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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.

I was making a RSS feed the other day and wanted to limit the number of characters in my description. Here is how I did it.

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.

If you are a Windows user then listen up. There are solutions for Ruby and MySQL on Windows. Roderick Von domburg has a project for this and the releases along with excellent instructions are available from his site. Great stuff! He even shows you how to compile your own connection dll on Windows. His work was so good it was included in Instant Rails

Learn how to create many models in a single form.