What's New in Rails 7.1

Rails 7.1 introduces lots of new improvement, features, and bugfixes. In this series, we'll explore the changes and show you how to upgrade your apps to take full advantage of these new features.

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10 Lessons | 2h 31m | Intermediate

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Rails 7.1 Authentication From Scratch

Sep 13, 2023

Rails 7.1 introduces many new features for authentication. In this lesson, we'll show you how to implement authentication from scratch using Rails 7.1's new features.

Normalizes method in ActiveRecord

Sep 18, 2023

Normalizing data has always been a pain in Rails, but not anymore! Instead of callbacks or overriding setters, Rails 7.1 introduces "normalizes" to make normalizing data easy.

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Authenticate By & Password Challenge Methods In Rails 7.1

Has secure password is boasting some new benefits in Rails 7.1 with the addition of the authenticate_by method which reduces timing-based enumeration attack vulnerabilities. Also being introduced is the ability to provide a required password challenge.

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Magic Link Authentication with generates_token_for in Rails 7.1

Sep 22, 2023 Pro

Rails 7.1's new generates_token_for method allows us to build password reset and Magic Link login tokens without storing details in the database. Tokens have expirations and can be one-time use so they can't be reused.

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Unused Rails Routes Command

Sep 25, 2023 Pro

In this lesson, we will look at a new option coming to the rails routes command in Rails 7.1 which will display a list of any routes deemed as unused in your Rails application. Let's see what qualifies a route as unused and learn some other handy tips!

How to upgrade to Rails 7.1

Sep 27, 2023

How to upgrade to Rails 7.1 This will also work with any other version and offers a few tips on how to test things out and revert back if necessary.

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ActiveJob Perform All Later

Sep 29, 2023 Pro

In this lesson, we will look at a new option coming to ActiveJob in Rails 7.1 for enqueuing multiple jobs at once using the perform_all_later class method.