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Stripe Donations

#362 Aug 14, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at two different ways to handle donations with Stripe. The first method is a "no code" way that would work on any website that may not have a backend. The second method, we use the Stripe gem and their API to create a Checkout session for handling donations.

rails payments stripe

Ubuntu Desktop

#361 Aug 7, 2022 free

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.

development rails environment

Partial Inserts

#360 Jul 31, 2022 pro

Parsing through the Ruby on Rails CHANGELOG can reveal some interesting features and changes in the framework. In this episode, we look at one of those changes around inserting records into our database.

rails model activerecord

Liquid Templates

#358 Jul 17, 2022 pro

Using Stimulus and Liquid, we can create real time previews of the Liquid Template Renderer. Liquid provides a markup language that is a safe, customer facing template language for flexible web apps.

rails view stimulusjs

Current Attributes

#357 Jul 10, 2022 pro

Abstract super class that provides a thread-isolated attributes singleton, which resets automatically before and after each request. This allows you to keep all the per-request attributes easily available to the whole system.

rails model

File Uploads and Cloud Storage

#356 Jul 3, 2022 free

AWS S3 has been a reliable service over the years and for a long time it was the only option. However, in the past few years, there has been more cloud storage options that have popped up with compatible S3 APIs. These services can sometimes offer better pricing and speeds.

rails uploads active storage

Easy Infrastructure

#355 Jun 26, 2022 pro

Continuing on from the previous episode, we look at creating a Docker Swarm cluster and using Traefik to load balance and route requests to various applications. Using this and CloudFlare proxies, we're able to create and deploy hobby applications in minutes.

rails infrastructure deployment docker

Easy Deployments

#354 Jun 19, 2022 pro

I often create Rails projects and while some of these applications are fairly simple, deployment to a production environment still requires a lot of infrastructure setup. In this episode, we take a look at creating a Rails project template and being able to deploy it to a production environment within minutes.

rails deployment docker

Multiple Databases

#353 Jun 12, 2022 pro

As an application grows in popularity and usage you'll need to scale the application to support your new users and their data. One way in which your application may need to scale is on the database level. In this episode, we look at reading from a replica database while writing to a primary database. We also look at structuring our application top support multiple databases; each containing their own schema.

rails database infrastructure

Roles from Scratch

#352 Jun 5, 2022 free

In this episode, we look at different authorization approaches from the most simple to more complex scenarios.

rails model authorization

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