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Amazon EC2/S3
In my opinion a screencast on how to integrate Amazon webservices with a web app would be a good show.
383 votes -
nginx
Do an episode on nginx.
Topics could include:
- Installation & Basic Setup
- Subdomains
- Re-writing ( could use maintenance.html as an example )
- Load balancing ( could mention the fair balancer in there )
- Profiling / Optimization
- Gotchas340 votes -
296 votes
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Idiomatic Ruby
A screencast or PDF showing unique techniques and patterns used by Rubyists.
290 votes -
Google Calendar Integration with Rails
1. How to embed Google Calendar in a Rails app.
2. How to integrate the Google Calendar api with Rails app.Google calendar rock! So does Rails. They are made for each other.
275 votes -
262 votes
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Memcached and cache_fu
A screencast or PDF on using memcached to dynamically cache database and rendered content.
196 votes -
Rails Internals PDF
A PDF that explores and explains the design and implementation of Rails itself.
192 votes -
Erlang
Introduction to Erlang
183 votes -
Recurring Billing PDF
A PDF sequel to the ActiveMerchant book that talks about setting up and processing monthly billings in a secure way that complies with industry regulations.
178 votes -
Consuming APIs with ActiveResource
Lots of people use business webapps for invoicing, project management etc. Learning how to use ActiveResource to build a dashboard of all these webapps would be useful.
175 votes -
163 votes
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A comprehensive and advanced RSpec PDF
I couldn't find a comprehensive tutorial on RSpec that walks through all the methods and techniques I would require to test my social networking application. You know, testing stuff like Uploads, Forums, Posts, Users. May be Webrat should also be covered. This is really something that's not being done since long.
160 votes -
Regular expressions screencast
A screencast or series about using regular expressions to match patterns. Originally suggested by Pete Forde.
160 votes -
BBD with Shoulda and Cucumber
Trying to learn BBD, but most documentation is on RSpec, would like to see a screencast on Shoulda + Cucumber that doesn't assume you're already an expert RSpec user
142 votes -
Haskell screencast
I'd like a Haskell screen cast. I've tried reading the "Real World Haskell" book, but my attention span is way too short. A screencast with practical examples would be perfect for me.
109 votes -
User Login and Authentication
A complete A-Z screen cast for how to setup a simple, yet functional user authentication and login.
Should have:
RESTful properties
Rails 2.x
Account creation
Account activation
Basic functionality108 votes -
Tokyo Cabinet, Tyrant, Dystopia with Rails
Implementing an sample rails web application using Tokyo Cabinet, Tyrant and Dystopia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12016121/Tokyo-Cabinet-and-Tokyo-Tyrant-Presentation106 votes -
django
I have been a longtime listener of the Ruby on Rails podcasts and I've viewed the peepcode preview videos numerous times. I have yet to purchase a peepcode screencast because I'm not really interested in Ruby on Rails. I am, however, interested in Django and I would love to see some Django topics covered by Peepcode. I would subscribe for those.
105 votes -
Publish a Selenium Screencast
Create a screencast showing how to use selenium on rails and some of the best practices surrounding creating tests
84 votes
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