Null Object Pattern
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Null Object Pattern

#345 Apr 17, 2022 pro
The Null Object Pattern is an old but good pattern that can help reduce complexity in our applications. In this episode, we'll look at a few different examples.

Activity Feed with Public Activity
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Activity Feed with Public Activity

#159 Nov 11, 2018 pro
Add an activity feed to your application with Public Activity.

Counter Cache Associations
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Counter Cache Associations

#78 May 1, 2017 free
When displaying a count of records, this will generate extra SQL Queries. Learn how to reduce the number of SQL queries called with counter caching the number of associated records.

Active Record Encryption
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Active Record Encryption

#346 Apr 24, 2022 pro
Active Record supports application-level encryption. The encryption layer sits between the database and the application. The application will access unencrypted data, but the database will store it encrypted. In this episode, we look at implementing encryption for a model's attribute and Action Text.

Florrick
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Florrick

#5 Jul 24, 2015 free
This is a Rails library which integrates with Active Records and provides some awesome user-initiated string interpolations for your web apps. For example, have you ever needed to allow users to insert their own variables into e-mail templates or messages?