves this problem but automatically escaping output. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:03:46 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/204-xss-protection-in-rails-3 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/204-xss-protection-in-rails-3 Rails 3 has a new routing interface. In this episode we show how to translate the old interface into the new one and show some of the new features. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:18:05 +0000 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/203-routing-in-rails-3 http://cn.asciicasts.com/episodes/203-routing-in-rails-3