A more simplief and better retake of Episode #123 where we look at the upcoming Rails 6 changes with encrypted credentials and how to apply it to a Rails 5.2 application.

Thredded is a Rails 4.2+ forum/messageboard engine. Its goal is to be as simple and feature rich as possible.

Back in Episode #106, we configured and deployed to a very simple AWS Beanstalk environment. However, in this episode, we take things a bit further and explore security groups, an existing database and redis service. Also, there are a few changes that we have to do in order to get Rails 6 working within Beanstalk.

When multiple files are uploaded with Active Storage, they are typically associated to a single record. In this episode, we take a different approach where each file uploaded should be its own record along with direct uploads.

Sending or responding with a SMS text message isn't too difficult. The complexity comes in when a conversation is required in a linear style of communication. In this episode, we look at creating a SMS bot which generates a session and tracks the conversation.