Drifting Ruby

From Webpacker to esbuild

#319 Oct 17, 2021 pro

With Rails 7 coming out soon, it's a good time to look at what it could take to upgrade our existing applications to esbuild. In this episode, we start with a Rails 6 application and begin the upgrade process by removing Webpacker and switching over to esbuild.

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Modern Chat Feature

#318 Oct 10, 2021 pro

In this episode, we create a chat application using Rails 7, esbuild (JS Bundling), CSS Bundling, Hotwire, and Action Text. We also dive into some issues around CSS Bundling and Action Text.

7.0 hotwire javascript rails turbo esbuild

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Reset Password from Scratch

#316 Sep 26, 2021 pro

Continuing from Episode 300, we look at creating a password reset feature. We explore some of the security concerns around this feature and some mitigating options.

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Securing Downloads with Global ID

#315 Sep 19, 2021 pro

With custom controllers and Global ID, we can lock down Active Storage files to provide a link which expires after a duration of time. At the beginning of the video, I tour the new Rails 7 template and configuration that will be used for episodes going forward.

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Logging in Rails

#314 Sep 12, 2021 pro

Logging is an important part of understanding the behavior of your applications. Your logs contain essential records of application operations including database queries, server requests, and errors.

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Drag and Drop with Hotwire

#311 Aug 29, 2021 pro

Acts as List provides the capabilities for sorting and reordering a number of objects in a list. In combination with SortableJS and Hotwire (Stimulus), we can create a positionable list with ease.

hotwire javascript rails stimulusjs

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Adding Custom Buttons to Action Text

#310 Aug 22, 2021 pro

In this episode, we extend Action Text with an additional button to change the text colors of the WYSIWYG editor.

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Creating Command Line Applications

#309 Aug 15, 2021 pro

As developers, chances are we are in the terminal often. Command Line Interfaces (CLI), are very helpful in streamlining our work. Ruby is a very powerful language and can make some powerful CLIs. Thor is a powerful option, but in this episode, we look at some alternatives from basic to more advanced scenarios.

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Slim Select with Stimulus

#308 Aug 8, 2021 pro

Using Stimulus and Slim Select, we can get performant results quickly and efficiently.

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Background Jobs with Resque

#306 Jul 25, 2021 pro

Resque is a Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them later.

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