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Grab Bag of Ruby and Ruby on Rails Tricks

#158 Nov 4, 2018 free

In this episode, we look at various tips and tricks.

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Service Objects for API Interactions with Twilio

#154 Oct 7, 2018 free

In this episode, learn how to extract the interactions with an external API into a service object so that code is isolated and interchangeable.

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Rails Presenters

#149 Sep 2, 2018 free

Separating view logic from bloated models can help maintain the model in the long run.

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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.

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User Notifications

#136 Jun 3, 2018 free

Using the Notifications Rails Engine, we are able to add notifications to our applications based on certain events. The engine provides the schema and necessary controls and associations to seamlessly integrate into your app.

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Ruby on Rails Development with Microsoft Windows 10

#132 May 6, 2018 free

Developing a Ruby on Rails application on Windows can be difficult, but doesn't have to be with Bash on Windows. Learn how to use Bash to install the Ruby interpreter.

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ActiveRecord Tricks

#127 Apr 1, 2018 free

In this episode, we look at what would seemingly be simple queries, but are more complex once you start looking into them. Using built in ActiveRecord functions, we can make the queries readable and easy to work with.

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Encrypted Credentials in Rails 5.2

#123 Mar 4, 2018 free

In this episode, we take a look at the Encrypted Credentials of Ruby on Rails 5.2 and how we can patch it so that we can use other YAML files like a development.yml and test.yml.

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Ruby on Rails - Tips and Tricks

#118 Feb 4, 2018 free

In this episode, we will go through some of the tips and tricks that we often take for granted. We will be looking at nested routes, scopes, migrations and more.

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Ruby on Rails 5.2.0 Changes and New Features

#113 Jan 7, 2018 free

Upcoming features include ActiveStorage, built-in Redis Cache Store, updated Rails Credentials and a bunch of other cool things! Honorable mentions also to the new Stimulus Javascript Framework.

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