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Chris Oliver
Hi, I'm Chris. I'm the creator of GoRails, Hatchbox.io and Jumpstart. I spend my time creating tutorials and tools to help Ruby on Rails developers build apps better and faster.
About This Episode
Deciding whether or not to have separate first and last name fields gets a bit confusing. Basecamp's recently released name_of_person gem shows you exactly how to handle this reliably and also stands as a fantastic example of how to build a concern
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Common Features in Rails Apps
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Liking Posts
24m
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Markdown and Emoji with the html-pipeline gem
17m
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Comments With Polymorphic Associations
23m
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Activity Feed From Scratch
23m
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@Mentions, Autocomplete, Notifications, and Links
27m
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Scheduling Posts
33m
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In-App Navbar Notifications
40m
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Repost / Retweet / Reblog
20m
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Message Templates
22m
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Improving In-App Notifications
19m
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Devise Masquerade as another User
11m
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Select Or Create Field With Selectize.js
27m
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Preferences & Settings with ActiveRecord::Store
16m
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Global Autocomplete Search
24m
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Charts with Chartkick and Groupdate
18m
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Analytics with Segment
22m
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Tracking Metrics with Ahoy and Blazer
20m
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Sortable Drag and Drop
12m
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Using the Trix Editor plus File Upload Attachments
22m
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Administrate Custom Fields and the Trix Editor
10m
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Handling Inbound Email Parsing with Rails
21m
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Two Factor Authentication With Devise
31m
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Error Tracking with Errbit
16m
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A/B Split Testing with the Split gem
16m
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Handle 404s Better Using Rescue_from
13m
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Undo Sending Button like GMail
24m
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Auto-detect User Time Zones in Rails
20m
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User Referral Program From Scratch
18m
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How to Add Pagination with Pagy
11m
Handling First & Last Name with the name_of_person gem
10m
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User Avatars with ActiveStorage
11m
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Autosave Draft Records - Part 1
17m
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Autosave Draft Records - Part 2
11m
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User Onboarding Progress Bar
21m
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Preventing Conflicts with Optimistic Locking
10m
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Handle Race Conditions with Pessimistic Locking
10m
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How to use Uppy with ActiveStorage
23m
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Tracking online users with timestamps
5m
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Realtime Online User Tracking with ActionCable
14m
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File uploads in Rails with Shrine
14m
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How to use the Pay gem to accept Payments in Rails
13m
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Google Maps and Google Places Autocomplete API with Rails, Turbolinks, and Stimulus.js
23m
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Multiuser Live Video Chat in Rails
17m
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How to translate and localize apps with Rails Internationalization (18n)
17m
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How to add Notifications to Rails with Noticed
12m
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How to Submit Complex Form Data in Ruby on Rails
19m
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Advanced Flash Messages with Buttons & Actions in Rails
11m
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Require Work Email Address on Registration
15m
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Bulk Operations in Rails
13m
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Slug History & Redirecting Old Slugs with FriendlyID
15m
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Link To Current Page With Params
6m
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Sharing Cookies with Subdomains in Rails
5m
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Contrasting Colors with YIQ and Helper Tests in Rails
8m
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Email Unsubscribe Links with ActionMailer in Rails
9m
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Dynamic Authorization Roles with Pundit
12m
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How to use Kredis with Rails
13m
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How to add Search in Rails using Meilisearch
20m
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How to add Feature Flags in Rails with the Flipper gem
7m
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Domain & Subdomain Routing Constraints in Rails
23m
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How to add a Command Palette to your Ruby on Rails app
10m
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Polymorphic Selects in Rails using GlobalIDs
15m
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How to use hCaptcha with Ruby on Rails, Turbo, and Stimulus.js
18m
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Advanced URL Parsing in Rails with PublicSuffix & Addressable gems
12m
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Liking Posts in Rails with Hotwire
25m
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Rails Components From Scratch
27m