Drifting Ruby

Database Transactions

#377 Nov 27, 2022 pro

Transactions are protective blocks where SQL statements are only permanent if they can all succeed as one atomic action. In this episode, we explore ActiveRecord Transactions and how to use them.

rails activerecord database

Active Storage Variants

#376 Nov 20, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at cleaning up our Active Storage variants and also look at several different use cases to manipulate the images with resizes, watermarks, format and quality.

rails upload active storage

Creating Embedded Iframes

#375 Nov 13, 2022 pro

Similar to Youtube embeds, we will look at creating embedded links to our application so that portions of the application can be embedded. However, there are a lot of security implications and should be done with caution.

rails view turbo

Infrastructure Migration

#374 Nov 6, 2022 free

For various reasons, we may decide to move our services off of one platform onto another. This could be due to pricing, uptime or other reasons. In this episode, we look at migrating a Ruby on Rails application and database from Heroku to Fly.

rails infrastructure database migration

Saving Attributes with Hotwire

#373 Oct 30, 2022 pro

With Hotwire, we can create form where each input field is saved once a user has changed its value. We look at some of the common issues that you could run into when using Hotwire and some ways to mitigate those problems.

rails hotwire javascript turbo form

Mapbox Geolocation

#372 Oct 23, 2022 pro

Using Hotwire and the Mapbox API, we can track the location of a user and playback their recorded GPS coordinates.

rails hotwire javascript maps

Magic Links

#371 Oct 16, 2022 pro

Magic Links is a passwordless authentication method where you receive a emailed link to proceed with signing in. In this episode, we look at swapping out a lot of the core functionalities of Devise with Magic Links as well as alternatives for using this methodology without Devise.

rails authentication devise

Searching Multiple Models

#370 Oct 9, 2022 pro

In this episode, we look at creating a simple and maintainable way to search multiple models. As our application grows and the needs change, other avenues can be explored, but it's important to not prematurely optimize things before they're actually required.

rails search database model

Hotwire Introduction

#369 Oct 2, 2022 free

Hotwire is an alternative approach to building modern web applications without using much JavaScript by sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire. With Rails 7, we get Hotwire added in by default. In this episode, we look at some of the features with Hotwire and how to use them.

rails hotwire javascript turbo stimulusjs

Downloading Cloud Database

#368 Sep 25, 2022 pro

Sometimes we need to pull down our staging database that is hosted in the cloud. This can be a tedious task as there could be many blockers that add complications in pulling down this data.

rails database cloud

View

Episodes

Sort

Tags

Database Transactions

Active Storage Variants

Creating Embedded Iframes

Infrastructure Migration

Saving Attributes with Hotwire

Mapbox Geolocation

Magic Links

Searching Multiple Models

Hotwire Introduction

Downloading Cloud Database

Learning Paths

Video Logs new

Blog

Merchandise new

View

Episodes

Sort

Tags

Database Transactions

Active Storage Variants

Creating Embedded Iframes

Infrastructure Migration

Saving Attributes with Hotwire

Mapbox Geolocation

Magic Links

Searching Multiple Models

Hotwire Introduction

Downloading Cloud Database