Screencast : How to Create a File Upload Progress Bar in Rails, Passenger, Prototype and Low Pro

How to Create a File Upload Progress Bar in Rails, Passenger, Prototype and Low Pro from Erik Andrejko on Vimeo.

An upload progress bar is one of the best ways to improve the usability of file uploads in your application. This screencast will show how to create a file upload progress bar using Rails, Passenger, Low Pro and the upload progress bar apache module.

Screen Cast

• View a quicktime version: full, iPod.
• View the complete code for the screencast.

Required

• Passenger
• Upload progress bar apache module
• Prototype
• Low Pro for unobtrusive javascript
• Paperclip or something else to handle the uploaded files

Optional

• Configure a realistic (slow) development environment
• Passenger Prefpane a preference pane for Passenger under OS X Leopard

http://railsillustrated.com/screencast-file-uploads-progress-in-rails-passenger.html