https://gorails.com/episodes GoRails is a series of screencasts and guides for all aspects of Ruby on Rails. Learn how to setup your machine, build a Rails application, and deploy it to a server. en Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:50:14 -0500 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:50:14 -0500 Chris Oliver rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding no no GoRails is a series of screencasts and guides for all aspects of Ruby on Rails. Learn how to setup your machine, build a Rails application, and deploy it to a server.Screencasts for Ruby on Rails developerschris@gorails.comChris Oliver

In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/group-chat-with-actioncable-part-1 group-chat-with-actioncable-part-1 Chris Oliver In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable no 1179 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire is the NEW MAGIC that DHH has been teasing about for so long. This episode we'll build the famous Twitter clone using Hotwire to see how it compares to other solutions out there.

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/hotwire-rails hotwire-rails Chris Oliver Hotwire is the NEW MAGIC that DHH has been teasing about for so long. This episode we'll build the famous Twitter clone using Hotwire to see how it... Hotwire is the NEW MAGIC that DHH has been teasing about for so long. This episode we'll build the famous Twitter clone using Hotwire to see how it compares to other solutions out there. no 1466 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Import maps are great, but how do they work? In this lesson, we'll demystify import maps and see how they integrate with Rails' asset pipeline.

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-importmaps-with-rails how-to-use-importmaps-with-rails Chris Oliver Import maps are great, but how do they work? In this lesson, we'll demystify import maps and see how they integrate with Rails' asset pipeline. Import maps are great, but how do they work? In this lesson, we'll demystify import maps and see how they integrate with Rails' asset pipeline. no 1091 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will begin to explore how we can relate rows from one table to rows in another table by using foreign keys.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-foreign-keys sql-learning-path-foreign-keys Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will begin to explore how we can relate rows from one table to rows in another table by using foreign keys. In this lesson, we will begin to explore how we can relate rows from one table to rows in another table by using foreign keys. no 1100 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A talk I recently gave for Remote Ruby explaining some of the approaches I use to build Hatchbox.io

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/building-a-hosting-platform-in-ruby building-a-hosting-platform-in-ruby Chris Oliver A talk I recently gave for Remote Ruby explaining some of the approaches I use to build Hatchbox.io A talk I recently gave for Remote Ruby explaining some of the approaches I use to build Hatchbox.io no 3082 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/group-chat-with-actioncable-part-2 group-chat-with-actioncable-part-2 Chris Oliver In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable no 729 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will pick up where we left off in the last part and package up our script into a gem that we can share. Along the way, we'll look at how we can spread responsibility across a few small classes to separate concerns and hopefully make the

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/syncing-repositories-with-ruby-scripts-part-2 syncing-repositories-with-ruby-scripts-part-2 Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will pick up where we left off in the last part and package up our script into a gem that we can share. Along the way, we'll loo... In this lesson, we will pick up where we left off in the last part and package up our script into a gem that we can share. Along the way, we'll look at how we can spread responsibility across a few small classes to separate concerns and hopefully make the no 2279 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will look into the new health check endpoint that will come by default in a Rails 7.1 application.

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/health-check-endpoint-in-rails-7-1 health-check-endpoint-in-rails-7-1 Chris Oliver In this episode, we will look into the new health check endpoint that will come by default in a Rails 7.1 application. In this episode, we will look into the new health check endpoint that will come by default in a Rails 7.1 application. no 286 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/group-chat-with-actioncable-part-3 group-chat-with-actioncable-part-3 Chris Oliver In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable no 1238 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using extend self inside a Ruby module makes all of its instance methods callable directly on the module itself, which is useful when you want a collection of utility-style methods without needing to instantiate an object.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/module-extend-self module-extend-self Chris Oliver Using extend self inside a Ruby module makes all of its instance methods callable directly on the module itself, which is useful when you want a co... Using extend self inside a Ruby module makes all of its instance methods callable directly on the module itself, which is useful when you want a collection of utility-style methods without needing to instantiate an object. no 295 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ruby 3.3.0 was released today and this lesson we're diving into the goodies included in the new version.

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:33:44 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-3-3 ruby-3-3 Chris Oliver Ruby 3.3.0 was released today and this lesson we're diving into the goodies included in the new version. Ruby 3.3.0 was released today and this lesson we're diving into the goodies included in the new version. no 1039 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will look at an option for beginning to refactor your code architecture to use modules as a first step to potentially extracting a new class.

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 08:01:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/modular-code-organization modular-code-organization Chris Oliver In this episode, we will look at an option for beginning to refactor your code architecture to use modules as a first step to potentially extractin... In this episode, we will look at an option for beginning to refactor your code architecture to use modules as a first step to potentially extracting a new class. no 770 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn what HTML is and why we need to know about it.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/what-is-html-and-why-learn-it what-is-html-and-why-learn-it Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn what HTML is and why we need to know about it. In this lesson, we will learn what HTML is and why we need to know about it. no 350 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Sometimes you write code to get a feature working and stop there. With a little refactoring, you can extract local variables into methods that make testing and extending easier.

Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-local-variables-to-methods refactoring-local-variables-to-methods Chris Oliver Sometimes you write code to get a feature working and stop there. With a little refactoring, you can extract local variables into methods that make... Sometimes you write code to get a feature working and stop there. With a little refactoring, you can extract local variables into methods that make testing and extending easier. no 276 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/group-chat-with-actioncable-part-4 group-chat-with-actioncable-part-4 Chris Oliver In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable In this series, we're building a clone of Slack using Rails 5 and ActionCable no 1557 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn about the basic structure of HTML documents.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-html-document-structure html-learning-path-html-document-structure Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn about the basic structure of HTML documents. In this lesson, we will learn about the basic structure of HTML documents. no 635 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Sending chat messages from the browser to the server with ActionCable

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/group-chat-with-actioncable-part-5 group-chat-with-actioncable-part-5 Chris Oliver Sending chat messages from the browser to the server with ActionCable Sending chat messages from the browser to the server with ActionCable no 973 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will have a look at the elements used to markup text content in HTML.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-text-elements html-learning-path-text-elements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will have a look at the elements used to markup text content in HTML. In this lesson, we will have a look at the elements used to markup text content in HTML. no 791 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn about how to display content in a list and how we can use list elements to create navigational aids for our webpages.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-list-and-nav-elements html-learning-path-list-and-nav-elements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn about how to display content in a list and how we can use list elements to create navigational aids for our webpages. In this lesson, we will learn about how to display content in a list and how we can use list elements to create navigational aids for our webpages. no 820 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop databases with SQL commands.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-create-drop-databases sql-learning-path-create-drop-databases Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop databases with SQL commands. In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop databases with SQL commands. no 576 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn about how to display images on our webpages.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-image-element html-learning-path-image-element Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn about how to display images on our webpages. In this lesson, we will learn about how to display images on our webpages. no 879 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails.env looks and acts like a Ruby String, but you can call methods with question marks on it. In this lesson, we'll learn how it works using ActiveSupport StringInquirer.

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-env-string-inquirer rails-env-string-inquirer Chris Oliver Rails.env looks and acts like a Ruby String, but you can call methods with question marks on it. In this lesson, we'll learn how it works using Act... Rails.env looks and acts like a Ruby String, but you can call methods with question marks on it. In this lesson, we'll learn how it works using ActiveSupport StringInquirer. no 767 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will step briefly into the world of forms in Rails to see the naming conventions Rails uses to help us get structured data from form submissions in our Rails applications.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-form-parameter-naming-conventions-in-rails html-learning-path-form-parameter-naming-conventions-in-rails Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will step briefly into the world of forms in Rails to see the naming conventions Rails uses to help us get structured data from ... In this lesson, we will step briefly into the world of forms in Rails to see the naming conventions Rails uses to help us get structured data from form submissions in our Rails applications. no 323 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will lay down our foundational knowledge of forms on the web, knowledge that will be used throughout your career as a web developer.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-intro-to-forms html-learning-path-intro-to-forms Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will lay down our foundational knowledge of forms on the web, knowledge that will be used throughout your career as a web develo... In this lesson, we will lay down our foundational knowledge of forms on the web, knowledge that will be used throughout your career as a web developer. no 1062 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to group rows by a given column and then use aggregate functions to perform calculations on the results.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-group-by sql-learning-path-group-by Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to group rows by a given column and then use aggregate functions to perform calculations on the results. In this lesson, we will look at how to group rows by a given column and then use aggregate functions to perform calculations on the results. no 601 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we look at the tools we will need to have installed so that we can start on our journey to learning SQL.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:45:48 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-getting-setup sql-learning-path-getting-setup Chris Oliver In this lesson, we look at the tools we will need to have installed so that we can start on our journey to learning SQL. In this lesson, we look at the tools we will need to have installed so that we can start on our journey to learning SQL. no 124 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn about how to provide better structure to our webpages using more semantic elements from HTML5.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-additional-semantic-elements html-learning-path-additional-semantic-elements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn about how to provide better structure to our webpages using more semantic elements from HTML5. In this lesson, we will learn about how to provide better structure to our webpages using more semantic elements from HTML5. no 353 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode we discuss how to extend Rails (gently) with Kasper Timm Hansen and a few of his open source gems. The important idea here is for people to try to come up with their own ideas of making Rails better.

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/extending-rails-gently extending-rails-gently Chris Oliver In this episode we discuss how to extend Rails (gently) with Kasper Timm Hansen and a few of his open source gems. The important idea here is for p... In this episode we discuss how to extend Rails (gently) with Kasper Timm Hansen and a few of his open source gems. The important idea here is for people to try to come up with their own ideas of making Rails better. no 1443 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-7-1-authentication-from-scratch rails-7-1-authentication-from-scratch Chris Oliver Rails 7.1 introduces many new features for authentication. In this lesson, we'll show you how to implement authentication from scratch using Rails ... 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. no 2670 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how to add global autocomplete and search functionality to your app's navbar

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/global-autocomplete-search global-autocomplete-search Chris Oliver See how to add global autocomplete and search functionality to your app's navbar See how to add global autocomplete and search functionality to your app's navbar no 1442 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will explore the button element and some of the lesser known attributes/functionality that can be added to them.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-button-element html-learning-path-button-element Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will explore the button element and some of the lesser known attributes/functionality that can be added to them. In this lesson, we will explore the button element and some of the lesser known attributes/functionality that can be added to them. no 678 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to perform calculations on the data we retrieve from columns in our database tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-calculations-with-columns sql-learning-path-calculations-with-columns Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to perform calculations on the data we retrieve from columns in our database tables. In this lesson, we will look at how to perform calculations on the data we retrieve from columns in our database tables. no 1033 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will explore the other types of input elements which we can use in our forms.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-additional-input-types html-learning-path-additional-input-types Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will explore the other types of input elements which we can use in our forms. In this lesson, we will explore the other types of input elements which we can use in our forms. no 1159 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to manipulate string data returned from our queries.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-string-functions sql-learning-path-string-functions Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to manipulate string data returned from our queries. In this lesson, we will look at how to manipulate string data returned from our queries. no 549 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to select rows of data from our database tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-select-statement sql-learning-path-select-statement Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to select rows of data from our database tables. In this lesson, we will look at how to select rows of data from our database tables. no 193 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to insert data into our database table.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-insert-statement sql-learning-path-insert-statement Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to insert data into our database table. In this lesson, we will look at how to insert data into our database table. no 646 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at a key element in what make the web, the web. Hyperlinks.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/html-learning-path-anchor-elements html-learning-path-anchor-elements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at a key element in what make the web, the web. Hyperlinks. In this lesson, we will look at a key element in what make the web, the web. Hyperlinks. no 455 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the results from our database queries.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-where-clause sql-learning-path-where-clause Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the results from our database queries. In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the results from our database queries. no 639 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will be looking at getting a v1 of a Ruby script that will fetch, pull, and push across several repositories and remotes to keep our code up-to-date. Hopefully, it will give you ideas for other areas in your workflow where a simple Ruby

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/syncing-repositories-with-ruby-scripts-part-1 syncing-repositories-with-ruby-scripts-part-1 Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will be looking at getting a v1 of a Ruby script that will fetch, pull, and push across several repositories and remotes to keep... In this lesson, we will be looking at getting a v1 of a Ruby script that will fetch, pull, and push across several repositories and remotes to keep our code up-to-date. Hopefully, it will give you ideas for other areas in your workflow where a simple Ruby no 1982 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Notifications in Rails applications are even easier now with the new release of Noticed gem v2. We'll explore how to add notifications to your Rails app in just a few minutes.

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:27:19 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/noticed-v2 noticed-v2 Chris Oliver Notifications in Rails applications are even easier now with the new release of Noticed gem v2. We'll explore how to add notifications to your Rail... Notifications in Rails applications are even easier now with the new release of Noticed gem v2. We'll explore how to add notifications to your Rails app in just a few minutes. no 1425 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ever wondered how Rails controllers get their functionality? Let's see how we can add translation support to Rails API controllers by looking at the Rails source

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:20:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/action-controller-modules action-controller-modules Chris Oliver Ever wondered how Rails controllers get their functionality? Let's see how we can add translation support to Rails API controllers by looking at th... Ever wondered how Rails controllers get their functionality? Let's see how we can add translation support to Rails API controllers by looking at the Rails source no 190 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will learn about handling one-time payments with the Pay gem and Stripe embedded checkout. This is a great approach for non-recurring payments and can be implemented very quickly.

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/one-time-payments-with-pay-and-stripe one-time-payments-with-pay-and-stripe Chris Oliver In this episode, we will learn about handling one-time payments with the Pay gem and Stripe embedded checkout. This is a great approach for non-rec... In this episode, we will learn about handling one-time payments with the Pay gem and Stripe embedded checkout. This is a great approach for non-recurring payments and can be implemented very quickly. no 2364 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to setup auto-incrementing integers ids for our rows in our database tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-primary-keys sql-learning-path-primary-keys Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to setup auto-incrementing integers ids for our rows in our database tables. In this lesson, we will look at how to setup auto-incrementing integers ids for our rows in our database tables. no 507 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using instance variables we can send data between controllers and views and take a look at how that works

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:58:08 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sending-data-between-controllers-and-views sending-data-between-controllers-and-views Chris Oliver Using instance variables we can send data between controllers and views and take a look at how that works Using instance variables we can send data between controllers and views and take a look at how that works no 321 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to use calculations with the where clause to filter the results from our database queries.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-where-calculations sql-learning-path-where-calculations Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to use calculations with the where clause to filter the results from our database queries. In this lesson, we will look at how to use calculations with the where clause to filter the results from our database queries. no 150 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-upgrade-to-rails-7-1 how-to-upgrade-to-rails-7-1 Chris Oliver 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. 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. no 469 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:54:14 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/mission-control-jobs-rails mission-control-jobs-rails Chris Oliver 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 a... 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. no 586 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we look at how to make a Railsbyte template. Specifically, we will be making a Railsbyte that will set up our application for deployment with Render which will allow us to be able to reuse the template on any application that we would lik

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/creating-a-railsbyte creating-a-railsbyte Chris Oliver In this episode, we look at how to make a Railsbyte template. Specifically, we will be making a Railsbyte that will set up our application for depl... In this episode, we look at how to make a Railsbyte template. Specifically, we will be making a Railsbyte that will set up our application for deployment with Render which will allow us to be able to reuse the template on any application that we would lik no 1785 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/normalizes-activerecord normalizes-activerecord Chris Oliver Normalizing data has always been a pain in Rails, but not anymore! Instead of callbacks or overriding setters, Rails 7.1 introduces "normalizes" to... 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. no 596 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the groups resulting from writing group by clauses with the HAVING clause.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-having-statements sql-learning-path-having-statements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the groups resulting from writing group by clauses with the HAVING clause. In this lesson, we will look at how to filter the groups resulting from writing group by clauses with the HAVING clause. no 695 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We want to be able to delete blog posts we no longer want. We'll learn how to delete blog posts and refactor our code in this lesson.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:11:19 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-a-blog-post-destroy-action-and-refactoring adding-a-blog-post-destroy-action-and-refactoring Chris Oliver We want to be able to delete blog posts we no longer want. We'll learn how to delete blog posts and refactor our code in this lesson. We want to be able to delete blog posts we no longer want. We'll learn how to delete blog posts and refactor our code in this lesson. no 722 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Turbo Frames provide an iFrame like concept for Hotwire applications. If you're using Turbo streams to replace a portion of the page, you can accomplish the same thing even easier using Turbo Frames

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-turbo-streams-into-turbo-frames refactoring-turbo-streams-into-turbo-frames Chris Oliver Turbo Frames provide an iFrame like concept for Hotwire applications. If you're using Turbo streams to replace a portion of the page, you can accom... Turbo Frames provide an iFrame like concept for Hotwire applications. If you're using Turbo streams to replace a portion of the page, you can accomplish the same thing even easier using Turbo Frames no 654 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this video, we will be looking at how to better debug issues in our programs and applications by leveraging the Ruby Debug gem.

