Broadcasting Shell Output

Episode #563 by Teacher's Avatar David Kimura

Summary

In this episode, we will have a look at a shell command that runs in a background job, but broadcast its output in real time to the browser.
rails background processing turbo 20:53

Chapters

  • Introduction (0:00)
  • Setting up the database (2:19)
  • Creating the command select (3:43)
  • Triggering a background job (7:06)
  • Creating the background job (7:37)
  • Broadcasting event updates (7:55)
  • Idempotency warning (13:24)
  • Broadcasting the Event Output (14:48)
  • Addressing Race Conditions (17:51)
  • Final Thoughts (20:10)
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