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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.

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Direct Upload Instantly

#279 Jan 17, 2021 pro

Learn how to select files and trigger them to upload to Active Storage instantly.

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Creating and Reading QR Codes

#278 Jan 10, 2021 pro

Reading QR Codes can be a tricky task. We look at being able to generate QR Codes on our Ruby on Rails backend and read them on the client side using a couple of libraries and Stimulus JS.

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Avatars

#276 Dec 27, 2020 pro

Learn how to build avatars with initials and conditionally prefer Gravatar images if they exist.

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Cache Warming

#273 Dec 13, 2020 pro

Caching is a great way to speed up your applications. However, when a cache becomes stale, there could be a user experience degradation until the cache is rebuilt. In this episode, we look at implementing a background job to rebuild the cache.

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bin/functions

#271 Nov 29, 2020 pro

We look into the way I streamline the management of my deployments, SSH and status of applications. This makes it easier to switch between projects without having to refer to notes of how each application should deploy.

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Record Audio to Active Storage

#269 Nov 22, 2020 pro

Learn how to use the MediaRecorder API and StimulusJS for uploading and storing audio files to Active Storage.

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Tracking Javascript Errors

#268 Nov 15, 2020 pro

Tracking errors on our server side is important, but we often forget about our client side errors. These can often be even more difficult to troubleshoot as there are many more variables at play. In this episode, we look at tracking the Javascript errors so that we can be notified of any issues our users experience.

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Organizing Stimulus Controllers

#267 Nov 8, 2020 pro

StimulusJS is great and works great with Ruby on Rails. However, through developer habits, we can complicate our controllers and make them hard to manage. In this episode, we look at making our Stimulus controllers more manageable.

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Deferred Content Loading

#265 Oct 25, 2020 pro

Learn to load slow content in the background so that your application still responds quickly while the heavy calculations are being done. Give quick responsiveness and optional polling to partials.

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Record Audio to Active Storage

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Deferred Content Loading