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/better-debugging-with-the-ruby-debug-gem better-debugging-with-the-ruby-debug-gem Chris Oliver In this video, we will be looking at how to better debug issues in our programs and applications by leveraging the Ruby Debug gem. In this video, we will be looking at how to better debug issues in our programs and applications by leveraging the Ruby Debug gem. no 1583 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at using the foreign keys to join tables together to return results from both tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-join-statement sql-learning-path-join-statement Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at using the foreign keys to join tables together to return results from both tables. In this lesson, we will look at using the foreign keys to join tables together to return results from both tables. no 529 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Techniques for installing Ruby and managing different versions between applications

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:50:51 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-version-managers ruby-version-managers Chris Oliver Techniques for installing Ruby and managing different versions between applications Techniques for installing Ruby and managing different versions between applications no 256 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Jumpstart Pro is finally out today! We'll take a look at out to build a subscription content business with it in under 10 minutes

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/building-a-product-with-jumpstart-pro building-a-product-with-jumpstart-pro Chris Oliver Jumpstart Pro is finally out today! We'll take a look at out to build a subscription content business with it in under 10 minutes Jumpstart Pro is finally out today! We'll take a look at out to build a subscription content business with it in under 10 minutes no 529 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Refactoring our calendar to find out which pieces need to be interchangeable

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-7 vlog-day-7 Chris Oliver Refactoring our calendar to find out which pieces need to be interchangeable Refactoring our calendar to find out which pieces need to be interchangeable no 786 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to use joins together with group by clauses to group by columns from other tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-group-by-with-join sql-learning-path-group-by-with-join Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to use joins together with group by clauses to group by columns from other tables. In this lesson, we will look at how to use joins together with group by clauses to group by columns from other tables. no 356 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Easily add file uploads to any model (including single or multiple files) using Rails 5.2's new ActiveStorage feature

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/file-uploading-with-activestorage-rails-5-2 file-uploading-with-activestorage-rails-5-2 Chris Oliver Easily add file uploads to any model (including single or multiple files) using Rails 5.2's new ActiveStorage feature Easily add file uploads to any model (including single or multiple files) using Rails 5.2's new ActiveStorage feature no 1255 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A glimpse into the "magic" behind the params hash and the various ways it gets populated

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:53:12 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/the-params-hash the-params-hash Chris Oliver A glimpse into the "magic" behind the params hash and the various ways it gets populated A glimpse into the "magic" behind the params hash and the various ways it gets populated no 952 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop tables in our database with SQL commands.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-create-drop-tables sql-learning-path-create-drop-tables Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop tables in our database with SQL commands. In this lesson, we will learn how to create and drop tables in our database with SQL commands. no 620 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look at how to supercharge your debugging and solve errors faster than ever

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:56:28 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/debugging-with-better-errors debugging-with-better-errors Chris Oliver A look at how to supercharge your debugging and solve errors faster than ever A look at how to supercharge your debugging and solve errors faster than ever no 320 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using Rails to upload files manually and how you can do it even cleaner using Carrierwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:58:52 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/file-uploading-with-carrierwave file-uploading-with-carrierwave Chris Oliver Using Rails to upload files manually and how you can do it even cleaner using Carrierwave Using Rails to upload files manually and how you can do it even cleaner using Carrierwave no 1403 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Techniques for taking your database models and using attributes to generate pretty urls

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:57:23 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/pretty-urls-with-friendly-id pretty-urls-with-friendly-id Chris Oliver Techniques for taking your database models and using attributes to generate pretty urls Techniques for taking your database models and using attributes to generate pretty urls no 1343 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to keep track of your database models and attributes with comments in your application

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:00:31 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/keeping-track-with-annotate keeping-track-with-annotate Chris Oliver Learn how to keep track of your database models and attributes with comments in your application Learn how to keep track of your database models and attributes with comments in your application no 397 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Understand how and why the version numbers work for the gems you commonly use

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:02:13 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/understanding-semantic-versioning understanding-semantic-versioning Chris Oliver Understand how and why the version numbers work for the gems you commonly use Understand how and why the version numbers work for the gems you commonly use no 549 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look into user accounts, registration, login, forgot your password, and more

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:59:29 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/user-authentication-with-devise user-authentication-with-devise Chris Oliver A look into user accounts, registration, login, forgot your password, and more A look into user accounts, registration, login, forgot your password, and more no 1146 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look into how pagination works from scratch and how to use will_paginate

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:58:12 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/pagination-with-will-paginate pagination-with-will-paginate Chris Oliver A look into how pagination works from scratch and how to use will_paginate A look into how pagination works from scratch and how to use will_paginate no 581 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:36:43 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/forum-architecture forum-architecture Chris Oliver The first part of the Forum series, we talk about how the database and structure of the forum is designed The first part of the Forum series, we talk about how the database and structure of the forum is designed no 995 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use HTTParty to consume an API and package your library into a gem

Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:51:48 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/consuming-an-api-using-httparty-and-creating-a-gem consuming-an-api-using-httparty-and-creating-a-gem Chris Oliver Learn how to use HTTParty to consume an API and package your library into a gem Learn how to use HTTParty to consume an API and package your library into a gem no 1456 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Kredis and see it works by implementing a recent searches unique list

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-kredis-with-rails how-to-use-kredis-with-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to use Kredis and see it works by implementing a recent searches unique list Learn how to use Kredis and see it works by implementing a recent searches unique list no 834 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:07:39 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/forum-notification-emails-and-previews forum-notification-emails-and-previews Chris Oliver Learn how to send email notifications to users with Rails 4.2 ActionMailer, deliver_later, and email previews Learn how to send email notifications to users with Rails 4.2 ActionMailer, deliver_later, and email previews no 1234 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to upload files with the newest file upload library on the block: Refile

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:07:53 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/file-uploads-with-refile file-uploads-with-refile Chris Oliver Learn how to upload files with the newest file upload library on the block: Refile Learn how to upload files with the newest file upload library on the block: Refile no 1408 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to create forms with multiple submit buttons

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:30:32 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/forms-with-multiple-submit-buttons forms-with-multiple-submit-buttons Chris Oliver Learn how to create forms with multiple submit buttons Learn how to create forms with multiple submit buttons no 628 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:31:14 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/forum-time-zones-with-local_time forum-time-zones-with-local_time Chris Oliver A look into times, timezones, and how to handle it better with javascript A look into times, timezones, and how to handle it better with javascript no 762 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We take a look at the basics of using Ruby's CSV library to import data into your Rails application with a Rake task

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:55:54 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/intro-to-importing-from-csv intro-to-importing-from-csv Chris Oliver We take a look at the basics of using Ruby's CSV library to import data into your Rails application with a Rake task We take a look at the basics of using Ruby's CSV library to import data into your Rails application with a Rake task no 991 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to refactor a complex controller with a bunch of methods into a much cleaner set of code

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:20:10 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-controller-methods refactoring-controller-methods Chris Oliver Learn how to refactor a complex controller with a bunch of methods into a much cleaner set of code Learn how to refactor a complex controller with a bunch of methods into a much cleaner set of code no 1161 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails Assets makes it super easy to use the latest versions of frontend libraries

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-assets rails-assets Chris Oliver Rails Assets makes it super easy to use the latest versions of frontend libraries Rails Assets makes it super easy to use the latest versions of frontend libraries no 607 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Honeybadger's new Insights feature is awesome but required manually editing the yaml file to enable. Let's make a pull request to automate this.

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-honeybadger-insights-to-the-rubygem adding-honeybadger-insights-to-the-rubygem Chris Oliver Honeybadger's new Insights feature is awesome but required manually editing the yaml file to enable. Let's make a pull request to automate this. Honeybadger's new Insights feature is awesome but required manually editing the yaml file to enable. Let's make a pull request to automate this. no 1362 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look at how you can store API keys and other variables in the environment on different computers.

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:50:14 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/environment-variables environment-variables Chris Oliver A look at how you can store API keys and other variables in the environment on different computers. A look at how you can store API keys and other variables in the environment on different computers. no 525 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to separate your application data into different accounts or companies

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multitenancy-with-apartment multitenancy-with-apartment Chris Oliver Learn how to separate your application data into different accounts or companies Learn how to separate your application data into different accounts or companies no 1440 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to add PDF receipts to your application so users can easily download receipts of their purchases

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/pdf-receipts pdf-receipts Chris Oliver Learn how to add PDF receipts to your application so users can easily download receipts of their purchases Learn how to add PDF receipts to your application so users can easily download receipts of their purchases no 797 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Vagrant to set up a headless virtual machine for Ruby on Rails development

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/setup-vagrant-for-rails-development setup-vagrant-for-rails-development Chris Oliver Learn how to use Vagrant to set up a headless virtual machine for Ruby on Rails development Learn how to use Vagrant to set up a headless virtual machine for Ruby on Rails development no 618 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

How to plan and build a newsletter sign up form

Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/newsletter-sign-up newsletter-sign-up Chris Oliver How to plan and build a newsletter sign up form How to plan and build a newsletter sign up form no 1130 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look into the files and folders inside every Rails application and how they fit together

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:52:24 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-application-structure rails-application-structure Chris Oliver A look into the files and folders inside every Rails application and how they fit together A look into the files and folders inside every Rails application and how they fit together no 844 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

I want to do open source every day. How do we even get started?

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-1 vlog-day-1 Chris Oliver I want to do open source every day. How do we even get started? I want to do open source every day. How do we even get started? no 762 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Filtering events for our custom calendar

Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-8 vlog-day-8 Chris Oliver Filtering events for our custom calendar Filtering events for our custom calendar no 523 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deleting our old code to make room for a refactoring

Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-5 vlog-day-5 Chris Oliver Deleting our old code to make room for a refactoring Deleting our old code to make room for a refactoring no 998 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Cleaning up our open source pull requests for simple_calendar

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-2 vlog-day-2 Chris Oliver Cleaning up our open source pull requests for simple_calendar Cleaning up our open source pull requests for simple_calendar no 1298 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Today we're adding Rails generators as our final piece of the puzzle for Simple_Calendar 2.0

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-13 vlog-day-13 Chris Oliver Today we're adding Rails generators as our final piece of the puzzle for Simple_Calendar 2.0 Today we're adding Rails generators as our final piece of the puzzle for Simple_Calendar 2.0 no 763 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to include 3rd party Javascript and CSS libraries with the Rails Asset Pipeline

Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/including-third-party-javascript-libraries-with-rails including-third-party-javascript-libraries-with-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to include 3rd party Javascript and CSS libraries with the Rails Asset Pipeline Learn how to include 3rd party Javascript and CSS libraries with the Rails Asset Pipeline no 406 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Here's how to setup Rspec for an open source project

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-3-rspec vlog-day-3-rspec Chris Oliver Here's how to setup Rspec for an open source project Here's how to setup Rspec for an open source project no 2112 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Planning our future work on simple_calendar and what we're going to accomplish

Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-4 vlog-day-4 Chris Oliver Planning our future work on simple_calendar and what we're going to accomplish Planning our future work on simple_calendar and what we're going to accomplish no 1165 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Spiking out code to figure out what we want so that we can do a great refactoring of simple_calendar

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-6 vlog-day-6 Chris Oliver Spiking out code to figure out what we want so that we can do a great refactoring of simple_calendar Spiking out code to figure out what we want so that we can do a great refactoring of simple_calendar no 899 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We sort and filter calendar events for simple_calendar 2.0 in a much more friendly manner

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-14 vlog-day-14 Chris Oliver We sort and filter calendar events for simple_calendar 2.0 in a much more friendly manner We sort and filter calendar events for simple_calendar 2.0 in a much more friendly manner no 891 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rubocop Rails Omakase is just a starting place and provides a handful of rules.

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/customizing-rubocop-rails-omakase-rules customizing-rubocop-rails-omakase-rules Chris Oliver Rubocop Rails Omakase is just a starting place and provides a handful of rules. Rubocop Rails Omakase is just a starting place and provides a handful of rules. no 393 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Taking the ERB code we wrote for simple_calendar and finding the right balance of Ruby and ERB for our gem

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/balancing-ruby-and-erb balancing-ruby-and-erb Chris Oliver Taking the ERB code we wrote for simple_calendar and finding the right balance of Ruby and ERB for our gem Taking the ERB code we wrote for simple_calendar and finding the right balance of Ruby and ERB for our gem no 1377 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails Engines really make our code shine for simple_calendar

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-rails-engines vlog-rails-engines Chris Oliver Rails Engines really make our code shine for simple_calendar Rails Engines really make our code shine for simple_calendar no 850 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Since we have a great design for simple_calendar, it makes creating new types super elegant and easy

Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-11 vlog-day-11 Chris Oliver Since we have a great design for simple_calendar, it makes creating new types super elegant and easy Since we have a great design for simple_calendar, it makes creating new types super elegant and easy no 790 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

How do we go about writing robust tests with rspec for simple_calendar?

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-16 vlog-day-16 Chris Oliver How do we go about writing robust tests with rspec for simple_calendar? How do we go about writing robust tests with rspec for simple_calendar? no 1594 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Refactoring events in simple_calendar and uploading version 2.0

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vlog-day-12 vlog-day-12 Chris Oliver Refactoring events in simple_calendar and uploading version 2.0 Refactoring events in simple_calendar and uploading version 2.0 no 674 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-5 multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-5 Chris Oliver Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB no 1166 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how I discovered and fixed a bug in the Devise open source project

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/contributing-to-open-source-fixing-a-bug-in-devise contributing-to-open-source-fixing-a-bug-in-devise Chris Oliver See how I discovered and fixed a bug in the Devise open source project See how I discovered and fixed a bug in the Devise open source project no 1548 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

An updated version of our Group Chat series using Webpacker, ActionCable, Stimulus.js, and modern Javascript to build a very clean version of realtime group chat in Rails

Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-group-chat-revised-part-1 rails-group-chat-revised-part-1 Chris Oliver An updated version of our Group Chat series using Webpacker, ActionCable, Stimulus.js, and modern Javascript to build a very clean version of realt... An updated version of our Group Chat series using Webpacker, ActionCable, Stimulus.js, and modern Javascript to build a very clean version of realtime group chat in Rails no 789 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Bootstrap 4 was just announced and you can start using it today in your Rails app

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/bootstrap-4-rubygem bootstrap-4-rubygem Chris Oliver Bootstrap 4 was just announced and you can start using it today in your Rails app Bootstrap 4 was just announced and you can start using it today in your Rails app no 234 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to share data between Rails and Javascript without using AJAX

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/sharing-data-with-javascript sharing-data-with-javascript Chris Oliver Learn how to share data between Rails and Javascript without using AJAX Learn how to share data between Rails and Javascript without using AJAX no 894 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The new admin gem from Thoughtbot shows some promise for easy to customize admin interfaces in your Rails app

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/administrate administrate Chris Oliver The new admin gem from Thoughtbot shows some promise for easy to customize admin interfaces in your Rails app The new admin gem from Thoughtbot shows some promise for easy to customize admin interfaces in your Rails app no 1333 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to add in-app notifications like Facebook and Twitter

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/in-app-navbar-notifications in-app-navbar-notifications Chris Oliver Learn how to add in-app notifications like Facebook and Twitter Learn how to add in-app notifications like Facebook and Twitter no 2407 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use the Trix editor for editing wysiwyg content and upload attachments like images using Javascript and Shrine

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/trix-editor trix-editor Chris Oliver Learn how to use the Trix editor for editing wysiwyg content and upload attachments like images using Javascript and Shrine Learn how to use the Trix editor for editing wysiwyg content and upload attachments like images using Javascript and Shrine no 1344 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A Ruby microservice to generate Medium.com-style tweet quote images for sharing on social media like Twitter and Facebook

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/sharemeow sharemeow Chris Oliver A Ruby microservice to generate Medium.com-style tweet quote images for sharing on social media like Twitter and Facebook A Ruby microservice to generate Medium.com-style tweet quote images for sharing on social media like Twitter and Facebook no 1577 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

System tests allow you to use a browser for testing your Rails app including Javascript

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/system-tests-in-rails system-tests-in-rails Chris Oliver System tests allow you to use a browser for testing your Rails app including Javascript System tests allow you to use a browser for testing your Rails app including Javascript no 801 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails provides several helper methods for testing times and dates in your applications. You can now freeze time and time travel like in the movies!

