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Drag and drop sortable lists in Rails aren't too hard using Sortablejs and Stimulus to make wire them up to our backend with acts_as_list
Select a record or create a new one for an association in a form using the Selectize.js library
Tracking business metrics can be time consuming and costly but the Ahoy gem lets you easily track metrics and Blazer makes it incredibly easy to analyze your data
Need to dynamically update fields when a user changes a select box? We can do that easily in Rails using Hotwire's Turbo Stream actions.
Learn how to link to the current page and add, remove, or modify params in the URL. This is handy for things like search or index pages with filters.
Rails's webpacker gem makes it super easy to load both Bootstrap's CSS and JS into your Rails app using webpack
Learn how to use the state_machine gem to keep track of objects in your Rails apps
Learn how to improve the speed of your database queries by adding database indexes to your tables
Learn how to use ActiveRecord Explain to analyze your SQL queries generated by ActiveRecord
Sidekiq Pro or sidekiq-batch lets you run a set of background jobs in parallel and then a callback once they're finished. This is perfect for building more advanced workflows for your background jobs in Rails.
Adding user avatars is pretty easy using Rails' ActiveStorage feature. We'll be using Devise in this example, but this applies to any user authentication system.
The first part of the Forum series, we talk about how the database and structure of the forum is designed
Learn how to use the Trix editor for editing wysiwyg content and upload attachments like images using Javascript and Shrine
Add masquerading (the ability to impersonate or login as another user) to your development or admin environments using the devise_masquerade gem
Geocode (or geolocate) addresses using the geocoder gem along with the Google Maps APIs and then use it to search your database by location
Mentioning Users with an @mention is a super common feature. Trix and ActionText are now part of Rails 6 which means we can very easily add support for tagging users with @mentions and other custom attachments in your applications.
Learn how to enable direct uploads in the browser to Amazon S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces using Rails' new ActiveStorage library
Techniques for taking your database models and using attributes to generate pretty urls
Drag and drop sorting is pretty easy to add to any Rails application using jQuery sortable
Learn how to separate your application data into different accounts or companies
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