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Rails

A web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

Javascript

A scripting or programming language that allows you to implement complex things on web pages and server-side.

Ruby

A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.

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Accept Payments with Rails

Payments with Stripe and Rails Master Class

Learn how to accept credit card payments for subscriptions, generate receipts, and more in Ruby on Rails apps using Stripe's API.

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Build, deploy, and manage Rails apps

Hatchbox lets you deploy Rails to your own servers with the ease of Heroku, but the cost effectiveness of DigitalOcean.

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Recent Rails Screencasts

We're always publishing new content on Rails, Ruby, and Javascript. Here's some of the things we've done lately.

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How to Deploy Rails to Production on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

#285 · Feb 22, 2019

Deploying Rails to production for the first time can be confusing and daunting. We'll walk through every step of the process and show you how to setup a production Rails server from scratch.

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Symbols vs Strings

#284 · Feb 14, 2019

Ever wondered what the difference between Symbols and Strings were? Why would we use one over the other when most languages only have strings?

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23:39

Dynamic Nested Forms with Stimulus JS

#283 · Feb 07, 2019 Pro

Don't like Cocoon or it's jQuery dependency? We can use Stimulus JS and build dynamic nested forms in Rails with accepts_nested_attributes_for from scratch pretty easily!

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