Learn a quick way to improve performance. Just store the end result of an expensive command in an instance variable!
Shorten simple finds considerably and improve readability by using the dynamic find_all_by and find_by methods.
No need to pass foreign keys in find conditions, just do the find through a has_many association.
Move a find into the model to clean up the controllers and remove duplication. Also see how you can call these custom find methods through an association.
Learn how to use with_scope - a very powerful method which will allow your custom find methods to accept any find options. Just like magic!
It may have a goofy syntax, but the Symbol#to_proc feature Rails adds allows you to do simple blocks very quickly and easily.
Everything you wanted to know about layouts: global layouts, controller layouts, shared layouts, dynamic layouts and action layouts. Yes, there really are that many ways to specify a layout.
If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that can be placed anywhere in a layout.
Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the logs. This episode will show you how to filter this sensitive input so it doesn't show up in the log file.
Learn how to clean up your code through refactoring. This episode will show you how to move code from the view into the model to remove duplication and simplify the view.