ActiveJob & Background Jobs in Rails

Time consuming work must be done in a background job which makes background jobs a core piece of building Rails apps.

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Batching Backgrounds Jobs with Sidekiq

Jul 31, 2018

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.

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How to use Solid Queue in Rails with Active Job

Dec 20, 2023

Solid Queue is a database backed queue adapter for ActiveJob in your Rails apps. Instead of requiring an additional service like Redis, jobs are managed in the database itself and it's compatible with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

How to use Mission Control Jobs in Rails

Jan 31, 2024

Mission Control Jobs is a UI for ActiveJob in Rails. It was announced at Rails World 2023 and just got released. It currently supports SolidQueue and Resque with more queue adapter support in the future.