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Dependent Select

#517 Jul 6, 2025 free

In this episode, we explore how to enhance standard select fields using a JavaScript library together with StimulusJS to create more dynamic and responsive dropdowns. The focus is on adding search functionality, handling dependent selections, and integrating smoothly with modern frontend setups.

rails stimulusjs select form

Dependent Fields with Hotwire

#472 Sep 1, 2024 free

Large forms can be overwhelming to fill out, especially if not all of the fields are required. In this episode, we'll look at creating a stimulus controller to conditionally display fields based on the input of another field.

rails hotwire form stimulusjs

Hotwire Combobox

#459 Jun 2, 2024 free

In this episode, we tackle the issue of slow-loading dropdowns with a high volume of options by implementing an asynchronous select using the Hotwire Combobox library.

rails view form hotwire

Speeding Up Requests

#322 Nov 7, 2021 free

In this episode, we look at several issues around pagination and different kinds of querying that could affect performance when working with large datasets.

performance rails search pagination

Building a Questionnaire

#294 May 2, 2021 free

Using StimulusJS and nested forms, we create the first parts of a questionnaire. Dynamic surveys can be difficult to architect and maintain. In this episode, we take a simple approach to creating questionnaires.

form rails stimulusjs hotwire

Benchmark Ruby Code

#262 Oct 4, 2020 free

It's easy to accidentally write slow code in our applications. In this episode, we look at how we can benchmark our code and examples of some methods which are slower than others.

benchmark performance ruby

Nested Forms from Scratch with StimulusJS

#186 May 5, 2019 free

Using StimulusJS controllers, adding nested forms to a Rails application is easy and unobtrusive. In this episode, we look at an alternative way of creating nested forms without the Cocoon gem.

rails form javascript stimulusjs

Improving Partial Loading Performance

#145 Aug 5, 2018 free

N+1 queries can make an application slow. Having queries called within views can also slow down an app as well as making it less extendable.

rails performance database

Benchmarking and Refactoring the content_for View Helper

#90 Jul 23, 2017 free

In a recent blog post, we looked into the content_for view helper to render breadcrumbs. Once we got the feature working, it's time to refactor the feature to lower technical debt.

rails performance benchmark refactor

Autocomplete with HTML Results

#83 Jun 4, 2017 free

Working with an autocomplete can be very simple. However, things get complicated when you try to use HTML markup in the displayed results. Learn how to use HTML markup within your autocomplete results!

rails view form javascript

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