How To Build A Forum in Rails 4.2

A forum is a great example of a semi-complex Rails application and we'll build one together in this series using Rails 4.2.

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7 Lessons | 1h 25m | Intermediate

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Forum Series Part 1: Architecture

Sep 24, 2014

The first part of the Forum series, we talk about how the database and structure of the forum is designed

Forum Series Part 2: Routes

Sep 30, 2014 Pro

Designing routes for a forum and discussing how we can use those to improve the structure of our Rails application

Forum Series Part 3: Nested Attributes and fields_for

Oct 09, 2014

Learn how to use accepts_nested_attributes_for and fields_for to create forms that include associated models in them

Forum Series Part 4: div_for

Oct 16, 2014 Pro

The div_for method gives you easy access to creating id's and classes for your ActiveRecord objects in the views. It also makes for easy access to elements with CSS and Javascript.

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Forum Series Part 5: Email Notifications with Rails 4.2, deliver_later, and Previews

Oct 23, 2014

Learn how to send email notifications to users with Rails 4.2 ActionMailer, deliver_later, and email previews

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Forum Series Part 6: Search with Ransack

Oct 30, 2014 Pro

Search with Ransack through associations

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Forum Series Part 7: Time Zones using the local_time Gem

Nov 06, 2014

A look into times, timezones, and how to handle it better with javascript

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