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Nested Comments from Scratch

#157 Oct 28, 2018 pro

Using polymorphic associations, we can have comments assigned to a post as well as comments assigned to other comments.

rails model polymorphic associations series - social media

Friend Requests Views, Controllers, and Model Methods

#156 Oct 21, 2018 pro

Part II - In this episode, we create performant links for adding, accepting/rejecting and removing friends for our social media application.

view rails model series - social media controller

Friend Requests From Scratch

#155 Oct 14, 2018 pro

Part I - In this episode, we create our authentication for users, default view for authenticated users, friendship model, associations and scopes for our social media application.

rails model security series - social media

Bundler and Binstubs

#153 Sep 30, 2018 pro

In this episode, we look at some lesser known bundler commands including binstubs.

rails ruby gem

Deeper Dive into StimulusJS

#152 Sep 23, 2018 pro

In this episode, we look at combining Rails UJS, nested routes, scopes and StimulusJS. A deep dive from the beginning to completion of multiple select boxes changing based on their selections.

rails model ajax javascript framework stimulusjs

Safely Running Shell Commands

#151 Sep 16, 2018 pro

We may come across a need to run shell commands and Ruby has some built in methods which appear safe, but can introduce major security risks.

rails security ruby

Database, Model and Scopes

#150 Sep 9, 2018 pro

In this episode, we take a look at some tips and tricks around the database schema and model scopes.

rails model database

ActiveRecord Callbacks

#148 Aug 26, 2018 pro

Callbacks are great for quickly tapping into the object life cycle. However, after a model or an application grows, it will become harder to maintain over time. It is better to extract the responsibility and separate the logic.

rails model activerecord

State Machines with AASM

#147 Aug 19, 2018 pro

State Machines are useful for tracking the state of an object. With AASM, we take a dive into how states can transition as well as modifying states and interacting with them.

rails ruby state machine

Rails API Documentation

#146 Aug 12, 2018 pro

In this episode, we look at creating an interactive documentation for a Rails API.

rails documentation api

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Database, Model and Scopes

ActiveRecord Callbacks

State Machines with AASM

Rails API Documentation