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/testing-times-and-dates-with-rails testing-times-and-dates-with-rails Chris Oliver Rails provides several helper methods for testing times and dates in your applications. You can now freeze time and time travel like in the movies! Rails provides several helper methods for testing times and dates in your applications. You can now freeze time and time travel like in the movies! no 515 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Adding user avatars is pretty easy using Rails' ActiveStorage feature. We'll be using Devise in this example, but this applies to any user authentication system.

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/user-avatars-with-rails-active-storage user-avatars-with-rails-active-storage Chris Oliver Adding user avatars is pretty easy using Rails' ActiveStorage feature. We'll be using Devise in this example, but this applies to any user authenti... Adding user avatars is pretty easy using Rails' ActiveStorage feature. We'll be using Devise in this example, but this applies to any user authentication system. no 708 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how I design GoRails for speed and performance on all layers of the stack

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/gorails-performance gorails-performance Chris Oliver Learn how I design GoRails for speed and performance on all layers of the stack Learn how I design GoRails for speed and performance on all layers of the stack no 1106 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use sentimental analysis against text inside your application and cache it so you can query against it later

Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sentiment-analysis-with-the-sentimental-gem sentiment-analysis-with-the-sentimental-gem Chris Oliver Learn how to use sentimental analysis against text inside your application and cache it so you can query against it later Learn how to use sentimental analysis against text inside your application and cache it so you can query against it later no 1192 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Use memoization to your advantage to cache results in memory to improve speed

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/memoization memoization Chris Oliver Use memoization to your advantage to cache results in memory to improve speed Use memoization to your advantage to cache results in memory to improve speed no 1020 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to upgrade your Turbolinks 2.5 or 3.0 app to the newest Turbolinks 5

Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/upgrade-to-turbolinks-5 upgrade-to-turbolinks-5 Chris Oliver Learn how to upgrade your Turbolinks 2.5 or 3.0 app to the newest Turbolinks 5 Learn how to upgrade your Turbolinks 2.5 or 3.0 app to the newest Turbolinks 5 no 726 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

To only have ActionCable's JS connect for logged in users, we can setup our Javascript to know when a user is authenticated or not, and have our websocket try to connect accordingly.

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/disabling-actioncable-for-unauthenticated-users disabling-actioncable-for-unauthenticated-users Chris Oliver To only have ActionCable's JS connect for logged in users, we can setup our Javascript to know when a user is authenticated or not, and have our we... To only have ActionCable's JS connect for logged in users, we can setup our Javascript to know when a user is authenticated or not, and have our websocket try to connect accordingly. no 515 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to improve the speed of your database queries by adding database indexes to your tables

Tue, 17 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/improving-query-performance-with-database-indexes improving-query-performance-with-database-indexes Chris Oliver Learn how to improve the speed of your database queries by adding database indexes to your tables Learn how to improve the speed of your database queries by adding database indexes to your tables no 931 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we will look at how to update the data and delete rows of data from our database tables.

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-learning-path-update-delete-statements sql-learning-path-update-delete-statements Chris Oliver In this lesson, we will look at how to update the data and delete rows of data from our database tables. In this lesson, we will look at how to update the data and delete rows of data from our database tables. no 728 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to enable the experimental new Just-in-time compiler for Ruby 2.6

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-ruby-2-6-jit how-to-use-ruby-2-6-jit Chris Oliver Learn how to enable the experimental new Just-in-time compiler for Ruby 2.6 Learn how to enable the experimental new Just-in-time compiler for Ruby 2.6 no 362 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how different approaches can affect the code you write using FizzBuzz as an example

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/solving-fizzbuzz-in-ruby solving-fizzbuzz-in-ruby Chris Oliver See how different approaches can affect the code you write using FizzBuzz as an example See how different approaches can affect the code you write using FizzBuzz as an example no 660 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-2 multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-2 Chris Oliver Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB no 1188 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-3 multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-3 Chris Oliver Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB no 950 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-4 multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-4 Chris Oliver Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB no 1203 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The Rails Authentication generator is getting new test helpers. We'll take a look at how to use them with integration tests and how to extend them to work with system tests too.

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/authentication-generator-test-helpers authentication-generator-test-helpers Chris Oliver The Rails Authentication generator is getting new test helpers. We'll take a look at how to use them with integration tests and how to extend them ... The Rails Authentication generator is getting new test helpers. We'll take a look at how to use them with integration tests and how to extend them to work with system tests too. no 839 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 8.1 introduces a new Markdown MIME Type and renderer to better integrate your apps with AI and other tools that use Markdown

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-8-1-markdown-renderer-and-mime-type rails-8-1-markdown-renderer-and-mime-type Chris Oliver Rails 8.1 introduces a new Markdown MIME Type and renderer to better integrate your apps with AI and other tools that use Markdown Rails 8.1 introduces a new Markdown MIME Type and renderer to better integrate your apps with AI and other tools that use Markdown no 310 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Protect your Rails application from Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks using the sanitize helper

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/protecting-from-xss-with-sanitize protecting-from-xss-with-sanitize Chris Oliver Protect your Rails application from Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks using the sanitize helper Protect your Rails application from Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks using the sanitize helper no 737 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Add file uploads to your application with the Shrine gem

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/file-uploading-with-shrine file-uploading-with-shrine Chris Oliver Add file uploads to your application with the Shrine gem Add file uploads to your application with the Shrine gem no 1327 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/virtual-attributes-and-rails-5-attribute-api virtual-attributes-and-rails-5-attribute-api Chris Oliver 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 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 no 1900 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Arrays in your Ruby code

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:53:52 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/arrays-in-ruby arrays-in-ruby Chris Oliver Learn how to use Arrays in your Ruby code Learn how to use Arrays in your Ruby code no 1983 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Resources on how to learn Ember more deeply

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/ember-features-and-where-to-find-them ember-features-and-where-to-find-them Chris Oliver Resources on how to learn Ember more deeply Resources on how to learn Ember more deeply no 497 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to easily disable the submit button and display a loading animation when a user submits the form

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:10:48 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/button-loading-animations-with-jquery-ujs button-loading-animations-with-jquery-ujs Chris Oliver Learn how to easily disable the submit button and display a loading animation when a user submits the form Learn how to easily disable the submit button and display a loading animation when a user submits the form no 336 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Install and build your first Ember app

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/your-first-ember-app your-first-ember-app Chris Oliver Install and build your first Ember app Install and build your first Ember app no 539 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to build a dedicated admin area in your Rails app for editing records by admins using the ActiveAdmin gem

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/using-activeadmin-to-build-an-admin-ui using-activeadmin-to-build-an-admin-ui Chris Oliver Learn how to build a dedicated admin area in your Rails app for editing records by admins using the ActiveAdmin gem Learn how to build a dedicated admin area in your Rails app for editing records by admins using the ActiveAdmin gem no 1062 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Connect your Ember frontend app to a Rails API

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/connection-ember-with-the-rails-api connection-ember-with-the-rails-api Chris Oliver Connect your Ember frontend app to a Rails API Connect your Ember frontend app to a Rails API no 694 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Improve your Turbolinks implementation by using the clearCache method to reload pages

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-turbolinks-clearCache how-to-use-turbolinks-clearCache Chris Oliver Improve your Turbolinks implementation by using the clearCache method to reload pages Improve your Turbolinks implementation by using the clearCache method to reload pages no 359 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how to add user interaction in your Ember app

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/user-interaction-with-ember user-interaction-with-ember Chris Oliver See how to add user interaction in your Ember app See how to add user interaction in your Ember app no 730 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to format your API easily using Active Model Serializers and the JSON:API spec

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/json-api-format-and-active-model-serializers json-api-format-and-active-model-serializers Chris Oliver Learn how to format your API easily using Active Model Serializers and the JSON:API spec Learn how to format your API easily using Active Model Serializers and the JSON:API spec no 1190 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rubygems.org released a new feature called Trusted Publishing which allows you to release gems directly from GitHub Actions without requiring 2FA or long-lived API tokens. Let's see how it works!

Fri, 17 May 2024 12:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rubygems-trusted-publishing rubygems-trusted-publishing Chris Oliver Rubygems.org released a new feature called Trusted Publishing which allows you to release gems directly from GitHub Actions without requiring 2FA o... Rubygems.org released a new feature called Trusted Publishing which allows you to release gems directly from GitHub Actions without requiring 2FA or long-lived API tokens. Let's see how it works! no 674 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use ActiveRecord Explain to analyze your SQL queries generated by ActiveRecord

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/activerecord-explain activerecord-explain Chris Oliver Learn how to use ActiveRecord Explain to analyze your SQL queries generated by ActiveRecord Learn how to use ActiveRecord Explain to analyze your SQL queries generated by ActiveRecord no 609 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A quick look at the new features of Rails 4.2 in the first beta that was recently released

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:03:16 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-4-2-introduction rails-4-2-introduction Chris Oliver A quick look at the new features of Rails 4.2 in the first beta that was recently released A quick look at the new features of Rails 4.2 in the first beta that was recently released no 365 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Implement the decorator pattern with the Draper gem in your Rails application

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/decorators-with-draper decorators-with-draper Chris Oliver Implement the decorator pattern with the Draper gem in your Rails application Implement the decorator pattern with the Draper gem in your Rails application no 1355 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Let's take a look at using the Webpacker gem in Rails to implement an additional pipeline for building modern frontend Javascript alongside our Rails application using VueJS.

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/using-webpack-in-rails-with-webpacker-gem using-webpack-in-rails-with-webpacker-gem Chris Oliver Let's take a look at using the Webpacker gem in Rails to implement an additional pipeline for building modern frontend Javascript alongside our Rai... Let's take a look at using the Webpacker gem in Rails to implement an additional pipeline for building modern frontend Javascript alongside our Rails application using VueJS. no 1279 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails

Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/using-vuejs-for-nested-forms-part-1 using-vuejs-for-nested-forms-part-1 Chris Oliver Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails no 1330 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Select a record or create a new one for an association in a form using the Selectize.js library

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/select-or-create-with-selectize-js select-or-create-with-selectize-js Chris Oliver Select a record or create a new one for an association in a form using the Selectize.js library Select a record or create a new one for an association in a form using the Selectize.js library no 1646 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Dive into routing more deeply than just basic resources and writing routes from scratch

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:29:24 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/a-look-into-routing a-look-into-routing Chris Oliver Dive into routing more deeply than just basic resources and writing routes from scratch Dive into routing more deeply than just basic resources and writing routes from scratch no 597 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails

Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/using-vuejs-for-nested-forms-part-2 using-vuejs-for-nested-forms-part-2 Chris Oliver Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails Learn how to use VueJS as an alternative to Cocoon and other methods of building dynamic nested forms with Rails no 1145 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to analyze and understand the Ruby stacktrace when something goes wrong in your app

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/debugging-how-to-interpret-a-stacktrace debugging-how-to-interpret-a-stacktrace Chris Oliver Learn how to analyze and understand the Ruby stacktrace when something goes wrong in your app Learn how to analyze and understand the Ruby stacktrace when something goes wrong in your app no 807 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Tracking business metrics can be time consuming and costly but the Ahoy gem lets you easily track metrics and Blazer makes it incredibly easy to analyze your data

Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/internal-metrics-with-ahoy-and-blazer internal-metrics-with-ahoy-and-blazer Chris Oliver Tracking business metrics can be time consuming and costly but the Ahoy gem lets you easily track metrics and Blazer makes it incredibly easy to an... Tracking business metrics can be time consuming and costly but the Ahoy gem lets you easily track metrics and Blazer makes it incredibly easy to analyze your data no 1237 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Hashes in your Ruby code

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:54:55 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/hashes-in-ruby hashes-in-ruby Chris Oliver Learn how to use Hashes in your Ruby code Learn how to use Hashes in your Ruby code no 1574 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Sometimes you need user input to be restricted to a certain range or limited like "greater than zero". While you can do this with conditionals, there are some useful tricks to do this better in Ruby.

Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/limiting-and-clamping-values-in-ruby limiting-and-clamping-values-in-ruby Chris Oliver Sometimes you need user input to be restricted to a certain range or limited like "greater than zero". While you can do this with conditionals, the... Sometimes you need user input to be restricted to a certain range or limited like "greater than zero". While you can do this with conditionals, there are some useful tricks to do this better in Ruby. no 326 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Add various types of charts to your Rails app with Chartkick and use Groupdate to make easy group queries in SQL

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/charts-with-chartkick-and-groupdate charts-with-chartkick-and-groupdate Chris Oliver Add various types of charts to your Rails app with Chartkick and use Groupdate to make easy group queries in SQL Add various types of charts to your Rails app with Chartkick and use Groupdate to make easy group queries in SQL no 1087 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Use the Trix editor in your admin area using Administrate's custom fields.

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/administrate-custom-fields administrate-custom-fields Chris Oliver Use the Trix editor in your admin area using Administrate's custom fields. Use the Trix editor in your admin area using Administrate's custom fields. no 613 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Drag and drop sorting is pretty easy to add to any Rails application using jQuery sortable

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sortable-drag-and-drop sortable-drag-and-drop Chris Oliver Drag and drop sorting is pretty easy to add to any Rails application using jQuery sortable Drag and drop sorting is pretty easy to add to any Rails application using jQuery sortable no 752 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Geocode (or geolocate) addresses using the geocoder gem along with the Google Maps APIs and then use it to search your database by location

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/geolocation-and-search-with-geocoder geolocation-and-search-with-geocoder Chris Oliver Geocode (or geolocate) addresses using the geocoder gem along with the Google Maps APIs and then use it to search your database by location Geocode (or geolocate) addresses using the geocoder gem along with the Google Maps APIs and then use it to search your database by location no 1031 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to send emails to a local SMTP server called Mailcatcher for testing and designing emails

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/testing-emails-with-mailcatcher testing-emails-with-mailcatcher Chris Oliver Learn how to send emails to a local SMTP server called Mailcatcher for testing and designing emails Learn how to send emails to a local SMTP server called Mailcatcher for testing and designing emails no 184 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Improve the design of our Vue.js & Rails clone of Trello by making lists more visually distinct and setting up horizontal scrolling

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-vuejs-trello-clone-part-5 rails-vuejs-trello-clone-part-5 Chris Oliver Improve the design of our Vue.js & Rails clone of Trello by making lists more visually distinct and setting up horizontal scrolling Improve the design of our Vue.js & Rails clone of Trello by making lists more visually distinct and setting up horizontal scrolling no 415 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to upload files to DigitalOcean's Spaces which is an Amazon S3 compatible file storage API

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/digital-ocean-spaces-with-rails digital-ocean-spaces-with-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to upload files to DigitalOcean's Spaces which is an Amazon S3 compatible file storage API Learn how to upload files to DigitalOcean's Spaces which is an Amazon S3 compatible file storage API no 866 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Set up Rails models, scaffolds, and webpacker with Vue.js to start rendering our views

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-vuejs-trello-clone-part-1 rails-vuejs-trello-clone-part-1 Chris Oliver Set up Rails models, scaffolds, and webpacker with Vue.js to start rendering our views Set up Rails models, scaffolds, and webpacker with Vue.js to start rendering our views no 973 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Track errors in Rails, Sidekiq, etc in production for free using the open source Errbit app and the Airbrake gem

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-error-tracking-with-errbit rails-error-tracking-with-errbit Chris Oliver Track errors in Rails, Sidekiq, etc in production for free using the open source Errbit app and the Airbrake gem Track errors in Rails, Sidekiq, etc in production for free using the open source Errbit app and the Airbrake gem no 1017 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A look into Stimulus JS, a new Javascript framework by Basecamp to pair closely with Turbolinks

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/stimulus-js-framework-introduction stimulus-js-framework-introduction Chris Oliver A look into Stimulus JS, a new Javascript framework by Basecamp to pair closely with Turbolinks A look into Stimulus JS, a new Javascript framework by Basecamp to pair closely with Turbolinks no 1131 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use the awesome new Tailwind CSS framework using Webpacker in your Rails app

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/tailwind-css-framework-with-rails tailwind-css-framework-with-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to use the awesome new Tailwind CSS framework using Webpacker in your Rails app Learn how to use the awesome new Tailwind CSS framework using Webpacker in your Rails app no 753 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Routes and Route Types

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-5-routes-and-route-types rails-for-beginners-part-5-routes-and-route-types Chris Oliver Routes and Route Types Routes and Route Types no 287 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Now that the Paperclip gem has been deprecated, it's recommended that you migrate your apps to ActiveStorage

Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/migrate-from-paperclip-to-rails-active-storage migrate-from-paperclip-to-rails-active-storage Chris Oliver Now that the Paperclip gem has been deprecated, it's recommended that you migrate your apps to ActiveStorage Now that the Paperclip gem has been deprecated, it's recommended that you migrate your apps to ActiveStorage no 1643 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire Spark is a new live reloading tool for Hotwire applications that uses morphing to update the page smoothly.

