In this episode, we create a chat application using Rails 7, esbuild (JS Bundling), CSS Bundling, Hotwire, and Action Text. We also dive into some issues around CSS Bundling and Action Text.
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 broadcasting to private channels using stimulus controllers and turbo. We also look at the interactivity between two stimulus controllers and different ways of broadcasting to turbo streams.