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#418 Sep 6, 2023 free

A special release to celebrate 418 episodes. I talk about different HTTP response codes.

System Tests

#417 Sep 3, 2023 free

In this episode, we look at adding system tests in our application to test our Stimulus Controllers. We'll also look at how to DRY up some of the tests and how to run them in a headless environment.

rails tests stimulusjs

PDF Reader

#413 Aug 6, 2023 free

When previewing PDF files that were uploaded through Active Storage, we can only get a simple image of the first page. In this episode, we'll look at taking the uploaded PDFs and interacting with them.

rails uploads hotwire stimulusjs

Broadcasting Progress from Background Jobs

#408 Jul 2, 2023 free

In a previous episode, we had created a custom ActionCable channel to assist in broadcasting updates from a background job. With the introduction of Turbo, we can simplify this process as we look at a few different approaches in displaying a progress bar with real time updates from background jobs.

rails hotwire background processing

Page Not Found

#404 Jun 4, 2023 free

In this episode, we take a few different approaches in how we display error pages in our Rails application. We'll also look at a few potential problems with each approach that we need to be aware of.

rails error view

Session Hijacking

#400 May 7, 2023 free

In this episode, we explore session hijacking and an approach that we can take to limit the risk. There are some user experience and functionality caveats to this approach so they must be taken into consideration as well.

rails security

Transcribing with Artificial Intelligence

#395 Apr 2, 2023 free

In this episode, we look at creating an audio transcription service which allows files uploaded from Active Storage to be transcribed with Artificial Intelligence. However, there are a lot of considerations around the approach from both a performance and thread safety perspectives.

rails artificial intelligence turbo background processing

Deploying with MRSK

#391 Mar 5, 2023 free

MRSK deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use MRSK to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

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Demystifying the Asset Pipeline

#387 Feb 5, 2023 free

The asset pipeline can be confusing. So, in this episode, we explore Sprockets and the movement towards Propshaft, a new Rails library for managing assets. We'll also have a look at some nuances with jsbundling and how to overcome them.

rails assets

Custom Turbo Stream Actions

#382 Jan 1, 2023 free

With the release of Turbo 7.2, we gained the ability to create custom actions in Turbo. This allows us to trigger functions on the client side that would have been difficult or cumbersome to do in the past. In this episode, we look at setting up custom actions and how to use them.

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