Videos tagged with EnvyCasts


EnvyCasts: Scaling Ruby

EnvyCasts: Scaling Ruby

Posted in Development, Frameworks

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.   Produced by Gregg Pollack

Tags: Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Frameworks, High Performance, Scalability, Profiling, Multithreading, EnvyCasts, EventMachine



EnvyCasts: Advanced ActiveRecord

EnvyCasts: Advanced ActiveRecord

Posted in Development, Frameworks, Databases

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. Produced by Gregg Pollack

Tags: Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Frameworks, ActiveRecord, EnvyCasts