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Marksmith

#512 Jun 1, 2025 free

Easily add Markdown support to your Rails applications with Marksmith. This isn't a drop-in replacement to ActionText, but can be used with text or blob columns. Marksmith integrates easily with ActiveStorage for handling file uploads. In this episode, we'll explore setting up Marksmith and some best practices.

rails view wysiwyg

Scaffold Templates

#508 May 4, 2025 free

In this episode, we explore using the scaffold generator and modifying the templates to simplify the creation of consistent, Tailwind CSS-styled views and controllers in a Rails application, saving time when prototyping and building new features.

rails view template

Outlets and Permanent Tags

#494 Feb 2, 2025 free

In this episode, we'll explore how we can add a "global" music player that will persist across different pages. Our approach will be unobtrusive and implemented in a maintainable way.

rails view stimulusjs outlets

Skeleton Frames

#490 Jan 5, 2025 free

In this episode, we look at implementing a temporary loader for turbo frame tags to give a visual of data that is loading.

rails view turbo

Hotwire Combobox

#459 Jun 2, 2024 free

In this episode, we tackle the issue of slow-loading dropdowns with a high volume of options by implementing an asynchronous select using the Hotwire Combobox library.

rails view form hotwire

Page Not Found

#404 Jun 4, 2023 free

In this episode, we take a few different approaches in how we display error pages in our Rails application. We'll also look at a few potential problems with each approach that we need to be aware of.

rails error view

Teaching at Bootcamps with Ed Toro

#194 Jun 19, 2019 free

Ed Toro speaks to his experience at bootcamps from a teacher's perspective. We gain a different perspective of what bootcamps are like. Ed shares valuable information whether you're considering getting into coding or currently at a bootcamp.

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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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Interview with Riaz Virani

#188 May 15, 2019 free

Riaz talks about his experience with organizing and hosting the Atlanta Ruby Users Group meetup. We discuss sponsors, hidden costs of hosting meetups and general tips for guests.

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Interview with Frank Rietta

#183 Apr 17, 2019 free

In this interview, Frank Rietta, a security expert in web applications, talks about various recommendations for securing a Ruby on Rails application. Many areas are explored from code, staff, servers and infrastructure.

security interview

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