Hotwire is an alternative approach to building modern web applications without using much JavaScript by sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire. With Rails 7, we get Hotwire added in by default. In this episode, we look at some of the features with Hotwire and how to use them.

With the release of Turbo 7.2, we gained the ability to create custom actions in Turbo. This allows us to trigger functions on the client side that would have been difficult or cumbersome to do in the past. In this episode, we look at setting up custom actions and how to use them.

In this episode, we look at the installation scripts of Hotwire and get a better understanding of what they're doing in order to integrate it into our applications more efficiently.

Extending the previous episode, we look into making a realtime poll application where users can get live feedback on voting.

Learn how to use the MediaRecorder API and StimulusJS for uploading and storing audio files to Active Storage.