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  1. Upgrading JotRod to Rails 3.1.3

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    When preparing to add some layout features to JotRod, I realized it was a Rails 3.0.9 application. Here's a quick rundown on upgrading to Rails 3.1.3.

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    • Followers and Following

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      In order to get someone a timeline in JotRod, we need followers and following lists to compile the Jots from. This means that we need to add a new ColumnFamily called Followers and another one called…

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      • Building a Model Generator

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        This is a demonstration of building a rails connector gem for an ORM with a model connector

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        • Introduction to Sandra: The Cassandra ORM

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          When I started playing with Cassandra, I wound up writing part of an ORM to get what I needed from it. I want to build actual projects with Rails, Ruby, or other technologies for my videos rather…

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          • Welcome to Rails Coach First String

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            Introduction to the Rails Coach First String Webiste

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            • Polymorphic Associations

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              Rails has the concept of Polymorphic associations, which are associations that can be of different data types. For example, let’s say we have a Comment model. A comment in your app can be on a post…

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              • Ruby Koans

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                This is a very simple demonstration of learning Ruby from RubyKoans.

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                • Rails Controllers: Before, After, and Around Filters

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                  This podcast episode discusses the filters available in Ruby on Rails controllers, how they are used, and a few use cases for each one.

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                  • Winning Friends and Influencing Code

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                    Here are a few things I’ll be discussing this week: RailsConf talk by Gary Vaynerchuk No More Mondays podcast from January this year RailsConf talk by Bob Martin My ongoing contracts…

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                    • Cassandra Basic Schema and Ruby Gem

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                      This video demonstrates the basics of Cassandra’s schema make-up. It’s done using Ruby’s irb interactive console and the cassandra RubyGem to make it work.

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                      • Investing in Your Knowledge Portfolio

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                        In the Pragmatic Programmer it talks about your knowledge portfolio and recommend that you invest in it regularly. In fact, it draws the analogy of a stock or financial investor and how they invest.

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                        • ActiveRecord Callbacks

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                          Callbacks are a handy way of insuring specific behaviors on your models as well as managing the events that follow the callbacks. This is a quick audio discussion on how they are used and some use…

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