Drifting Ruby

Active Record Encryption

#346 Apr 24, 2022 pro

Active Record supports application-level encryption. The encryption layer sits between the database and the application. The application will access unencrypted data, but the database will store it encrypted. In this episode, we look at implementing encryption for a model's attribute and Action Text.

rails model encryption

Null Object Pattern

#345 Apr 17, 2022 pro

The Null Object Pattern is an old but good pattern that can help reduce complexity in our applications. In this episode, we'll look at a few different examples.

rails model refactor

Deploying to Render

#344 Apr 10, 2022 pro

Heroku is not the only PaaS anymore and there are some cheaper alternatives now-a-days. In this episode, we explore deploying a Ruby on Rails 7 application to Render.

rails production deployment

Label Maker with Ruby

#343 Apr 3, 2022 free

Learn how to turn your tweets into physical printouts on a label maker via the Cups/PPD API. It's a silly concept, but can have some great real world application with interfacing with printers.

rails api

Jbuilder

#342 Mar 27, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at making an API using Jbuilder. We also take a look at Active Storage predefined variants and loading them into the API responses.

rails api json

Markdown Parser

#341 Mar 20, 2022 pro

Markdown is a great, but unfortunately ActionText doesn't support it. In this episode, we'll look at implementing a simple markdown parser with Stimulus.

rails view markdown stimulusjs javascript

Wordle Clone

#340 Mar 13, 2022 pro

We look at recreating the popular Wordle game with StimulusJS. By exploring the mechanics of the game, we build our own approach.

rails javascript stimulusjs

Remote Development

#339 Mar 6, 2022 free

Having a fast and expensive computer to do daily development is a luxury. Sometimes, we may be in a position where we are just getting started with programming and the budget is very small. In this episode we look at a very moderately priced Chromebook and explore how we can make it into a viable development machine.

rails development

Infinite Scrolling with Hotwire

#338 Feb 27, 2022 pro

In this episode, we have a look at two different approaches for implementing an infinite scrolling feature within a Ruby on Rails application with Hotwire. The first method will use a Stimulus Controller to handle AJAX requests back to the Rails application. The second approach will not use any external library, other than Hotwire, nor any javascript to accomplish the infinite scrolling.

rails hotwire javascript turbo

Private Chat Groups

#337 Feb 20, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at broadcasting to private channels using stimulus controllers and turbo. We also look at the interactivity between two stimulus controllers and different ways of broadcasting to turbo streams.

rails hotwire stimulusjs turbo

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