Envy Casts

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
QuickTime, Theora Ogg, and iPhone/iPod format

$9.00

Ruby on Rails 2.2 Package Deal

The Ultimate Guide to Rails 2.2

For just $16 you get the "Ruby on Rails 2.2 - What's New" PDF by Carlos Brando, and a 45 minute Video Envycast by Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer to walk you through all the new features of Rails 2.2.

Preview the PDF or Preview the Video

$16.00

Ruby on Rails 2.2 Screencast

Produced by Gregg Pollack & Jason Seifer

Covering the newest features of Rails 2.2 including:

• Scaling with Etags
• Connection Pooling
• New Enumerable Methods
• The New Test Helpers
• Internationalization
• Much more new stuff from each Rails gem

This screencast also comes with code samples for a great number of the improvements we cover.

Running time: 44 minutes
QuickTime, Theora Ogg, and iPhone/iPod format

Get this Video for just $8 dollars when you purchase the Rails 2.2 Package Deal.

$9.00

Ruby on Rails 2.2 PDF

By Carlos Brando

A detailed PDF Book which walks you through all the new features of Rails 2.2 along with friendly examples of how to effectively take advantage of Rails 2.2 in your Rails applications.

Carlos Brando wrote the Ruby on Rails 2.1 - What's new PDF book, and he's back with 120 pages of new Rails 2.2 features.

Available in English (Translation by Carl Youngblood) and Portuguese.

Get this PDF for just $8 dollars when you purchase the Rails 2.2 Package Deal.

$9.00

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

$9.00