Drifting Ruby

Authentication from Scratch

#300 Jun 13, 2021 pro

It's never a bad thing to understand how authentication works in a Ruby on Rails application without reaching for a gem. In this episode, we look at how authentication works in a modern Ruby on Rails application and some reasons why we shouldn't roll our own solution.

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10 Tips and Tricks

#299 Jun 6, 2021 free

I don't get around to doing these too often, but they are always a lot of fun. In this episode, we'll look at ten different Ruby on Rails tips and tricks.

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AWS App Runner

#298 May 30, 2021 pro

Amazon's newest hosting service, App Runner, makes it fairly easy to deploy web services. In this episode, we take a look at some of the issues with App Runner as well as how we can deploy a Docker container image to the service. We also dive into building Docker images from an Apple M1 computer and pushing to Elastic Container Registry.

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Sign in with Apple

#297 May 23, 2021 pro

Setting up "Sign in with Apple" can be confusing and complicated if you never dealt with Omniauth or with Apple's developer account. In this episode, we look at navigating through the Apple Developer account and setting up Omniauth to implement the Sign in with Apple.

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Two-Way SMS Conversation

#296 May 16, 2021 pro

Sending or responding with a SMS text message isn't too difficult. The complexity comes in when a conversation is required in a linear style of communication. In this episode, we look at creating a SMS bot which generates a session and tracks the conversation.

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Gathering Questionnaire Responses

#295 May 9, 2021 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at fixing nested forms when used inside of nested forms as well as gathering responses from the questionnaires.

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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.

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Testing View Components

#293 Apr 25, 2021 pro

View Components allow testing the rendered views much easier.

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Sessions

#292 Apr 18, 2021 pro

In Rails apps, by default, browsers will use cookies to store session data. In this episode, we look at the default browser cookie and alternative approaches to storing the session data.

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Form Wizards from Scratch

#291 Apr 11, 2021 pro

Learn how to make form wizards without any external dependencies. This will allow you to have a simple extendable workflow and optionally to take advantage of Hotwire to create a seamless experience.

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