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Ruby 1.9 Package Deal

What you need to know about Ruby 1.9

For just $16 (best value) pick up both Part 1 and Part 2 of this Envycast by David Black. David teaches you all changes you need to know to migrate successfully to Ruby 1.9. See Part 1 and Part 2 for additional screenshots.

BONUS: Each purchase comes with a 40% off coupon for David's new book The Well-Grounded Rubyist.

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Ruby 1.9 Part 1

Taught by David A. Black

Covering what you need to know in Ruby 1.9 including:

  • Changes with Hashes, Arrays, and Symbols
  • Working with Enumerators
  • Using the Enumerable Module
  • New RubyGem Properties

Running time: 41 minutes
QuickTime, Theora Ogg, and iPhone/iPod format

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Ruby 1.9 Part 2

Taught by David A. Black

Covering what you need to know in Ruby 1.9 including:

  • New Block Variable Features
  • Updates to the String Class
  • Working with Encoding
  • New Object Methods & using BasicObject

Running time: 36 minutes
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Scaling Ruby

Produced by Gregg Pollack

Learn how to write faster Ruby applications and gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to scale Ruby. Topics covered:

  • Processes & Threads
  • Green vs Native Threading
  • EventMachine
  • Process Messaging
  • Dropping to C
  • Learning ruby-prof
  • Speeding up Ruby code

This screencast also comes with a PDF with further resources to learn more about each topic.

Running time: 41 minutes
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Advanced ActiveRecord

Produced by Gregg Pollack

In this first EnvyCast we take a look at several advanced features of ActiveRecord, including:

  • Loading Large Data Sets
  • Foreign Keys
  • Using and Abusing Include
  • Counter Caching Properly
  • Polymorphic Associations
  • Single Table Inheritance
  • New Rails 2.1 Features

Between segments you'll learn a little about "How your brain works" with Dr. Pollack MD. Read more

Running time: 37 minutes
QuickTime, Theora Ogg, and iPhone/iPod format
Comes with a PDF Cheat sheet

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