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The Official Viddler Ruby Gem
I just announced our new Ruby gem over on the Viddler blog. It’s a fairly basic wrapper for our v2 API for now, but I definitely have plans for some really cool features, like having ActiveModel compatible classes for stuff like videos, playlists, users, etc., as well as making it easy to integrate into existing ActiveRecord models in Rails.
So, if you’re into Ruby and you’re looking for a way to integrate video into your site, definitely check us out. We have a really great API, and now that there’s an official gem, it’s easier than ever to get started.
Canable: The Flesh Eating Permission System
John Nunemaker releases his super-simple way to implement permissions in a Rails app. I love how this does away with a complicated role system and just deals with whether or not a user can do specific action. Simplicity at its finest.
Eight tips for getting the most out of your Rails app
Some good tips on optimizing your Rails site. I’m already using a couple of these on this site, but I definitely want to try out the rest of them as well.
Filestore Cache Expires_in Plugin
Adds an :expires option to filestore caching in Rails–I’ll definitely have to try this out on this site, as standard cache expiration using sweepers and observers is a huge pain.
That’s Not a Memory Leak, It’s Bloat
Excellent post by the team over at EngineYard on common memory issues in Rails, as well as how to fix them. Also be sure to check out the comments below, as there are a lot more suggestions on how to improve your app.
Compiling Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails on Snow Leopard
Dan Benjamin walks through how to install Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails on Snow Leopard. Also be sure to check out his other Snow Leopard guides for Mercurial, Git, and MySQL.
Building a Video Portal in Rails
Nathaniel Bibler gives an excellent presentation of how EnvyLabs put together 4Kids TV, a video portal for kids’ TV shows. It’s long, but worth it, as he steps through everything it took to get the project done. It’s a great example of why you don’t necessarily need to stick to Rails’ conventions for everything, and in some cases, it’s better to think of Rails as your “glue” between many different parts.
Simple APIs using SerializeWithOptions
Viget Labs rolls out a Rails plugin to cleanup your API’s code.
Instead of doing this in the controller:
@speaker.to_xml(
:methods => [:average_rating, :avatar_url],
:except => [:email, :claim_code],
:include => {
:talks => {
:methods => :average_rating,
:except => :creator_id
}
}
)
You move it to the class like this:
class Speaker < ActiveRecord::Base
serialize_with_options do
methods :average_rating, :avatar_url
except :email,
:claim_code
includes :talks
end
end
Great way to DRY up your code.
ObjectiveResource
Pretty cool:
ObjectiveResource is an Objective-C port of Ruby on Rails’ ActiveResource. It provides a way to serialize objects to and from Rails’ standard RESTful web-services (via XML or JSON) and handles much of the complexity involved with invoking web-services of any language from the iPhone.
I’ve been considering trying out some iPhone development (even though I don’t yet own one), and this seems like a really slick way to interface with an existing Rails application.
Scaling Rails with Gregg Pollack
Man, how did I miss this before? New Relic is having Gregg Pollack, of Rails Envy fame, do screencasts on scaling Rails. There’s some really great stuff in here, and I definitely need to reserve some time to go through each of them myself.
The Technical Story of Muxtape
A great insight into the decision to switch to Ruby on Rails from PHP on Muxtape. I really liked this quote, which nicely describes how I feel about Rails–it just feels right:
The thing that’s so wonderful about using beautiful, appropriate tools is that they become an extension of you, your body, you fingertips, and your mind.
Stringex and ActsAsUrl
A great Rails plugin that helps to create URLs from entry titles. My favorite part: stuff like “10% off a purchase of $100” gets changed to “10-percent-off-a-purchase-of-100-dollars”. Checkout the README for more info.