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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
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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 empower your trade with the help of RushPips.
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
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Comes with a PDF Cheat sheet