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/hotwire-spark hotwire-spark Chris Oliver Hotwire Spark is a new live reloading tool for Hotwire applications that uses morphing to update the page smoothly. Hotwire Spark is a new live reloading tool for Hotwire applications that uses morphing to update the page smoothly. no 733 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to create a file previewer with Active Storage in Rails 5.2+ to generate preview images of application files. In this example, we'll be converting Powerpoint presentations to png image previews.

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-create-an-active-storage-previewer how-to-create-an-active-storage-previewer Chris Oliver Learn how to create a file previewer with Active Storage in Rails 5.2+ to generate preview images of application files. In this example, we'll be c... Learn how to create a file previewer with Active Storage in Rails 5.2+ to generate preview images of application files. In this example, we'll be converting Powerpoint presentations to png image previews. no 962 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:10:16 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/forum-nested-attributes-and-fields-for forum-nested-attributes-and-fields-for Chris Oliver Learn how to use accepts_nested_attributes_for and fields_for to create forms that include associated models in them Learn how to use accepts_nested_attributes_for and fields_for to create forms that include associated models in them no 559 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how to migrate your Ruby apps from Heroku to Hatchbox.io

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-migrate-from-heroku-to-hatchbox how-to-migrate-from-heroku-to-hatchbox Chris Oliver See how to migrate your Ruby apps from Heroku to Hatchbox.io See how to migrate your Ruby apps from Heroku to Hatchbox.io no 493 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/batching-background-jobs-with-sidekiq batching-background-jobs-with-sidekiq Chris Oliver 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 build... 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. no 794 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Vue.js slots to make even more reusable components. In this episode, we build a dropdown menu for Tailwind CSS apps using Vue.js slots.

Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vue-js-slots vue-js-slots Chris Oliver Learn how to use Vue.js slots to make even more reusable components. In this episode, we build a dropdown menu for Tailwind CSS apps using Vue.js s... Learn how to use Vue.js slots to make even more reusable components. In this episode, we build a dropdown menu for Tailwind CSS apps using Vue.js slots. no 874 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Pagy is 29x faster at pagination in their benchmarks which makes it an ultra fast and lightweight pagination library

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/pagination-with-pagy-gem pagination-with-pagy-gem Chris Oliver Pagy is 29x faster at pagination in their benchmarks which makes it an ultra fast and lightweight pagination library Pagy is 29x faster at pagination in their benchmarks which makes it an ultra fast and lightweight pagination library no 678 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deciding whether or not to have separate first and last name fields gets a bit confusing. Basecamp's recently released name_of_person gem shows you exactly how to handle this reliably and also stands as a fantastic example of how to build a concern

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/name-of-person name-of-person Chris Oliver Deciding whether or not to have separate first and last name fields gets a bit confusing. Basecamp's recently released name_of_person gem shows you... Deciding whether or not to have separate first and last name fields gets a bit confusing. Basecamp's recently released name_of_person gem shows you exactly how to handle this reliably and also stands as a fantastic example of how to build a concern no 616 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Easily add an affiliate or referral program to your Rails application using Stripe and Rewardful

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/affiliate-referral-program-stripe-rewardful affiliate-referral-program-stripe-rewardful Chris Oliver Easily add an affiliate or referral program to your Rails application using Stripe and Rewardful Easily add an affiliate or referral program to your Rails application using Stripe and Rewardful no 463 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deploying Rails to production for the first time can be confusing and daunting. We'll walk through every step of the process and show you how to setup a production Rails server from scratch.

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploy-rails-to-ubuntu-18-04 deploy-rails-to-ubuntu-18-04 Chris Oliver Deploying Rails to production for the first time can be confusing and daunting. We'll walk through every step of the process and show you how to se... Deploying Rails to production for the first time can be confusing and daunting. We'll walk through every step of the process and show you how to setup a production Rails server from scratch. no 1959 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Linux server administration can be a pain. You can use cockpit to monitor your servers and keep an eye on long running processes like Sidekiq and Puma without having to SSH into your servers.

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/server-administration-with-cockpit server-administration-with-cockpit Chris Oliver Linux server administration can be a pain. You can use cockpit to monitor your servers and keep an eye on long running processes like Sidekiq and P... Linux server administration can be a pain. You can use cockpit to monitor your servers and keep an eye on long running processes like Sidekiq and Puma without having to SSH into your servers. no 536 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ever wondered what the difference between Symbols and Strings were? Why would we use one over the other when most languages only have strings?

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-symbols-vs-string ruby-symbols-vs-string Chris Oliver Ever wondered what the difference between Symbols and Strings were? Why would we use one over the other when most languages only have strings? Ever wondered what the difference between Symbols and Strings were? Why would we use one over the other when most languages only have strings? no 614 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails's webpacker gem makes it super easy to load both Bootstrap's CSS and JS into your Rails app using webpack

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-bootstrap-with-webpack-and-rails how-to-use-bootstrap-with-webpack-and-rails Chris Oliver Rails's webpacker gem makes it super easy to load both Bootstrap's CSS and JS into your Rails app using webpack Rails's webpacker gem makes it super easy to load both Bootstrap's CSS and JS into your Rails app using webpack no 571 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 6 defaults to using Webpacker for Javascript instead of the asset pipeline. We'll learn how everything is structured and laid out and see how to add Flatpickr to Rails 6 including both the Javascript and CSS for it.

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/webpacker-javascript-in-rails-6 webpacker-javascript-in-rails-6 Chris Oliver Rails 6 defaults to using Webpacker for Javascript instead of the asset pipeline. We'll learn how everything is structured and laid out and see how... Rails 6 defaults to using Webpacker for Javascript instead of the asset pipeline. We'll learn how everything is structured and laid out and see how to add Flatpickr to Rails 6 including both the Javascript and CSS for it. no 874 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

With TailwindCSS 1.0 just around the corner and some changes in Rails 6 to Webpacker, we take a look at how to install and setup the latest version of TailwindCSS with Rails 6.0

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/tailwindcss-1-0-with-rails-6 tailwindcss-1-0-with-rails-6 Chris Oliver With TailwindCSS 1.0 just around the corner and some changes in Rails 6 to Webpacker, we take a look at how to install and setup the latest version... With TailwindCSS 1.0 just around the corner and some changes in Rails 6 to Webpacker, we take a look at how to install and setup the latest version of TailwindCSS with Rails 6.0 no 579 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn what a state machine is and how it can help you keep track of everything

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/what-is-a-state-machine what-is-a-state-machine Chris Oliver Learn what a state machine is and how it can help you keep track of everything Learn what a state machine is and how it can help you keep track of everything no 423 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use the state_machine gem to keep track of objects in your Rails apps

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/state-machine-gem state-machine-gem Chris Oliver Learn how to use the state_machine gem to keep track of objects in your Rails apps Learn how to use the state_machine gem to keep track of objects in your Rails apps no 1566 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to deeply integrate your Vue.js components with Ruby on Rails views

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/vuejs-components-in-rails-views vuejs-components-in-rails-views Chris Oliver Learn how to deeply integrate your Vue.js components with Ruby on Rails views Learn how to deeply integrate your Vue.js components with Ruby on Rails views no 676 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Sending SMS or Text Messages in Ruby on Rails is really easy using an API like Twilio

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-send-sms-messages-with-rails-and-twilio how-to-send-sms-messages-with-rails-and-twilio Chris Oliver Sending SMS or Text Messages in Ruby on Rails is really easy using an API like Twilio Sending SMS or Text Messages in Ruby on Rails is really easy using an API like Twilio no 667 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

ActionMailbox is a new feature of Rails 6 for processing inbound emails to let users respond to your app via email. We'll do a quick rundown and build a simple reply by email feature to our app.

Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/action-mailbox-rails-6 action-mailbox-rails-6 Chris Oliver ActionMailbox is a new feature of Rails 6 for processing inbound emails to let users respond to your app via email. We'll do a quick rundown and bu... ActionMailbox is a new feature of Rails 6 for processing inbound emails to let users respond to your app via email. We'll do a quick rundown and build a simple reply by email feature to our app. no 1192 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Check out my development environment for Ruby on Rails

Fri, 15 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/my-development-environment-for-ruby-on-rails my-development-environment-for-ruby-on-rails Chris Oliver Check out my development environment for Ruby on Rails Check out my development environment for Ruby on Rails no 1159 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to write tests for validations on ActiveRecord objects in Ruby on Rails

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/testing-rails-validations testing-rails-validations Chris Oliver Learn how to write tests for validations on ActiveRecord objects in Ruby on Rails Learn how to write tests for validations on ActiveRecord objects in Ruby on Rails no 584 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to set up GitHub Actions to run Continuous Integration (CI) with Ruby on Rails

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/github-actions-continuous-integration-ruby-on-rails github-actions-continuous-integration-ruby-on-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to set up GitHub Actions to run Continuous Integration (CI) with Ruby on Rails Learn how to set up GitHub Actions to run Continuous Integration (CI) with Ruby on Rails no 858 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

File uploads in Rails with Shrine make it easy to upload and customize how files get uploaded and processed in Rails

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-file-uploads-with-shrine rails-file-uploads-with-shrine Chris Oliver File uploads in Rails with Shrine make it easy to upload and customize how files get uploaded and processed in Rails File uploads in Rails with Shrine make it easy to upload and customize how files get uploaded and processed in Rails no 877 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Adding Devise test helpers allows you to quickly login a user for testing controllers in Rails

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/devise-test-helpers devise-test-helpers Chris Oliver Adding Devise test helpers allows you to quickly login a user for testing controllers in Rails Adding Devise test helpers allows you to quickly login a user for testing controllers in Rails no 581 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible.

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-1 start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-1 Chris Oliver This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and ... This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible. no 8707 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A getting started guide on the Pay gem for accepting payments in Rails

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/pay-gem-rails pay-gem-rails Chris Oliver A getting started guide on the Pay gem for accepting payments in Rails A getting started guide on the Pay gem for accepting payments in Rails no 807 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Adding Infinite Scroll to your Rails app is easy with Stimulus.js, Turbolinks, and Pagy

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/infinite-scroll-stimulus-js infinite-scroll-stimulus-js Chris Oliver Adding Infinite Scroll to your Rails app is easy with Stimulus.js, Turbolinks, and Pagy Adding Infinite Scroll to your Rails app is easy with Stimulus.js, Turbolinks, and Pagy no 918 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use the CodeMirror editor in your browser using Importmaps.

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-codemirror-with-importmaps how-to-use-codemirror-with-importmaps Chris Oliver Learn how to use the CodeMirror editor in your browser using Importmaps. Learn how to use the CodeMirror editor in your browser using Importmaps. no 697 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible.

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-3 start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-3 Chris Oliver This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and ... This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible. no 1665 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible.

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-2 start-to-finish-app-animatedgifme-part-2 Chris Oliver This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and ... This series walks through the entire process of building a Ruby on Rails app from start to finish. We'll be building AnimatedGif.me for saving and sharing animated gifs as easily as possible. no 3229 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Add code coverage to your app using SimpleCov and RailsBytes. We'll walk through installing simplecov and creating a RailsByte to automate it for us going forward.

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/simplecov-code-coverage-and-railsbytes simplecov-code-coverage-and-railsbytes Chris Oliver Add code coverage to your app using SimpleCov and RailsBytes. We'll walk through installing simplecov and creating a RailsByte to automate it for u... Add code coverage to your app using SimpleCov and RailsBytes. We'll walk through installing simplecov and creating a RailsByte to automate it for us going forward. no 688 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Translating and localizing your app is important to make it accessible to users around the world. Rails provides internationalization (I18n) tools to make this easier and it's got a lot of cool tricks available.

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-rails-i18n how-to-use-rails-i18n Chris Oliver Translating and localizing your app is important to make it accessible to users around the world. Rails provides internationalization (I18n) tools ... Translating and localizing your app is important to make it accessible to users around the world. Rails provides internationalization (I18n) tools to make this easier and it's got a lot of cool tricks available. no 1074 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Cable Ready to perform realtime browser updates using actions generated in Rails controllers, models, and background jobs. Cable Ready is the magic behind Stimulus Reflex.

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-cable-ready how-to-use-cable-ready Chris Oliver Learn how to use Cable Ready to perform realtime browser updates using actions generated in Rails controllers, models, and background jobs. Cable R... Learn how to use Cable Ready to perform realtime browser updates using actions generated in Rails controllers, models, and background jobs. Cable Ready is the magic behind Stimulus Reflex. no 741 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Appraisal lets us test our code against different versions of dependencies. This is fantastic if you're building Rubygems that must work with multiple versions of Rails or other dependencies

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-test-gem-dependencies how-to-test-gem-dependencies Chris Oliver Appraisal lets us test our code against different versions of dependencies. This is fantastic if you're building Rubygems that must work with multi... Appraisal lets us test our code against different versions of dependencies. This is fantastic if you're building Rubygems that must work with multiple versions of Rails or other dependencies no 836 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Thor is a tool in Ruby that powers command line tools like the Rails generators. In this video, we're fixing an unexpected situation that we found while using Thor.

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/contributing-to-thor contributing-to-thor Chris Oliver Thor is a tool in Ruby that powers command line tools like the Rails generators. In this video, we're fixing an unexpected situation that we found ... Thor is a tool in Ruby that powers command line tools like the Rails generators. In this video, we're fixing an unexpected situation that we found while using Thor. no 1130 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Noticed is my new gem for adding notifications to Rails apps. Notifications are really complicated to build and we've done the heavy lifting for you.

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-notifications-with-noticed rails-notifications-with-noticed Chris Oliver Noticed is my new gem for adding notifications to Rails apps. Notifications are really complicated to build and we've done the heavy lifting for you. Noticed is my new gem for adding notifications to Rails apps. Notifications are really complicated to build and we've done the heavy lifting for you. no 734 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to implement Uppy as a frontend for uploading files via drag and drop, paste, URL, Google Drive, Dropbox, webcam and more to Active Storage in Rails

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/uppy-with-active-storage uppy-with-active-storage Chris Oliver Learn how to implement Uppy as a frontend for uploading files via drag and drop, paste, URL, Google Drive, Dropbox, webcam and more to Active Stora... Learn how to implement Uppy as a frontend for uploading files via drag and drop, paste, URL, Google Drive, Dropbox, webcam and more to Active Storage in Rails no 1412 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to add Google Analytics' gtag.js to Webpacker with Turbolinks support

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/gtag-js-with-turbolinks gtag-js-with-turbolinks Chris Oliver Learn how to add Google Analytics' gtag.js to Webpacker with Turbolinks support Learn how to add Google Analytics' gtag.js to Webpacker with Turbolinks support no 423 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Implementing Edit and Update actions are straightforward now. We can reuse what we've learned with New and Create and reuse some of the logic to edit and update database records in Rails.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:09:52 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/edit-and-update-blog-post-actions edit-and-update-blog-post-actions Chris Oliver Implementing Edit and Update actions are straightforward now. We can reuse what we've learned with New and Create and reuse some of the logic to ed... Implementing Edit and Update actions are straightforward now. We can reuse what we've learned with New and Create and reuse some of the logic to edit and update database records in Rails. no 703 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A peek into the Domain Monitor SaaS product that we'll be building in this series with Rails, Stripe, Solid Queue, and Kamal.

