Grab Bag Tutorial Series
15:47
#268 · Pro
Learn how to implement a Slack Slash Command App in Rails using webhooks
22:27
#241 · Pro
In this episode, we add tests for our Basecamp 3 style urls that we built using a Rack middleware
8:44
#237 · Pro
A walkthrough of how I debugged and fixed an issue with Rails ActiveStorage that we discovered in the last episode building a Previewer for Powerpoint files
51:21
#228 ·
A talk I recently gave for Remote Ruby explaining some of the approaches I use to build Hatchbox.io
14:26
#213 ·
Learn how to upload files to DigitalOcean's Spaces which is an Amazon S3 compatible file storage API
3:03
#203 ·
Learn how to send emails to a local SMTP server called Mailcatcher for testing and designing emails
30:20
#177 · Pro
A walk through of the process of fixing a popular gem and learning how ActiveRecord and the Paranoia gem works
21:21
#176 · Pro
Add advanced counter caching for soft deletable models, scopes, and has_many relationships
11:17
#152 · Pro
Learn how to use Javascript constructors and destructors with Turbolinks to add compatilibty to any Javascript library you want
14:44
#151 · Pro
Speed up the Rails asset pipeline in development by organizing your assets correctly
14:22
#150 · Pro
Transcode videos in the background using Shrine
12:16
#149 ·
Protect your Rails application from Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks using the sanitize helper
15:55
#148 · Pro
How to develop against webhooks on your local development machine using ngrok and Docusign's API
23:37
#147 · Pro
Request documents to be signed electronic using the Docusign API in your Rails app
24:52
#143 · Pro
Add realtime direct messages between users in our chat application using ActionCable
17:42
#134 · Pro
Setup Rails to send emails over SMTP using your Sendgrid account
10:59
#127 ·
See how different approaches can affect the code you write using FizzBuzz as an example
22:57
#123 · Pro
Learn how to pull business logic out of your models and put them into Plain Old Ruby Objects (POROs) in order to clean up your code and keep chunks of business logic in reusable bits.
17:44
#121 · Pro
We take the Leaderboard gem and wire it up with custom code to work seamlessly with will_paginate
34:16
#120 · Pro
Learn how to invite users to your application with devise_invitable
19:52
#117 ·
Learn how to use sentimental analysis against text inside your application and cache it so you can query against it later
13:13
#116 · Pro
Learn how to setup forms to work with Turbolinks iOS and Android adapters
12:05
#107 ·
Learn how to upgrade your Turbolinks 2.5 or 3.0 app to the newest Turbolinks 5
14:38
#106 · Pro
Learn how to integrate Google's Recaptcha API into your forms and registration process with Rails
26:17
#101 ·
A Ruby microservice to generate Medium.com-style tweet quote images for sharing on social media like Twitter and Facebook
20:19
#99 · Pro
Learn the basics of metaprogramming by creating some Rails 5 code on your own
31:39
#98 ·
Learn how you can use virtual attributes to make forms cleaner and how the Rails 5 attribute API can save you a bunch of time
35:08
#97 · Pro
Learn how to accept payments with Braintree, PayPal, Venmo, and Coinbase in Rails
29:21
#95 · Pro
Learn how to add background workers to your Rails app using ActiveJob and powering it with Sidekiq
22:12
#94 ·
The new admin gem from Thoughtbot shows some promise for easy to customize admin interfaces in your Rails app
25:47
#92 ·
See how I discovered and fixed a bug in the Devise open source project
21:13
#87 · Pro
Learn how to run scheduled (nightly, weekly, monthly) jobs using cron on your server with the Whenever gem
7:03
#84 ·
Learn what a state machine is and how it can help you keep track of everything
5:21
#82 · Pro
Learn about video autoplaying with Wistia and how it improves usability
15:08
#80 · Pro
Learn how to redirect your Rails app users to the current page after they login
8:27
#54 · Pro
Learn how I discovered and solved a performance bug in OneMonth.com's view partial
13:16
#51 ·
Learn how to add PDF receipts to your application so users can easily download receipts of their purchases
18:10
#42 · Pro
An introduction to Ruby on Rails ActiveSupport concerns where we build a Soft Deletable module like the Paranoia gem
12:59
#38 · Pro
Add background uploads and progress easily with Refile's JS library
23:27
#37 ·
Learn how to upload files with the newest file upload library on the block: Refile
17:29
#35 · Pro
Learn how to create simple API tokens for authentication with Devise
24:23
#33 ·
Learn how to let your users authorize and connect to the Twitter API using their Twitter account with your Rails app
24:16
#23 ·
Learn how to use HTTParty to consume an API and package your library into a gem
6:04
#21 ·
A quick look at the new features of Rails 4.2 in the first beta that was recently released
4:18
#18 · Pro
An advanced look into jQuery UJS and how to use callbacks to improve your UJS workflow and debugging
12:11
#17 ·
A quick introduction to jQuery UJS and how we can use it to make an AJAX request to render a javascript template from the Rails server
5:36
#16 ·
Learn how to easily disable the submit button and display a loading animation when a user submits the form