Drifting Ruby

Sessions

#292 Apr 18, 2021 pro

In Rails apps, by default, browsers will use cookies to store session data. In this episode, we look at the default browser cookie and alternative approaches to storing the session data.

rails session

Form Wizards from Scratch

#291 Apr 11, 2021 pro

Learn how to make form wizards without any external dependencies. This will allow you to have a simple extendable workflow and optionally to take advantage of Hotwire to create a seamless experience.

form hotwire rails

Gem in a Box

#289 Mar 28, 2021 pro

There's many benefits to running your own cache and proxy for Ruby gems. In this episode, we look at provisioning, configuring our system and projects to use a Gem in a Box instance.

gem rails ruby

Hotwire & ViewComponents

#288 Mar 21, 2021 pro

In this episode, we look into adding ViewComponent and Hotwire into our Rails application. With this powerful combination, we can create highly interactive applications with ease.

hotwire rails view component turbo

Bootstrap v5

#287 Mar 14, 2021 pro

We look at 4 different ways to add Bootstrap v5 to our Rails application. Depending on your application's direction, you may choose the appropriate route; Webpacker, the Bootstrap gem, CDN or Hotwire + yarn.

css rails webpacker hotwire

Deploying to Amazon Linux 2

#285 Feb 28, 2021 pro

I recently upgraded Drifting Ruby's site from Ruby 2.6 to Ruby 2.7 as part of some general maintenance. The Beanstalk instance was using an older version of Amazon Linux. During the upgrade process, I discovered that it wasn't a simple transition. In this episode, we look at the discovery path and how to successfully deploy your Ruby on Rails application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Amazon Linux 2 and Ruby 2.7.

aws deployment production rails

Seed like a Pro

#284 Feb 21, 2021 pro

Seeding your database is often an overlooked part of development and it has a lot of benefits that can help uncover issues within your application. However, maintaining the seeds.rb can be difficult and things can get out of hand quickly. In this episode, learn how to manage and maintain the seeds file.

database development rails

Feature Rollout

#283 Feb 14, 2021 pro

Using feature flags based on Redis, we can enable and disable access to certain areas of our application. In this episode, learn how to set up this functionality.

rails redis

Purge Orphaned Active Storage Records

#281 Jan 31, 2021 pro

Over time, orphaned records can build up within Active Storage. In this episode, we look at a few approaches to clean up these orphaned records.

active storage activejob background processing rails

Cropping Active Storage Uploads

#280 Jan 24, 2021 pro

Cropping images can be hard and there can be quite a few complications. In this episode, we have a look at using StimulusJS to crop images uploaded through Active Storage.

javascript stimulusjs uploads rails

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