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:27:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/domain-monitor-saas-introduction domain-monitor-saas-introduction Chris Oliver A peek into the Domain Monitor SaaS product that we'll be building in this series with Rails, Stripe, Solid Queue, and Kamal. A peek into the Domain Monitor SaaS product that we'll be building in this series with Rails, Stripe, Solid Queue, and Kamal. no 117 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Validations

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-12-validations rails-for-beginners-part-12-validations Chris Oliver Validations Validations no 391 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Enqueuing jobs inside of a database transaction is a common mistake that's now handled for you automatically in Rails 7.2

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/defer-job-enqueus-after-transaction-commit-rails-7-2 defer-job-enqueus-after-transaction-commit-rails-7-2 Chris Oliver Enqueuing jobs inside of a database transaction is a common mistake that's now handled for you automatically in Rails 7.2 Enqueuing jobs inside of a database transaction is a common mistake that's now handled for you automatically in Rails 7.2 no 1034 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Adding Bootstrap CSS & Javascript

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-7-adding-bootstrap-css-javascript rails-for-beginners-part-7-adding-bootstrap-css-javascript Chris Oliver Adding Bootstrap CSS & Javascript Adding Bootstrap CSS & Javascript no 164 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The Root Route

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-6-the-root-route rails-for-beginners-part-6-the-root-route Chris Oliver The Root Route The Root Route no 155 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

How HTTP Requests work in the Browser

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-3-how-http-requests-work-in-the-browser rails-for-beginners-part-3-how-http-requests-work-in-the-browser Chris Oliver How HTTP Requests work in the Browser How HTTP Requests work in the Browser no 487 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Scopes are a way for us to change the way a database table is queried. For example, we can use them to change the ordering of the results so certain records are first.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:42:44 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sorting-blog-posts-with-scopes sorting-blog-posts-with-scopes Chris Oliver Scopes are a way for us to change the way a database table is queried. For example, we can use them to change the ordering of the results so certai... Scopes are a way for us to change the way a database table is queried. For example, we can use them to change the ordering of the results so certain records are first. no 546 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Login Form

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-17-login-form rails-for-beginners-part-17-login-form Chris Oliver Login Form Login Form no 354 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Logging Out Users

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-16-logging-out-users rails-for-beginners-part-16-logging-out-users Chris Oliver Logging Out Users Logging Out Users no 263 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Twitter Accounts Page

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-27-twitter-accounts-page rails-for-beginners-part-27-twitter-accounts-page Chris Oliver Twitter Accounts Page Twitter Accounts Page no 794 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Accessing the Current User

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-18-accessing-the-current-user rails-for-beginners-part-18-accessing-the-current-user Chris Oliver Accessing the Current User Accessing the Current User no 377 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Login with Session Cookies

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-15-login-with-session-cookies rails-for-beginners-part-15-login-with-session-cookies Chris Oliver Login with Session Cookies Login with Session Cookies no 435 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Setting up a Git repository and Flash messages

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-10-setting-up-a-git-repository-and-flash-messages rails-for-beginners-part-10-setting-up-a-git-repository-and-flash-messages Chris Oliver Setting up a Git repository and Flash messages Setting up a Git repository and Flash messages no 868 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

CSS Variables or CSS custom properties allow you to define variables that can be used throughout your CSS to change properties and their values dynamically. It's a wonderful feature for allowing users to customize the look of your website.

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/css-variables-with-rails css-variables-with-rails Chris Oliver CSS Variables or CSS custom properties allow you to define variables that can be used throughout your CSS to change properties and their values dyn... CSS Variables or CSS custom properties allow you to define variables that can be used throughout your CSS to change properties and their values dynamically. It's a wonderful feature for allowing users to customize the look of your website. no 460 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

URL Helpers and link_to

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-9-url-helpers-and-link_to rails-for-beginners-part-9-url-helpers-and-link_to Chris Oliver URL Helpers and link_to URL Helpers and link_to no 250 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Creating the User model

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-11-creating-the-user-model rails-for-beginners-part-11-creating-the-user-model Chris Oliver Creating the User model Creating the User model no 406 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Setting Records with Before Actions

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-28-setting-records-with-before-actions rails-for-beginners-part-28-setting-records-with-before-actions Chris Oliver Setting Records with Before Actions Setting Records with Before Actions no 91 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Edit Password

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-19-edit-password rails-for-beginners-part-19-edit-password Chris Oliver Edit Password Edit Password no 503 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Twitter API

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-33-twitter-api rails-for-beginners-part-33-twitter-api Chris Oliver Twitter API Twitter API no 299 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Edit and Destroy Tweets

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-32-edit-and-destroy-tweets rails-for-beginners-part-32-edit-and-destroy-tweets Chris Oliver Edit and Destroy Tweets Edit and Destroy Tweets no 445 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

OmniAuth 2.0 URLs

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-24-omniauth-urls rails-for-beginners-part-24-omniauth-urls Chris Oliver OmniAuth 2.0 URLs OmniAuth 2.0 URLs no 319 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Twitter Account Model

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-25-twitter-account-model rails-for-beginners-part-25-twitter-account-model Chris Oliver Twitter Account Model Twitter Account Model no 679 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Background Jobs with Sidekiq

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-36-background-jobs-with-sidekiq rails-for-beginners-part-36-background-jobs-with-sidekiq Chris Oliver Background Jobs with Sidekiq Background Jobs with Sidekiq no 380 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Turbo now provides equivalents to Rails UJS data confirm, disable with, and method attributes that we can use.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/turbo-data-confirm-method-and-disable turbo-data-confirm-method-and-disable Chris Oliver Turbo now provides equivalents to Rails UJS data confirm, disable with, and method attributes that we can use. Turbo now provides equivalents to Rails UJS data confirm, disable with, and method attributes that we can use. no 758 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Background Job for Posting Tweets

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-34-background-job-for-posting-tweets rails-for-beginners-part-34-background-job-for-posting-tweets Chris Oliver Background Job for Posting Tweets Background Job for Posting Tweets no 513 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Table Plus

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-26-table-plus rails-for-beginners-part-26-table-plus Chris Oliver Table Plus Table Plus no 132 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Editing Tweets

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-35-editing-tweets rails-for-beginners-part-35-editing-tweets Chris Oliver Editing Tweets Editing Tweets no 136 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Tweet Validations

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-30-tweet-validations rails-for-beginners-part-30-tweet-validations Chris Oliver Tweet Validations Tweet Validations no 341 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Tweet Partial

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-31-tweet-partial rails-for-beginners-part-31-tweet-partial Chris Oliver Tweet Partial Tweet Partial no 378 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using Partials for the Navbar

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-8-using-partials-for-the-navbar rails-for-beginners-part-8-using-partials-for-the-navbar Chris Oliver Using Partials for the Navbar Using Partials for the Navbar no 242 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Dependent Destroy Model Associations

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-39-dependent-destroy-model-associations rails-for-beginners-part-39-dependent-destroy-model-associations Chris Oliver Dependent Destroy Model Associations Dependent Destroy Model Associations no 209 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime!

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/realtime-nested-comments-part-2 realtime-nested-comments-part-2 Chris Oliver Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime! Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime! no 693 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Want to login your user across all subdomains in your Rails app? Here's how.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-subdomain-cookies rails-subdomain-cookies Chris Oliver Want to login your user across all subdomains in your Rails app? Here's how. Want to login your user across all subdomains in your Rails app? Here's how. no 319 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deploying to Heroku

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-38-deploying-to-heroku rails-for-beginners-part-38-deploying-to-heroku Chris Oliver Deploying to Heroku Deploying to Heroku no 1024 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime!

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/realtime-nested-comments-part-1 realtime-nested-comments-part-1 Chris Oliver Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime! Hotwire lets us broadcast changes so we can use the same approach for nested comments, but in realtime! no 1234 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Next Steps

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-41-next-steps rails-for-beginners-part-41-next-steps Chris Oliver Next Steps Next Steps no 128 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

OmniAuth CSRF Protection

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-40-omniauth-csrf-protection rails-for-beginners-part-40-omniauth-csrf-protection Chris Oliver OmniAuth CSRF Protection OmniAuth CSRF Protection no 268 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ever wondered how to generate contrasting colors in your Rails app? It's easy using the YIQ calculation and we can test it easily with helper tests.

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/contrasting-colors-with-yiq contrasting-colors-with-yiq Chris Oliver Ever wondered how to generate contrasting colors in your Rails app? It's easy using the YIQ calculation and we can test it easily with helper tests. Ever wondered how to generate contrasting colors in your Rails app? It's easy using the YIQ calculation and we can test it easily with helper tests. no 510 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to accept payments in your Rails app with Stripe Checkout using the Pay gem

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/stripe-checkout-rails stripe-checkout-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to accept payments in your Rails app with Stripe Checkout using the Pay gem Learn how to accept payments in your Rails app with Stripe Checkout using the Pay gem no 1069 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Optional attributes are empty strings by default, but we can clean these up as nil in Rails using normalizes

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/clean-up-optional-attributes-in-rails-with-normalizes clean-up-optional-attributes-in-rails-with-normalizes Chris Oliver Optional attributes are empty strings by default, but we can clean these up as nil in Rails using normalizes Optional attributes are empty strings by default, but we can clean these up as nil in Rails using normalizes no 137 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Rails' brand new Request.js library for making AJAX requests in your Javascript

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-requestjs rails-requestjs Chris Oliver Learn how to use Rails' brand new Request.js library for making AJAX requests in your Javascript Learn how to use Rails' brand new Request.js library for making AJAX requests in your Javascript no 763 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Docker allows you to build a self-contained image with your application code and all it's dependencies. We'll setup our Dockerfile for the Rails app and Docker Compose yml for any other services we might need like Postgres or Redis.

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/docker-basics-for-rails docker-basics-for-rails Chris Oliver Docker allows you to build a self-contained image with your application code and all it's dependencies. We'll setup our Dockerfile for the Rails ap... Docker allows you to build a self-contained image with your application code and all it's dependencies. We'll setup our Dockerfile for the Rails app and Docker Compose yml for any other services we might need like Postgres or Redis. no 807 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails app to a Staging Environment

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploy-rails-staging-env deploy-rails-staging-env Chris Oliver Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails app to a Staging Environment Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails app to a Staging Environment no 975 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Need to dynamically update fields when a user changes a select box? We can do that easily in Rails using Hotwire's Turbo Stream actions.

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/dynamic-select-fields-with-rails-hotwire dynamic-select-fields-with-rails-hotwire Chris Oliver Need to dynamically update fields when a user changes a select box? We can do that easily in Rails using Hotwire's Turbo Stream actions. Need to dynamically update fields when a user changes a select box? We can do that easily in Rails using Hotwire's Turbo Stream actions. no 1186 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The first step in building an API wrapper Rubygem is building your HTTP client. We're going to use Faraday as our HTTP client and get it setup with authentication.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/api-requests-with-faraday api-requests-with-faraday Chris Oliver The first step in building an API wrapper Rubygem is building your HTTP client. We're going to use Faraday as our HTTP client and get it setup with... The first step in building an API wrapper Rubygem is building your HTTP client. We're going to use Faraday as our HTTP client and get it setup with authentication. no 1124 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Refactoring a Javascript countdown timer into a reusable Stimulus controller gives a look at the flexibility we can achieve by taking advantage of the Stimulus Values API and customizing the default values.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-javascript-with-stimulus-values-api-defaults refactoring-javascript-with-stimulus-values-api-defaults Chris Oliver Refactoring a Javascript countdown timer into a reusable Stimulus controller gives a look at the flexibility we can achieve by taking advantage of ... Refactoring a Javascript countdown timer into a reusable Stimulus controller gives a look at the flexibility we can achieve by taking advantage of the Stimulus Values API and customizing the default values. no 1206 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

JSBundling provides a flexible way of using different Javascript bundlers like ESBuild. It strikes a great balance between the asset pipeline and webpacker. Plus, Esbuild can bundle your Javascript lightning fast.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/esbuild-jsbundling-rails esbuild-jsbundling-rails Chris Oliver JSBundling provides a flexible way of using different Javascript bundlers like ESBuild. It strikes a great balance between the asset pipeline and w... JSBundling provides a flexible way of using different Javascript bundlers like ESBuild. It strikes a great balance between the asset pipeline and webpacker. Plus, Esbuild can bundle your Javascript lightning fast. no 907 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire allows us to add inline editing easily in Rails forms using Turbo Frames. Learn how to implement them in a reusable manner so you can inline edit any fields across any model.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/inline-editing-turbo-frames inline-editing-turbo-frames Chris Oliver Hotwire allows us to add inline editing easily in Rails forms using Turbo Frames. Learn how to implement them in a reusable manner so you can inlin... Hotwire allows us to add inline editing easily in Rails forms using Turbo Frames. Learn how to implement them in a reusable manner so you can inline edit any fields across any model. no 1239 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Meilisearch is an open source search engine written in Rust that integrates nicely with Rails to provide advanced search capabilities similar to ElasticSearch.

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-meilisearch-rails how-to-use-meilisearch-rails Chris Oliver Meilisearch is an open source search engine written in Rust that integrates nicely with Rails to provide advanced search capabilities similar to El... Meilisearch is an open source search engine written in Rust that integrates nicely with Rails to provide advanced search capabilities similar to ElasticSearch. no 1210 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails Credentials

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-23-rails-credentials rails-for-beginners-part-23-rails-credentials Chris Oliver Rails Credentials Rails Credentials no 238 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will look at refactoring some time related code by leveraging ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-with-activesupport-timewithzone refactoring-with-activesupport-timewithzone Chris Oliver In this episode, we will look at refactoring some time related code by leveraging ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone In this episode, we will look at refactoring some time related code by leveraging ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone no 952 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to test Active Job in your Ruby on Rails application

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/testing-ruby-on-rails-active-job testing-ruby-on-rails-active-job Chris Oliver Learn how to test Active Job in your Ruby on Rails application Learn how to test Active Job in your Ruby on Rails application no 451 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

MQTT is a message protocol for Internet of Things devices. It's very similar to pubsub where you can broadcast and subscribe to different topics. Learn how to send messages to an MQTT broker in this tutorial.

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-mqtt-ruby how-to-use-mqtt-ruby Chris Oliver MQTT is a message protocol for Internet of Things devices. It's very similar to pubsub where you can broadcast and subscribe to different topics. L... MQTT is a message protocol for Internet of Things devices. It's very similar to pubsub where you can broadcast and subscribe to different topics. Learn how to send messages to an MQTT broker in this tutorial. no 637 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this video, we will look at how to use blocks and bindings in Ruby to pass local variables across different scopes.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/flattening-scopes-in-ruby flattening-scopes-in-ruby Chris Oliver In this video, we will look at how to use blocks and bindings in Ruby to pass local variables across different scopes. In this video, we will look at how to use blocks and bindings in Ruby to pass local variables across different scopes. no 1162 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this video, we will explore how the concepts we looked at in "Flattening Scopes in Ruby" are used in Rails by taking a look at the assert_difference method. We will walk through how the method works while taking note of where the concepts are applied.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/assert-difference-deep-dive assert-difference-deep-dive Chris Oliver In this video, we will explore how the concepts we looked at in "Flattening Scopes in Ruby" are used in Rails by taking a look at the assert_differ... In this video, we will explore how the concepts we looked at in "Flattening Scopes in Ruby" are used in Rails by taking a look at the assert_difference method. We will walk through how the method works while taking note of where the concepts are applied. no 1432 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Testing out new features or changes in production is something almost every application needs. Flipper is a fantastic tool with a GUI for rolling out these changes easily in your Ruby on Rails app.

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-feature-flags-with-flipper rails-feature-flags-with-flipper Chris Oliver Testing out new features or changes in production is something almost every application needs. Flipper is a fantastic tool with a GUI for rolling o... Testing out new features or changes in production is something almost every application needs. Flipper is a fantastic tool with a GUI for rolling out these changes easily in your Ruby on Rails app. no 432 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn the basics of SQL using the PostgreSQL database

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sql-introduction-with-postgresql sql-introduction-with-postgresql Chris Oliver Learn the basics of SQL using the PostgreSQL database Learn the basics of SQL using the PostgreSQL database no 961 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Tweets Index & New Actions

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-29-tweets-index-new-actions rails-for-beginners-part-29-tweets-index-new-actions Chris Oliver Tweets Index & New Actions Tweets Index & New Actions no 745 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In part 1, we're going to setup our Rails application, our models, and connect Hotwire so we can dig into building ActionMailbox next.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-hotwire-actionmailbox-part-1 rails-hotwire-actionmailbox-part-1 Chris Oliver In part 1, we're going to setup our Rails application, our models, and connect Hotwire so we can dig into building ActionMailbox next. In part 1, we're going to setup our Rails application, our models, and connect Hotwire so we can dig into building ActionMailbox next. no 1120 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Fly.io supports deploying Ruby on Rails using Docker containers to multiple regions. For the same benefits you get using a CDN, you can use Fly.io to deploy Rails and Postgres close to your users around the world.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploy-rails-to-fly-io deploy-rails-to-fly-io Chris Oliver Fly.io supports deploying Ruby on Rails using Docker containers to multiple regions. For the same benefits you get using a CDN, you can use Fly.io ... Fly.io supports deploying Ruby on Rails using Docker containers to multiple regions. For the same benefits you get using a CDN, you can use Fly.io to deploy Rails and Postgres close to your users around the world. no 657 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use a PMS5003 air quality sensor with Ruby on the Raspberry Pi. We'll use this to monitor air quality and gather data.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-air-quality-monitoring ruby-air-quality-monitoring Chris Oliver Learn how to use a PMS5003 air quality sensor with Ruby on the Raspberry Pi. We'll use this to monitor air quality and gather data. Learn how to use a PMS5003 air quality sensor with Ruby on the Raspberry Pi. We'll use this to monitor air quality and gather data. no 1024 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ruby 3.4 added 'it' to reference a block parameter with no variable name. Let's check it out!

