20:25
#288 ·
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.
23:39
#283 · 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!
11:01
#282 · Pro
Creating draft records in your database can be tricky. We'll be using the Draftsman gem to help us create draft versions of our records with our autosave Javascript
17:20
#281 · Pro
Autosaving draft records allows you to make sure users don't lose their work and can easily write draft content without publishing right away. We'll be using Stimulus to build an autosave controller for our form and Draftsman to power the backend.
10:16
#267 ·
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
17:32
#266 · Pro
Adding pagination to our nested comment threads is easier than you might think, plus we'll take a look at a couple different approaches we can use
6:16
#265 · Pro
Nested comment threads pose a lot of unique challenges. One of these is deleting comments because you can easily lose the child comments or context. We'll take a look at a couple great ways of handling this.
14:04
#264 · Pro
Using AJAX, we can submit our comments and have them render onto the page without a page refresh.
20:43
#263 · Pro
Implementing polymorphic, reusable comments across models and limiting the nesting allowed for nested comment threads
22:06
#262 · Pro
How to build nested comments and threads in Ruby on Rails