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Gem Bundler

by Charles Max Wood on March 10, 2010

Loading multiple Ruby Gems can result in runtime errors when an incompatible version of a gem dependency is already loaded as a dependency of another gem.

Gem bundler can also pre-load and cache gems for faster loading.

Having two gems that require different versions of the same dependency can sometimes cause runtime errors. Yehuda Katz and Carl Lerche have created an elegant solution in the Gem Bundler.
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Storing Encrypted Data Securely using Active Record

by Charles Max Wood on September 29, 2009


Learn how to save data such as bank information, social security number, or other sensitive information in your Rails application securely by encrypting the data. By using spikex’s gem Strongbox, you can use private and public keys to secure your data in your database to where you must have the password to decrypt them.
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Getting Connected to Twitter with OAuth

by Charles Max Wood on September 18, 2009


In this screencast, I show you how to use the Twitter gem to connect to Twitter, and we clarify some of the difficulties that comes with learning OAuth.
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Creating a Twitter Clone in Rails – Part 1

by Charles Max Wood on September 6, 2009


In this series, I attempt to recreate a twitter style application called ‘Flitter’. In this installment, I show you how to create an authenticated system easily using existing tools. I also show how to generate test data to simulate an active application. Finally, you will learn how to set up self-referencial associations.
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