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/what-is-it-in-ruby-3-4 what-is-it-in-ruby-3-4 Chris Oliver Ruby 3.4 added 'it' to reference a block parameter with no variable name. Let's check it out! Ruby 3.4 added 'it' to reference a block parameter with no variable name. Let's check it out! no 582 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Use the merge method to prevent duplication of ActiveRecord scopes when you're querying across different models

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:06:53 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/named-scopes-with-activerecord-merge named-scopes-with-activerecord-merge Chris Oliver Use the merge method to prevent duplication of ActiveRecord scopes when you're querying across different models Use the merge method to prevent duplication of ActiveRecord scopes when you're querying across different models no 250 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A command palette is a common feature for power users. Learn how to add a command palette to your Ruby on Rails app using the Ninja Keys web component.

Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/command-palette-ruby-on-rails command-palette-ruby-on-rails Chris Oliver A command palette is a common feature for power users. Learn how to add a command palette to your Ruby on Rails app using the Ninja Keys web compon... A command palette is a common feature for power users. Learn how to add a command palette to your Ruby on Rails app using the Ninja Keys web component. no 630 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this follow-up episode on building your first Ruby gem, we look at setting up version control, adding a basic testing setup, and adding a basic GitHub action for a CI (continuous integration) setup. With these pieces in place, we should have a solid fo

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/your-first-ruby-gem-part-2 your-first-ruby-gem-part-2 Chris Oliver In this follow-up episode on building your first Ruby gem, we look at setting up version control, adding a basic testing setup, and adding a basic ... In this follow-up episode on building your first Ruby gem, we look at setting up version control, adding a basic testing setup, and adding a basic GitHub action for a CI (continuous integration) setup. With these pieces in place, we should have a solid fo no 1447 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Debugging Ruby with the Caller method

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/debugging-with-caller debugging-with-caller Chris Oliver Debugging Ruby with the Caller method Debugging Ruby with the Caller method no 536 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to implement Google Maps and the Google Places Autocomplete API in Rails compatible with Turbolinks using StimulusJS

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/google-maps-places-autocomplete-with-rails google-maps-places-autocomplete-with-rails Chris Oliver Learn how to implement Google Maps and the Google Places Autocomplete API in Rails compatible with Turbolinks using StimulusJS Learn how to implement Google Maps and the Google Places Autocomplete API in Rails compatible with Turbolinks using StimulusJS no 1391 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we look at how to get started making utility programs with Ruby similar to the built in cat and grep programs.

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/building-utilities-with-ruby-scripts building-utilities-with-ruby-scripts Chris Oliver In this episode, we look at how to get started making utility programs with Ruby similar to the built in cat and grep programs. In this episode, we look at how to get started making utility programs with Ruby similar to the built in cat and grep programs. no 1310 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Test suites often become brittle over time where small changes end up breaking various tests. One way to avoid that is by avoiding using hardcoded values in your test suite.

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/brittle-tests-hardcoded-values brittle-tests-hardcoded-values Chris Oliver Test suites often become brittle over time where small changes end up breaking various tests. One way to avoid that is by avoiding using hardcoded ... Test suites often become brittle over time where small changes end up breaking various tests. One way to avoid that is by avoiding using hardcoded values in your test suite. no 290 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Loops allow you to run code multiple times. This is handy when you need to process a group of items one at a time until the entire group is finished. We'll also learn about Ruby blocks to define the set of operations.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:15:25 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/loops-and-blocks-in-ruby loops-and-blocks-in-ruby Chris Oliver Loops allow you to run code multiple times. This is handy when you need to process a group of items one at a time until the entire group is finishe... Loops allow you to run code multiple times. This is handy when you need to process a group of items one at a time until the entire group is finished. We'll also learn about Ruby blocks to define the set of operations. no 2840 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Object oriented programming and Ruby go hand in hand. This lesson, we'll learn how to define classes and create instances of them to organize our code.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:17:26 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/classes-and-objects-in-ruby classes-and-objects-in-ruby Chris Oliver Object oriented programming and Ruby go hand in hand. This lesson, we'll learn how to define classes and create instances of them to organize our c... Object oriented programming and Ruby go hand in hand. This lesson, we'll learn how to define classes and create instances of them to organize our code. no 2813 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how Rails 5's new ActionCable and Websocket feature works with Redis in realtime

Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-5-actioncable-websockets rails-5-actioncable-websockets Chris Oliver Learn how Rails 5's new ActionCable and Websocket feature works with Redis in realtime Learn how Rails 5's new ActionCable and Websocket feature works with Redis in realtime no 1128 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to auto-submit forms when a user changes a value and use custom Turbo Stream Actions to update the page

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/custom-turbo-stream-actions-and-auto-submitting-forms custom-turbo-stream-actions-and-auto-submitting-forms Chris Oliver Learn how to auto-submit forms when a user changes a value and use custom Turbo Stream Actions to update the page Learn how to auto-submit forms when a user changes a value and use custom Turbo Stream Actions to update the page no 643 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Now that we've created a new Rails app, let's take a look at the files generated and learn what they do

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:51:23 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-application-structure-explained rails-application-structure-explained Chris Oliver Now that we've created a new Rails app, let's take a look at the files generated and learn what they do Now that we've created a new Rails app, let's take a look at the files generated and learn what they do no 1258 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Overriding the Confirm method in Turbolinks and Hotwire has been pretty tricky until now. Using promises, Turbo can now wait until the user has submitted the confirm modal.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/custom-hotwire-turbo-confirm-modals custom-hotwire-turbo-confirm-modals Chris Oliver Overriding the Confirm method in Turbolinks and Hotwire has been pretty tricky until now. Using promises, Turbo can now wait until the user has sub... Overriding the Confirm method in Turbolinks and Hotwire has been pretty tricky until now. Using promises, Turbo can now wait until the user has submitted the confirm modal. no 550 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Mobile and desktop versions of widgets often need to be completely different. Navigation and tabs on mobile don't work well when there are lots of items so we'll show you how to use Turbo and a select tag for mobile navs.

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/responsive-navigation-with-turbo responsive-navigation-with-turbo Chris Oliver Mobile and desktop versions of widgets often need to be completely different. Navigation and tabs on mobile don't work well when there are lots of ... Mobile and desktop versions of widgets often need to be completely different. Navigation and tabs on mobile don't work well when there are lots of items so we'll show you how to use Turbo and a select tag for mobile navs. no 741 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this video, you'll learn about a feature of IRB, which is the ability to change context into an object.

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/changing-contexts-to-objects-with-irb changing-contexts-to-objects-with-irb Chris Oliver In this video, you'll learn about a feature of IRB, which is the ability to change context into an object. In this video, you'll learn about a feature of IRB, which is the ability to change context into an object. no 308 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We're going to build a Blog with Ruby on Rails so let's start by making sure we have everything installed and create our new Rails app

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:50:01 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/blog-rails-new blog-rails-new Chris Oliver We're going to build a Blog with Ruby on Rails so let's start by making sure we have everything installed and create our new Rails app We're going to build a Blog with Ruby on Rails so let's start by making sure we have everything installed and create our new Rails app no 334 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A lot of developers use link_to and button_to interchangeably. In this lesson, we'll explore when you should use link_to and when to use button_to and the differences between them.

Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/link_to-vs-button_to-in-rails link_to-vs-button_to-in-rails Chris Oliver A lot of developers use link_to and button_to interchangeably. In this lesson, we'll explore when you should use link_to and when to use button_to ... A lot of developers use link_to and button_to interchangeably. In this lesson, we'll explore when you should use link_to and when to use button_to and the differences between them. no 862 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how Strings work in Ruby

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:47:41 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/strings-in-ruby strings-in-ruby Chris Oliver Learn how Strings work in Ruby Learn how Strings work in Ruby no 2098 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

With Rails 6.0, you can now define multiple primary and replica databases, define separate migrations for each primary database, and configure each model to read and write from different databases.

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-6-multiple-databases rails-6-multiple-databases Chris Oliver With Rails 6.0, you can now define multiple primary and replica databases, define separate migrations for each primary database, and configure each... With Rails 6.0, you can now define multiple primary and replica databases, define separate migrations for each primary database, and configure each model to read and write from different databases. no 865 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-1 multi-user-spreadsheets-with-actioncable-part-1 Chris Oliver Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB Build a reactive multi-user spreadsheet web app with ActionCable and RethinkDB no 932 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will extend Trix by adding a text highlighting feature.

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-a-highlight-button-to-trix adding-a-highlight-button-to-trix Chris Oliver In this episode, we will extend Trix by adding a text highlighting feature. In this episode, we will extend Trix by adding a text highlighting feature. no 393 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using jQuery and plugins like jQueryUI in modern Javascript can be a little tricky. We'll see how to use it, how to deal with javascript import hoisting and how to add plugins like jQueryUI

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-jquery-with-esbuild how-to-use-jquery-with-esbuild Chris Oliver Using jQuery and plugins like jQueryUI in modern Javascript can be a little tricky. We'll see how to use it, how to deal with javascript import hoi... Using jQuery and plugins like jQueryUI in modern Javascript can be a little tricky. We'll see how to use it, how to deal with javascript import hoisting and how to add plugins like jQueryUI no 767 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to create Ruby gems for including frontend Javascript and CSS libraries in your Rails apps

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/creating-gems-for-frontend-javascript-libraries creating-gems-for-frontend-javascript-libraries Chris Oliver Learn how to create Ruby gems for including frontend Javascript and CSS libraries in your Rails apps Learn how to create Ruby gems for including frontend Javascript and CSS libraries in your Rails apps no 364 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

ActionText is a feature of Rails that allows you to add rich text including file uploads to any of your models. This is a perfect fit for our Blog Posts, so we're going to replace the text column with a rich text field with ActionText.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:48:19 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rich-text-blog-posts-with-actiontext rich-text-blog-posts-with-actiontext Chris Oliver ActionText is a feature of Rails that allows you to add rich text including file uploads to any of your models. This is a perfect fit for our Blog ... ActionText is a feature of Rails that allows you to add rich text including file uploads to any of your models. This is a perfect fit for our Blog Posts, so we're going to replace the text column with a rich text field with ActionText. no 1015 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 8.1 introduced a local CI setup and run script that allows you to leverage the power of your local system to run a series of steps and optionally integrate with GitHub to sign off on pull requests that have a successful CI run.

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-8-1-local-ci rails-8-1-local-ci Chris Oliver Rails 8.1 introduced a local CI setup and run script that allows you to leverage the power of your local system to run a series of steps and option... Rails 8.1 introduced a local CI setup and run script that allows you to leverage the power of your local system to run a series of steps and optionally integrate with GitHub to sign off on pull requests that have a successful CI run. no 458 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Let's look at how we can easily deploy a Rails 8 application using the solid trifecta of gems with Hatchbox.

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploying-rails-8-with-hatchbox deploying-rails-8-with-hatchbox Chris Oliver Let's look at how we can easily deploy a Rails 8 application using the solid trifecta of gems with Hatchbox. Let's look at how we can easily deploy a Rails 8 application using the solid trifecta of gems with Hatchbox. no 1875 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

So far, our project has been a single line of operation. We can refactor this to use methods to reuse code in various ways.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:13:09 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/refactoring-our-ruby-for-beginners-project refactoring-our-ruby-for-beginners-project Chris Oliver So far, our project has been a single line of operation. We can refactor this to use methods to reuse code in various ways. So far, our project has been a single line of operation. We can refactor this to use methods to reuse code in various ways. no 2508 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Anyone can create, edit, or delete a blog post in our Rails app currently. In this lesson, we'll add authentication so only allowed users can do those actions.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:13:58 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/authenticating-blog-admin-pages authenticating-blog-admin-pages Chris Oliver Anyone can create, edit, or delete a blog post in our Rails app currently. In this lesson, we'll add authentication so only allowed users can do th... Anyone can create, edit, or delete a blog post in our Rails app currently. In this lesson, we'll add authentication so only allowed users can do those actions. no 1250 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to set up polymorphic associations, add comments to your app, and think about the structure of your Rails application

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:28:49 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/comments-with-polymorphic-associations comments-with-polymorphic-associations Chris Oliver Learn how to set up polymorphic associations, add comments to your app, and think about the structure of your Rails application Learn how to set up polymorphic associations, add comments to your app, and think about the structure of your Rails application no 1416 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Add masquerading (the ability to impersonate or login as another user) to your development or admin environments using the devise_masquerade gem

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/devise-masquerade devise-masquerade Chris Oliver Add masquerading (the ability to impersonate or login as another user) to your development or admin environments using the devise_masquerade gem Add masquerading (the ability to impersonate or login as another user) to your development or admin environments using the devise_masquerade gem no 663 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

How to create a new Rails app

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-2-how-to-create-a-new-rails-app rails-for-beginners-part-2-how-to-create-a-new-rails-app Chris Oliver How to create a new Rails app How to create a new Rails app no 213 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails uses the MVC Pattern. This isn't as scary as it sounds. It's basically a design architecture that gives you 3 primary buckets to help you organize your code.

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:22:36 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/the-mvc-pattern-explained the-mvc-pattern-explained Chris Oliver Rails uses the MVC Pattern. This isn't as scary as it sounds. It's basically a design architecture that gives you 3 primary buckets to help you org... Rails uses the MVC Pattern. This isn't as scary as it sounds. It's basically a design architecture that gives you 3 primary buckets to help you organize your code. no 707 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use counter caches in your Rails app

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/counter-caches counter-caches Chris Oliver Learn how to use counter caches in your Rails app Learn how to use counter caches in your Rails app no 1295 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Creating a Sign Up Form

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-13-creating-a-sign-up-form rails-for-beginners-part-13-creating-a-sign-up-form Chris Oliver Creating a Sign Up Form Creating a Sign Up Form no 634 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Upgrading from Turbolinks to Hotwire is actually pretty simple now that Turbo handles error responses

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/upgrade-from-turbolinks-to-hotwire-and-turbo upgrade-from-turbolinks-to-hotwire-and-turbo Chris Oliver Upgrading from Turbolinks to Hotwire is actually pretty simple now that Turbo handles error responses Upgrading from Turbolinks to Hotwire is actually pretty simple now that Turbo handles error responses no 682 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Handling Sign Up Errors

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-14-handling-sign-up-errors rails-for-beginners-part-14-handling-sign-up-errors Chris Oliver Handling Sign Up Errors Handling Sign Up Errors no 499 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Forgot Your Password

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-20-forgot-your-password rails-for-beginners-part-20-forgot-your-password Chris Oliver Forgot Your Password Forgot Your Password no 524 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Drag and drop sortable lists in Rails aren't too hard using Sortablejs and Stimulus to make wire them up to our backend with acts_as_list

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-drag-and-drop-sortable rails-drag-and-drop-sortable Chris Oliver Drag and drop sortable lists in Rails aren't too hard using Sortablejs and Stimulus to make wire them up to our backend with acts_as_list Drag and drop sortable lists in Rails aren't too hard using Sortablejs and Stimulus to make wire them up to our backend with acts_as_list no 794 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We need a way to view individual Blog Posts on their own URLs now. That's where our Show action comes into play and we will learn how to build that in this lesson.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:01:15 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-a-blog-post-show-action adding-a-blog-post-show-action Chris Oliver We need a way to view individual Blog Posts on their own URLs now. That's where our Show action comes into play and we will learn how to build that... We need a way to view individual Blog Posts on their own URLs now. That's where our Show action comes into play and we will learn how to build that in this lesson. no 988 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Blog posts often need cover images for social sharing. In this lesson, we'll add cover image file uploads with ActiveStorage.

