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Tracking Changes on Action Text

#245 Jun 7, 2020 free

Without using any gems, we look at tracking changes within Action Text. It seems like a simple thing, but challenges arise through several layers of abstraction due to the flexibility that Action Text provides.

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Google Maps API with StimulusJS

#236 Apr 5, 2020 free

Add unobtrusive maps to your application using StimulusJS to tie in Google Maps Javascript API and Places API.

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Syntax Highlighting with Action Text

#231 Mar 1, 2020 free

Set up Action Text with client side Syntax Highlighting using Highlight.js.

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Emojis from Scratch

#227 Feb 2, 2020 free

In this episode, we look at attaching emojis to our comments model, allowing them to fill in some emotional cues.

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Like Relationships and Global ID

#223 Jan 5, 2020 free

In this episode we create a Like/Unlike system where users can like posts and use Global ID to obfuscate IDs.

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Plugging in AnyCable

#214 Nov 3, 2019 free

ActionCable can handle quite a bit of traffic, but it gets to a point where it can become a burden on the server. With AnyCable, we can not only handle more traffic, but it is also lighter on the resources.

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Ruby on Rails Tips and Tricks

#210 Oct 6, 2019 free

Ruby and Ruby on Rails tricks from, dot files, operators, bundling, StimulusJS and more.

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Push Notifications with ActionCable

#205 Sep 1, 2019 free

In this episode, we look into using Push Notifications within our Rails application and then using ActionCable to broadcast Push Notifications to the user.

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Working with Large Data

#201 Aug 4, 2019 free

When database tables get large, things can slow down significantly. In this episode, we look at a few things which helps keep databases performant and the client side responsive.

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Inline Editing Records

#191 Jun 2, 2019 free

Using Rails UJS, we create an interactive row editing solution without using any kind of Javascript frameworks.

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Push Notifications with ActionCable

Working with Large Data

Inline Editing Records