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3 Different Perspectives of Importing Records
Episode #180 3-31-2019 proIn this episode, we look at 3 different ways of importing data into a Rails application; each having their own use cases, drawbacks and benefits.
Improving Partial Loading Performance
Episode #145 8-5-2018 freeN+1 queries can make an application slow. Having queries called within views can also slow down an app as well as making it less extendable.
Ruby Objects and Memoization
Episode #120 2-18-2018 proIn this episode, we look at creating ruby objects. Then we look at different ways of implementing memoization and how it can be used to speed up our classes.
Benchmarking and Refactoring the content_for View Helper
Episode #90 7-23-2017 freeIn a recent blog post, we looked into the content_for view helper to render breadcrumbs. Once we got the feature working, it's time to refactor the feature to lower technical debt.
Searchkick and Elasticsearch
Episode #65 1-29-2017 freeAdd full text searching using Searchkick and Elasticsearch. Here I will show the steps involved in adding this search to an existing application and a sample of autocomplete functionality.
Sidekiq Basics
Episode #59 12-18-2016 freeSidekiq is a Ruby Background Processor that manages its queue with a Redis service. Learn the basics of Sidekiq and integrating it with ActiveJob.
Redis Basics
Episode #56 11-28-2016 freeRedis within a Ruby on Rails application has many benefits. Learn to interact with Redis Server and set it up for caching within your application.
Database Index Optimization and Migration Maintenance
Episode #53 11-6-2016 freeAdding indexes to your databases can increase the SQL search performance on your tables. As your application grows, migration files can become out of hand, use squasher to squish them down to a single file.
DRY up your Javascript
Episode #41 8-8-2016 freeLearn how avoid duplicate code to reuse existing javascript.
Progressive Render
Episode #33 6-13-2016 freeSlow content got you down? Load it later! Use this gem to defer loading of portions of your page until after load. They will be fetched via AJAX and placed on the page when ready.
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