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:58:58 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/upload-cover-images-in-rails-with-active-storage upload-cover-images-in-rails-with-active-storage Chris Oliver Blog posts often need cover images for social sharing. In this lesson, we'll add cover image file uploads with ActiveStorage. Blog posts often need cover images for social sharing. In this lesson, we'll add cover image file uploads with ActiveStorage. no 1710 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Password Reset Update

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-22-password-reset-update rails-for-beginners-part-22-password-reset-update Chris Oliver Password Reset Update Password Reset Update no 469 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Our scheduled blog posts adds some complexity to our app. In this lesson, we're going to write some tests to make sure that our code does what we want it to do.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:37:35 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/writing-tests-for-scheduled-blog-posts writing-tests-for-scheduled-blog-posts Chris Oliver Our scheduled blog posts adds some complexity to our app. In this lesson, we're going to write some tests to make sure that our code does what we w... Our scheduled blog posts adds some complexity to our app. In this lesson, we're going to write some tests to make sure that our code does what we want it to do. no 910 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A quick introduction to using ActionText in your Rails apps for editing and displaying rich text plus uploading files

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-action-text how-to-use-action-text Chris Oliver A quick introduction to using ActionText in your Rails apps for editing and displaying rich text plus uploading files A quick introduction to using ActionText in your Rails apps for editing and displaying rich text plus uploading files no 728 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to send messages between users with the Mailboxer gem

Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/in-app-messaging-between-users in-app-messaging-between-users Chris Oliver Learn how to send messages between users with the Mailboxer gem Learn how to send messages between users with the Mailboxer gem no 1576 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to execute Ruby Scripts and interactively run Ruby code in IRB

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:40:44 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-scripts-and-irb ruby-scripts-and-irb Chris Oliver Learn how to execute Ruby Scripts and interactively run Ruby code in IRB Learn how to execute Ruby Scripts and interactively run Ruby code in IRB no 876 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In part one of this episode on leveraging ActiveSupport::Duration, we look at how to provide a solution to calculating and updating model attributes that represent lengths of time. We look at ActiveSupport::Duration and how we can write a custom coder cla

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/serializing-attributes-with-custom-coders serializing-attributes-with-custom-coders Chris Oliver In part one of this episode on leveraging ActiveSupport::Duration, we look at how to provide a solution to calculating and updating model attribute... In part one of this episode on leveraging ActiveSupport::Duration, we look at how to provide a solution to calculating and updating model attributes that represent lengths of time. We look at ActiveSupport::Duration and how we can write a custom coder cla no 1328 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using Vue.js and Turbolinks together can be a little complex to wrap your head around at first. We not only dive into how this works but we take a look at the vue-turbolinks node module I made so that you can easily use the two together.

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-vuejs-and-turbolinks-together how-to-use-vuejs-and-turbolinks-together Chris Oliver Using Vue.js and Turbolinks together can be a little complex to wrap your head around at first. We not only dive into how this works but we take a ... Using Vue.js and Turbolinks together can be a little complex to wrap your head around at first. We not only dive into how this works but we take a look at the vue-turbolinks node module I made so that you can easily use the two together. no 964 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Continuous Deployment is the automation of deploying any code that gets merged into your main or release branch. We can easily set up GitHub Actions to run CI and CD for us to automate everything.

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-continuous-deployment-with-github-actions rails-continuous-deployment-with-github-actions Chris Oliver Continuous Deployment is the automation of deploying any code that gets merged into your main or release branch. We can easily set up GitHub Action... Continuous Deployment is the automation of deploying any code that gets merged into your main or release branch. We can easily set up GitHub Actions to run CI and CD for us to automate everything. no 640 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn about the ActionController Parameters with_defaults method to clean up your params in your Rails applications

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-parameters-with_defaults rails-parameters-with_defaults Chris Oliver Learn about the ActionController Parameters with_defaults method to clean up your params in your Rails applications Learn about the ActionController Parameters with_defaults method to clean up your params in your Rails applications no 355 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Integers and Floats in your Ruby code

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:53:10 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/integers-and-floats-in-ruby integers-and-floats-in-ruby Chris Oliver Learn how to use Integers and Floats in your Ruby code Learn how to use Integers and Floats in your Ruby code no 1183 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to soft delete records instead of deleting them permanently from your database

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:39:48 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/soft-delete-with-paranoia soft-delete-with-paranoia Chris Oliver Learn how to soft delete records instead of deleting them permanently from your database Learn how to soft delete records instead of deleting them permanently from your database no 981 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We now want to create new Blog Posts in our Rails app, not directly in the database. To do this, we're going to start by building a new action and form for inputting data for our Rails model.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:07:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-a-new-blog-post-action adding-a-new-blog-post-action Chris Oliver We now want to create new Blog Posts in our Rails app, not directly in the database. To do this, we're going to start by building a new action and ... We now want to create new Blog Posts in our Rails app, not directly in the database. To do this, we're going to start by building a new action and form for inputting data for our Rails model. no 493 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

An index page allows us to display all the blog posts in our database. We will learn how to setup routes that point to controllers and actions that render HTML.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:59:58 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-a-blog-index-action adding-a-blog-index-action Chris Oliver An index page allows us to display all the blog posts in our database. We will learn how to setup routes that point to controllers and actions that... An index page allows us to display all the blog posts in our database. We will learn how to setup routes that point to controllers and actions that render HTML. no 667 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how CSS and Javascript frameworks should be added to Rails applications

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:40:32 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/styling-with-bootstrap-sass styling-with-bootstrap-sass Chris Oliver Learn how CSS and Javascript frameworks should be added to Rails applications Learn how CSS and Javascript frameworks should be added to Rails applications no 844 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Reset Password Token Mailer

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-21-reset-password-token-mailer rails-for-beginners-part-21-reset-password-token-mailer Chris Oliver Reset Password Token Mailer Reset Password Token Mailer no 696 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use a template model to populate forms and other objects with

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/message-templates message-templates Chris Oliver Learn how to use a template model to populate forms and other objects with Learn how to use a template model to populate forms and other objects with no 1362 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this lesson, we'll dive into some code to add timeouts for an issue with net-ssh with the help of Mike Perham

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:30:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/net-ssh-timeouts-with-mike-perham net-ssh-timeouts-with-mike-perham Chris Oliver In this lesson, we'll dive into some code to add timeouts for an issue with net-ssh with the help of Mike Perham In this lesson, we'll dive into some code to add timeouts for an issue with net-ssh with the help of Mike Perham no 4822 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

At Rails World 2023, Chris Oliver gave a talk about Powerful Rails features you might not know to cover small, but incredibly useful techniques you can use to write better Rails applications.

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/powerful-rails-features-you-might-not-know powerful-rails-features-you-might-not-know Chris Oliver At Rails World 2023, Chris Oliver gave a talk about Powerful Rails features you might not know to cover small, but incredibly useful techniques you... At Rails World 2023, Chris Oliver gave a talk about Powerful Rails features you might not know to cover small, but incredibly useful techniques you can use to write better Rails applications. no 2539 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Have models that store the same data but need different functionality? Rails provides Single Table Inheritance in ActiveRecord to solve this problem.

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/single-table-inheritance-with-activerecord-in-rails single-table-inheritance-with-activerecord-in-rails Chris Oliver Have models that store the same data but need different functionality? Rails provides Single Table Inheritance in ActiveRecord to solve this problem. Have models that store the same data but need different functionality? Rails provides Single Table Inheritance in ActiveRecord to solve this problem. no 804 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We build a basic API and talk about the differences between a regular Rails controller and an API

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/our-first-api our-first-api Chris Oliver We build a basic API and talk about the differences between a regular Rails controller and an API We build a basic API and talk about the differences between a regular Rails controller and an API no 892 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Adam McCrea walks through using Phlex to build components for views in your Rails applications. Phlex is a Ruby gem for building fast object-oriented HTML and SVG components using Ruby constructs: methods, keyword arguments and blocks.

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/components-with-phlex-in-rails components-with-phlex-in-rails Chris Oliver Adam McCrea walks through using Phlex to build components for views in your Rails applications. Phlex is a Ruby gem for building fast object-orient... Adam McCrea walks through using Phlex to build components for views in your Rails applications. Phlex is a Ruby gem for building fast object-oriented HTML and SVG components using Ruby constructs: methods, keyword arguments and blocks. no 1555 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

ActionText builds on top of the ActiveStorage file uploads feature in Rails, so we're going to configure Amazon S3 storage so we can upload files in production

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:50:37 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/blog-posts-with-file-uploads-using-activestorage-and-amazon-s3 blog-posts-with-file-uploads-using-activestorage-and-amazon-s3 Chris Oliver ActionText builds on top of the ActiveStorage file uploads feature in Rails, so we're going to configure Amazon S3 storage so we can upload files i... ActionText builds on top of the ActiveStorage file uploads feature in Rails, so we're going to configure Amazon S3 storage so we can upload files in production no 1301 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Conditionals allow your code to take different paths. Learn how to use conditionals like if statements in your Ruby code

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:57:48 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/conditionals-in-ruby conditionals-in-ruby Chris Oliver Conditionals allow your code to take different paths. Learn how to use conditionals like if statements in your Ruby code Conditionals allow your code to take different paths. Learn how to use conditionals like if statements in your Ruby code no 3557 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Handling form submissions with Rails teaches us about strong parameters and saving data with our Rails models into the database.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:08:24 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/creating-new-blog-posts creating-new-blog-posts Chris Oliver Handling form submissions with Rails teaches us about strong parameters and saving data with our Rails models into the database. Handling form submissions with Rails teaches us about strong parameters and saving data with our Rails models into the database. no 641 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Discover how the new template locals work in Rails 7.1

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/template-locals-in-rails-7-1 template-locals-in-rails-7-1 Chris Oliver Discover how the new template locals work in Rails 7.1 Discover how the new template locals work in Rails 7.1 no 540 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Next we're going to deploy our Rails blog application to production! This is a huge step, but also

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:26:43 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploying-our-rails-blog-to-production deploying-our-rails-blog-to-production Chris Oliver Next we're going to deploy our Rails blog application to production! This is a huge step, but also Next we're going to deploy our Rails blog application to production! This is a huge step, but also no 1046 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Scheduling blog posts to be published in the future is the next feature we're going to add. In this lesson, we'll talk about several options we have to implement this and then choose one to build.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:36:24 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-scheduled-blog-posts adding-scheduled-blog-posts Chris Oliver Scheduling blog posts to be published in the future is the next feature we're going to add. In this lesson, we'll talk about several options we hav... Scheduling blog posts to be published in the future is the next feature we're going to add. In this lesson, we'll talk about several options we have to implement this and then choose one to build. no 1466 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, Foundation, etc all come with many CSS classes you probably aren't using. This creates huge CSS files unless we use a tool like PurgeCSS to look through our code and remove the unused classes.

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/purgecss purgecss Chris Oliver CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, Foundation, etc all come with many CSS classes you probably aren't using. This creates huge CSS files unle... CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, Foundation, etc all come with many CSS classes you probably aren't using. This creates huge CSS files unless we use a tool like PurgeCSS to look through our code and remove the unused classes. no 702 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Dependency Injection is a common technique for making your code more flexible and testable by removing strict dependencies upon other classes, modules, and other types of dependencies in your code

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/dependency-injection-ruby dependency-injection-ruby Chris Oliver Dependency Injection is a common technique for making your code more flexible and testable by removing strict dependencies upon other classes, modu... Dependency Injection is a common technique for making your code more flexible and testable by removing strict dependencies upon other classes, modules, and other types of dependencies in your code no 333 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 8 now ships with multiple databases by default. In this lesson, we'll learn how the configuration works and how to deploy to production with environment variables

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-configure-multiple-databases-with-rails how-to-configure-multiple-databases-with-rails Chris Oliver Rails 8 now ships with multiple databases by default. In this lesson, we'll learn how the configuration works and how to deploy to production with ... Rails 8 now ships with multiple databases by default. In this lesson, we'll learn how the configuration works and how to deploy to production with environment variables no 1207 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to order records by a column with a set of values

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/in-order-of in-order-of Chris Oliver Learn how to order records by a column with a set of values Learn how to order records by a column with a set of values no 319 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Our blog doesn't look great. We're going to install TailwindCSS so we can easily style our Rails application however we want.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:17:45 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/adding-tailwindcss-to-rails adding-tailwindcss-to-rails Chris Oliver Our blog doesn't look great. We're going to install TailwindCSS so we can easily style our Rails application however we want. Our blog doesn't look great. We're going to install TailwindCSS so we can easily style our Rails application however we want. no 421 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deploying your Ruby on Rails applications to Render is only a few file modifications away. Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails applications using Render in this episode.

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:07:04 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-deploy-rails-to-render how-to-deploy-rails-to-render Chris Oliver Deploying your Ruby on Rails applications to Render is only a few file modifications away. Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails applications usin... Deploying your Ruby on Rails applications to Render is only a few file modifications away. Learn how to deploy your Ruby on Rails applications using Render in this episode. no 1516 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to deploy ActionCable and Rails 5 with Passenger

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/deploy-actioncable-and-rails-5 deploy-actioncable-and-rails-5 Chris Oliver Learn how to deploy ActionCable and Rails 5 with Passenger Learn how to deploy ActionCable and Rails 5 with Passenger no 1084 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Creating a GitHub Repo to store our code

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-37-creating-a-github-repo-to-store-our-code rails-for-beginners-part-37-creating-a-github-repo-to-store-our-code Chris Oliver Creating a GitHub Repo to store our code Creating a GitHub Repo to store our code no 244 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Without jQuery in Rails 5.1, we explore what it takes to convert your traditional jQuery code into vanilla Javascript methods

Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/migrating-from-jquery-to-vanilla-javascript migrating-from-jquery-to-vanilla-javascript Chris Oliver Without jQuery in Rails 5.1, we explore what it takes to convert your traditional jQuery code into vanilla Javascript methods Without jQuery in Rails 5.1, we explore what it takes to convert your traditional jQuery code into vanilla Javascript methods no 1034 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Installing Bootstrap is easier than ever thanks to CSS Bundling in Rails now. It also wires up the Javascript so you don't have to do much of anything.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/bootstrap-css-bundling-rails bootstrap-css-bundling-rails Chris Oliver Installing Bootstrap is easier than ever thanks to CSS Bundling in Rails now. It also wires up the Javascript so you don't have to do much of anyth... Installing Bootstrap is easier than ever thanks to CSS Bundling in Rails now. It also wires up the Javascript so you don't have to do much of anything. no 577 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The MVC (Model, View, Controller) Pattern?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-4-the-mvc-model-view-controller-pattern rails-for-beginners-part-4-the-mvc-model-view-controller-pattern Chris Oliver The MVC (Model, View, Controller) Pattern? The MVC (Model, View, Controller) Pattern? no 285 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A method or function is a way to define a group of code that can be used repeatedly. We'll learn how to define methods in our Ruby code and then use them multiple times.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:11:37 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/methods-and-functions-in-ruby methods-and-functions-in-ruby Chris Oliver A method or function is a way to define a group of code that can be used repeatedly. We'll learn how to define methods in our Ruby code and then us... A method or function is a way to define a group of code that can be used repeatedly. We'll learn how to define methods in our Ruby code and then use them multiple times. no 1574 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

A code review with Kasper from the Rails core team to show us the process of reviewing, designing, and refactoring Rails code.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-code-review-with-kasper rails-code-review-with-kasper Chris Oliver A code review with Kasper from the Rails core team to show us the process of reviewing, designing, and refactoring Rails code. A code review with Kasper from the Rails core team to show us the process of reviewing, designing, and refactoring Rails code. no 4218 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

To provide clean integrations with Rails plugins, we can use lazy load hooks to add callbacks for when classes are loaded.

Mon, 05 May 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/lazy-load-hooks-for-rails-plugins lazy-load-hooks-for-rails-plugins Chris Oliver To provide clean integrations with Rails plugins, we can use lazy load hooks to add callbacks for when classes are loaded. To provide clean integrations with Rails plugins, we can use lazy load hooks to add callbacks for when classes are loaded. no 801 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Changing the database adapter for a Rails app has always been an annoying, manual change to make. Rails 6.0 introduces the "rails db:system:change" command to make this easier using all the built-in generators for database.yml and more.

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-6-db-system-change-command rails-6-db-system-change-command Chris Oliver Changing the database adapter for a Rails app has always been an annoying, manual change to make. Rails 6.0 introduces the "rails db:system:change"... Changing the database adapter for a Rails app has always been an annoying, manual change to make. Rails 6.0 introduces the "rails db:system:change" command to make this easier using all the built-in generators for database.yml and more. no 206 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Formatting Ruby code can be a point of contention because the language is so flexible, but it

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/omakase-rubocop-linter-rules-for-rails omakase-rubocop-linter-rules-for-rails Chris Oliver Formatting Ruby code can be a point of contention because the language is so flexible, but it Formatting Ruby code can be a point of contention because the language is so flexible, but it no 1131 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 8 introduces a new expect method for permitting parameters that fixes a few of the issues with require and permit. Let's take a look!

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-params-expect-rails-8 how-to-use-params-expect-rails-8 Chris Oliver Rails 8 introduces a new expect method for permitting parameters that fixes a few of the issues with require and permit. Let's take a look! Rails 8 introduces a new expect method for permitting parameters that fixes a few of the issues with require and permit. Let's take a look! no 530 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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

Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:20:08 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/jquery-ujs-and-ajax jquery-ujs-and-ajax Chris Oliver 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 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 no 731 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

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.

