Drifting Ruby

3 Different Perspectives of Importing Records

#180 Mar 31, 2019 pro

In this episode, we look at 3 different ways of importing data into a Rails application; each having their own use cases, drawbacks and benefits.

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Refactoring Models

#161 Nov 25, 2018 pro

Sometimes our models get so large that they become unmaintainable. In this episode, we look at how we can slim down the size of the models without losing functionality.

rails model refactor series - social media

Activity Feed with Public Activity

#159 Nov 11, 2018 pro

Add an activity feed to your application with Public Activity.

rails model series - social media

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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Search Encrypted Attributes with Blind Index

#139 Jun 24, 2018 pro

Keeping client data protected is important, but once an attribute is encrypted, it becomes difficult to work with it. With Blind Index, we regain functionality on searching and validations.

rails model security

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