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Ruby 1.9 Package Deal

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:03:00 GMT

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.

Ruby 1.9 Part 1

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:42:00 GMT

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

Get this Video with Part 2 for just $8 dollars with the Ruby 1.9 Package Deal.

Ruby 1.9 Part 2

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:12:00 GMT

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
QuickTime, Theora Ogg, and iPhone/iPod format

Get this Video with Part 1 for just $8 dollars with the Ruby 1.9 Package Deal.

Scaling Ruby

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:51:00 GMT

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

Advanced ActiveRecord

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:45:00 GMT

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

Ruby on Rails 2.2 Package Deal

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:48:00 GMT

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

Ruby on Rails 2.2 Screencast

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:31:00 GMT

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.

Ruby on Rails 2.2 PDF

EnvyCasts by RailsEnvy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:24:00 GMT

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.