In this episode, we look into using Push Notifications within our Rails application and then using ActionCable to broadcast Push Notifications to the user.

ActionCable can handle quite a bit of traffic, but it gets to a point where it can become a burden on the server. With AnyCable, we can not only handle more traffic, but it is also lighter on the resources.

A walkthrough on configuring ActionCable with Rails 5. Learn how to configure your mount points and the basics of using ActionCable with your Rails application.

Using authentication and authorization, lock down your ActionCable WebSockets so that messages are only sent and received to the intended users.

ActionController::Renderer allows you to render arbitrary templates without requirement of being in controller actions.