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Refactoring a Javascript countdown timer into a reusable Stimulus controller gives a look at the flexibility we can achieve by taking advantage of the Stimulus Values API and customizing the default values.
Ever wanted to build Datatables into your Rails app? You can using Hotwire using Turbo Frames without any custom Javascript.
Using jQuery and plugins like jQueryUI in modern Javascript can be a little tricky. We'll see how to use it, how to deal with javascript import hoisting and how to add plugins like jQueryUI
Installing Bootstrap is easier than ever thanks to CSS Bundling in Rails now. It also wires up the Javascript so you don't have to do much of anything.
JSBundling provides a flexible way of using different Javascript bundlers like ESBuild. It strikes a great balance between the asset pipeline and webpacker. Plus, Esbuild can bundle your Javascript lightning fast.
In this episode, we'll walk through how I discovered an improvement for Rails' new Request.js library and how we approached and implemented the feature in a pull request.
Web Components are a great way to encapsulate Javascript logic around an element in your HTML. We'll explore how to create Custom Elements and see how Hotwire uses them for Turbo Stream actions.
Learn how to use Rails' brand new Request.js library for making AJAX requests in your Javascript
Hotwire & Turbo.js are designed to make realtime updates to your page. So how do you notify the user with flash messages or toasts? That's what we're covering in this episode.
The browser has a built-in Geolocation API that you can use to get the user's location (with permission) in Stimulus and use it with Rails
Hotwire is the NEW MAGIC that DHH has been teasing about for so long. This episode we'll build the famous Twitter clone using Hotwire to see how it compares to other solutions out there.
Stimulus JS 2.0 just came out and it includes the awesome Values and CSS Classes APIs
Bulk operations like "delete all", "publish all", etc require a little bit of Javascript and a special controller for handling them.
Learn how to add Google Analytics' gtag.js to Webpacker with Turbolinks support
User mentions in group chat is a crucial feature, so this week we're taking a look at how to add @ mentions for our users in chat with regex and more.
It's important to see that there are unread messages in channels you're not actively viewing. We can use a very simple event in ActionCable to do this and bold channel names with unread messages.
Webpack bundles can be confusing as to what actually ships in production. Using the bundle analyzer plugin, we can visualize and see exactly what libraries and files are taking up what space.
Keeping track of a user's last read timestamp for each chat room is straightforward, especially when we use Stimulus.js to update it from the client side.
Using Vonage (previously known as OpenTok), we can add multiuser live video chat to Rails in just 20 minutes. It also supports broadcasting things like webinars, recording videos, and more.
Using the Intersection Observer API, we can refactor our infinite scroll example to be much more efficient and simpler to use
