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Publish a sproutcore screencast
Seems very obvious to me. Looks very good, as new as possible, and hardly any good tutorials to find. This could be huge.
456 votesplanned ·
Admintopfunky
(Admin, PeepCode) responded
We’ve been experimenting with SproutCore for over 3 years and it looks like 2.0 could be the ticket. Look for a PeepCode screencast within the next few months.
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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.
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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
- Gotchas287 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.
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255 votes
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223 votes
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214 votes
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Memcached and cache_fu
A screencast or PDF on using memcached to dynamically cache database and rendered content.
184 votes -
181 votes
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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.
173 votes -
172 votes
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How about a screencast on chef?
I think the chef documentation is really bad. It would be great if you walked through an example of building a slice and using Chef to bootstrap it.
171 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.
167 votes -
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.
152 votes -
Regular expressions screencast
A screencast or series about using regular expressions to match patterns. Originally suggested by Pete Forde.
145 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
141 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-Presentation105 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 functionality101 votes -
Progressive Website Design Screencast
A screencast about building a website with current visual idioms. Focuses on CSS, HTML, and design.
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Publish a Selenium Screencast
Create a screencast showing how to use selenium on rails and some of the best practices surrounding creating tests
78 votes