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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6 Lessons | 1h 32m | Intermediate

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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.

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Background Workers with ActiveJob and Sidekiq

Nov 25, 2015 Pro

Learn how to add background workers to your Rails app using ActiveJob and powering it with Sidekiq

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Shrine Backgrounding and Video Transcoding

Nov 03, 2016 Pro

Transcode videos in the background using Shrine

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Monitoring Cron Jobs with Whenever

Apr 20, 2026

The Whenever gem is fantastic for defining cron jobs. With a little customization, we can have it monitor cron jobs and report logs, and status to services like AppSignal.

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