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/solid-queue-rails solid-queue-rails Chris Oliver Solid Queue is a database backed queue adapter for ActiveJob in your Rails apps. Instead of requiring an additional service like Redis, jobs are ma... 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. no 804 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

We can use timestamps in our database to track of online users in your Rails

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/tracking-online-users-in-rails-with-timestamps tracking-online-users-in-rails-with-timestamps Chris Oliver We can use timestamps in our database to track of online users in your Rails We can use timestamps in our database to track of online users in your Rails no 325 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Using Vonage (previously known as OpenTok), we can add multiuser live video chat to Rails in just 20 minutes. It also supports broadcasting things like webinars, recording videos, and more.

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/multiuser-live-video-chat-in-rails multiuser-live-video-chat-in-rails Chris Oliver Using Vonage (previously known as OpenTok), we can add multiuser live video chat to Rails in just 20 minutes. It also supports broadcasting things ... Using Vonage (previously known as OpenTok), we can add multiuser live video chat to Rails in just 20 minutes. It also supports broadcasting things like webinars, recording videos, and more. no 1078 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to export records to CSV files

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/export-to-csv export-to-csv Chris Oliver Learn how to export records to CSV files Learn how to export records to CSV files no 865 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The first thing we need is a database table to store our blog posts. We create a Rails model (the M in MVC) to create the database and a Ruby class for us to interact with the database table.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:55:42 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/creating-a-blog-post-model creating-a-blog-post-model Chris Oliver The first thing we need is a database table to store our blog posts. We create a Rails model (the M in MVC) to create the database and a Ruby class... The first thing we need is a database table to store our blog posts. We create a Rails model (the M in MVC) to create the database and a Ruby class for us to interact with the database table. no 609 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Black Friday is a popular shopping holiday every year. In this lesson, we'll build a Ruby gem to help automate our Black Friday sales each year.

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/black-friday-ruby-gem black-friday-ruby-gem Chris Oliver Black Friday is a popular shopping holiday every year. In this lesson, we'll build a Ruby gem to help automate our Black Friday sales each year. Black Friday is a popular shopping holiday every year. In this lesson, we'll build a Ruby gem to help automate our Black Friday sales each year. no 1582 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The new browser guard in Rails 7.2 allows you to gate access to your application if a user is not using a modern browser.

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-browser-guard-in-rails how-to-use-browser-guard-in-rails Chris Oliver The new browser guard in Rails 7.2 allows you to gate access to your application if a user is not using a modern browser. The new browser guard in Rails 7.2 allows you to gate access to your application if a user is not using a modern browser. no 896 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Stripe webhooks are now required to be signed with your secret webhook key. We'll show you how to set them up in your Rails app today.

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/stripe-signed-webhooks stripe-signed-webhooks Chris Oliver Stripe webhooks are now required to be signed with your secret webhook key. We'll show you how to set them up in your Rails app today. Stripe webhooks are now required to be signed with your secret webhook key. We'll show you how to set them up in your Rails app today. no 244 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use validation contexts in Rails to conditionally validate models - like saving drafts without validation but requiring them when publishing.

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/valid-with-context valid-with-context Chris Oliver Learn how to use validation contexts in Rails to conditionally validate models - like saving drafts without validation but requiring them when publ... Learn how to use validation contexts in Rails to conditionally validate models - like saving drafts without validation but requiring them when publishing. no 1161 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

James from Shakycode and I pair program on some common model scopes related to time and how we would approach them

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-scopes rails-scopes Chris Oliver James from Shakycode and I pair program on some common model scopes related to time and how we would approach them James from Shakycode and I pair program on some common model scopes related to time and how we would approach them no 3813 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Installing dependencies to develop and run your Rails applications locally can be a pain.

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-dev-containers-with-rails how-to-use-dev-containers-with-rails Chris Oliver Installing dependencies to develop and run your Rails applications locally can be a pain. Installing dependencies to develop and run your Rails applications locally can be a pain. no 1447 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Installing Ruby on Rails

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-for-beginners-part-1-installing-ruby-on-rails rails-for-beginners-part-1-installing-ruby-on-rails Chris Oliver Installing Ruby on Rails Installing Ruby on Rails no 156 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

See how to take rules from the ice_cube gem and add recurring events to any calendar

Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/recurring-events recurring-events Chris Oliver See how to take rules from the ice_cube gem and add recurring events to any calendar See how to take rules from the ice_cube gem and add recurring events to any calendar no 1188 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will create our first Ruby Gem. It will be a very simplified gem that adds a method to the built-in Ruby Array class. The goal is to understand the core pieces of what is needed to create a gem that we can share with the community.

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/your-first-ruby-gem your-first-ruby-gem Chris Oliver In this episode, we will create our first Ruby Gem. It will be a very simplified gem that adds a method to the built-in Ruby Array class. The goal ... In this episode, we will create our first Ruby Gem. It will be a very simplified gem that adds a method to the built-in Ruby Array class. The goal is to understand the core pieces of what is needed to create a gem that we can share with the community. no 1306 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to enable direct uploads in the browser to Amazon S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces using Rails' new ActiveStorage library

Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/direct-uploads-with-rails-active-storage direct-uploads-with-rails-active-storage Chris Oliver Learn how to enable direct uploads in the browser to Amazon S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces using Rails' new ActiveStorage library Learn how to enable direct uploads in the browser to Amazon S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces using Rails' new ActiveStorage library no 952 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails now ships the Trix editor as a separate gem (action_text-trix) instead of being included in ActionText. This allows for separate releases independently of Rails.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:34:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-action-text-trix-gem rails-action-text-trix-gem Chris Oliver Rails now ships the Trix editor as a separate gem (action_text-trix) instead of being included in ActionText. This allows for separate releases ind... Rails now ships the Trix editor as a separate gem (action_text-trix) instead of being included in ActionText. This allows for separate releases independently of Rails. no 251 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Stimulus Reflex is one of the coolest new libraries out there. It can update the browser in realtime and allow you to build reactive applications without any Javascript. It's awesome.

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/stimulus-reflex-basics stimulus-reflex-basics Chris Oliver Stimulus Reflex is one of the coolest new libraries out there. It can update the browser in realtime and allow you to build reactive applications w... Stimulus Reflex is one of the coolest new libraries out there. It can update the browser in realtime and allow you to build reactive applications without any Javascript. It's awesome. no 611 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Stimulus JS 2.0 just came out and it includes the awesome Values and CSS Classes APIs

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/stimulus-js-2 stimulus-js-2 Chris Oliver Stimulus JS 2.0 just came out and it includes the awesome Values and CSS Classes APIs Stimulus JS 2.0 just came out and it includes the awesome Values and CSS Classes APIs no 644 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to normalize all ActiveRecord attributes with a quick peak at the Rails source code.

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/normalize-all-activerecord-attributes normalize-all-activerecord-attributes Chris Oliver Learn how to normalize all ActiveRecord attributes with a quick peak at the Rails source code. Learn how to normalize all ActiveRecord attributes with a quick peak at the Rails source code. no 460 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Pagination is something we don't need until we publish a lot of blog posts. We can use the pagy gem to add page links to the bottom of our pages and handle thousands of blog posts.

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:01:06 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-add-pagination-for-blog-posts-in-rails how-to-add-pagination-for-blog-posts-in-rails Chris Oliver Pagination is something we don't need until we publish a lot of blog posts. We can use the pagy gem to add page links to the bottom of our pages an... Pagination is something we don't need until we publish a lot of blog posts. We can use the pagy gem to add page links to the bottom of our pages and handle thousands of blog posts. no 1912 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Hotwire's Turbo library intercepts forms automatically so Devise needs a few tweaks to work with it. Learn how to do that in this screencast!

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/devise-hotwire-turbo devise-hotwire-turbo Chris Oliver Hotwire's Turbo library intercepts forms automatically so Devise needs a few tweaks to work with it. Learn how to do that in this screencast! Hotwire's Turbo library intercepts forms automatically so Devise needs a few tweaks to work with it. Learn how to do that in this screencast! no 714 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ever wanted an editor and Rails environment you can use anywhere? Cloud9 is the perfect option for this and can run on an EC2 instance in your AWS account.

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/aws-cloud9-ruby-on-rails-development aws-cloud9-ruby-on-rails-development Chris Oliver Ever wanted an editor and Rails environment you can use anywhere? Cloud9 is the perfect option for this and can run on an EC2 instance in your AWS ... Ever wanted an editor and Rails environment you can use anywhere? Cloud9 is the perfect option for this and can run on an EC2 instance in your AWS account. no 747 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Bundler 2.4.19 introduces a new "file:" option for specifying the Ruby version file. This makes it easy for you to have a single point of truth for your Ruby version file.

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:51:24 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/bundler-ruby-version-file bundler-ruby-version-file Chris Oliver Bundler 2.4.19 introduces a new "file:" option for specifying the Ruby version file. This makes it easy for you to have a single point of truth for... Bundler 2.4.19 introduces a new "file:" option for specifying the Ruby version file. This makes it easy for you to have a single point of truth for your Ruby version file. no 244 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Why might you want to use Ember as a frontend for your Rails app

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/why-ember why-ember Chris Oliver Why might you want to use Ember as a frontend for your Rails app Why might you want to use Ember as a frontend for your Rails app no 334 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Omniauth And omniauth-twitter to let your users authorize and connect to the Twitter API using their Twitter account with your Rails app

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:28:47 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/omniauth-twitter-sign-in omniauth-twitter-sign-in Chris Oliver Learn how to use Omniauth And omniauth-twitter to let your users authorize and connect to the Twitter API using their Twitter account with your Rai... Learn how to use Omniauth And omniauth-twitter to let your users authorize and connect to the Twitter API using their Twitter account with your Rails app no 1463 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to remove conditionals and make your code simpler and more reliable using Ruby and ActiveSupport's Array wrap methods

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-array-wrap ruby-array-wrap Chris Oliver Learn how to remove conditionals and make your code simpler and more reliable using Ruby and ActiveSupport's Array wrap methods Learn how to remove conditionals and make your code simpler and more reliable using Ruby and ActiveSupport's Array wrap methods no 500 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to build Rails app templates to save time building new applications and check out Jumpstart, the template used to build new Rails apps for GoRails episodes

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-application-templates rails-application-templates Chris Oliver Learn how to build Rails app templates to save time building new applications and check out Jumpstart, the template used to build new Rails apps fo... Learn how to build Rails app templates to save time building new applications and check out Jumpstart, the template used to build new Rails apps for GoRails episodes no 819 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this video, we will take a look at how to use a few association declaration options to build a couple of has_one associations off of a has_many association in Rails.

Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/building-has-one-from-has-many-associations building-has-one-from-has-many-associations Chris Oliver In this video, we will take a look at how to use a few association declaration options to build a couple of has_one associations off of a has_many ... In this video, we will take a look at how to use a few association declaration options to build a couple of has_one associations off of a has_many association in Rails. no 563 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Processing inbound webhooks can be tricky. In this lesson, you'll learn how receive, verify, and process webhooks in an efficient and well-organized manner.

Mon, 01 May 2023 09:54:17 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-process-inbound-webhooks-railsconf-2023 how-to-process-inbound-webhooks-railsconf-2023 Chris Oliver Processing inbound webhooks can be tricky. In this lesson, you'll learn how receive, verify, and process webhooks in an efficient and well-organize... Processing inbound webhooks can be tricky. In this lesson, you'll learn how receive, verify, and process webhooks in an efficient and well-organized manner. no 2500 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to use Rails' with_options to DRY up duplicated options across method calls and associations, including how to nest them for shared defaults.

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/with-options with-options Chris Oliver Learn how to use Rails' with_options to DRY up duplicated options across method calls and associations, including how to nest them for shared defau... Learn how to use Rails' with_options to DRY up duplicated options across method calls and associations, including how to nest them for shared defaults. no 483 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 7.2 now warns if any test runs without assertions. It helps make tests that may raise errors more explicit and less prone to mistakes.

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/tests-without-assertions-warning-rails-7-2 tests-without-assertions-warning-rails-7-2 Chris Oliver Rails 7.2 now warns if any test runs without assertions. It helps make tests that may raise errors more explicit and less prone to mistakes. Rails 7.2 now warns if any test runs without assertions. It helps make tests that may raise errors more explicit and less prone to mistakes. no 388 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

In this episode, we will be looking at pattern matching in Ruby which lets you check the structure of data and save parts of it into variables.

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/ruby-pattern-matching ruby-pattern-matching Chris Oliver In this episode, we will be looking at pattern matching in Ruby which lets you check the structure of data and save parts of it into variables. In this episode, we will be looking at pattern matching in Ruby which lets you check the structure of data and save parts of it into variables. no 961 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Mentioning Users with an @mention is a super common feature. Trix and ActionText are now part of Rails 6 which means we can very easily add support for tagging users with @mentions and other custom attachments in your applications.

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/at-mentions-with-actiontext at-mentions-with-actiontext Chris Oliver Mentioning Users with an @mention is a super common feature. Trix and ActionText are now part of Rails 6 which means we can very easily add support... Mentioning Users with an @mention is a super common feature. Trix and ActionText are now part of Rails 6 which means we can very easily add support for tagging users with @mentions and other custom attachments in your applications. no 1225 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails ships with support for using Memcached as the cache storage. Memcached is an open source, key value store that is designed primarily for caching. Out of the box it is configured to automatically expire old cache keys and can easily be scaled up with

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-caching-with-memcached rails-caching-with-memcached Chris Oliver Rails ships with support for using Memcached as the cache storage. Memcached is an open source, key value store that is designed primarily for cach... Rails ships with support for using Memcached as the cache storage. Memcached is an open source, key value store that is designed primarily for caching. Out of the box it is configured to automatically expire old cache keys and can easily be scaled up with no 754 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Web Components are a great way to encapsulate Javascript logic around an element in your HTML. We'll explore how to create Custom Elements and see how Hotwire uses them for Turbo Stream actions.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-web-components rails-web-components Chris Oliver Web Components are a great way to encapsulate Javascript logic around an element in your HTML. We'll explore how to create Custom Elements and see ... Web Components are a great way to encapsulate Javascript logic around an element in your HTML. We'll explore how to create Custom Elements and see how Hotwire uses them for Turbo Stream actions. no 953 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how Bootsnap speeds up your Ruby and Rails app boot times by preloading the load paths and caching Ruby bytecode

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/bootsnap bootsnap Chris Oliver Learn how Bootsnap speeds up your Ruby and Rails app boot times by preloading the load paths and caching Ruby bytecode Learn how Bootsnap speeds up your Ruby and Rails app boot times by preloading the load paths and caching Ruby bytecode no 490 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Enumerable provides a suite of sorting, filtering, iterating functionality to any collection class in Ruby. It's easy to implement and use, so let's see how to use it.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-enumerable-with-ruby-classes how-to-use-enumerable-with-ruby-classes Chris Oliver Enumerable provides a suite of sorting, filtering, iterating functionality to any collection class in Ruby. It's easy to implement and use, so let'... Enumerable provides a suite of sorting, filtering, iterating functionality to any collection class in Ruby. It's easy to implement and use, so let's see how to use it. no 710 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to link to the current page and add, remove, or modify params in the URL. This is handy for things like search or index pages with filters.

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-link-to-current-page-with-params rails-link-to-current-page-with-params Chris Oliver Learn how to link to the current page and add, remove, or modify params in the URL. This is handy for things like search or index pages with filters. Learn how to link to the current page and add, remove, or modify params in the URL. This is handy for things like search or index pages with filters. no 375 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Deploying to production often requires running tasks to backfill new columns and other data. The maintenance_tasks gem from Shopify does a great job of allowing you to define tasks with arguments and run them in production.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/rails-maintenance-tasks rails-maintenance-tasks Chris Oliver Deploying to production often requires running tasks to backfill new columns and other data. The maintenance_tasks gem from Shopify does a great jo... Deploying to production often requires running tasks to backfill new columns and other data. The maintenance_tasks gem from Shopify does a great job of allowing you to define tasks with arguments and run them in production. no 569 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Advanced techniques on sending emails over SMTP with local views and Mandrill's API with remote templates

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:01:13 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/sending-emails-with-mandrill sending-emails-with-mandrill Chris Oliver Advanced techniques on sending emails over SMTP with local views and Mandrill's API with remote templates Advanced techniques on sending emails over SMTP with local views and Mandrill's API with remote templates no 1931 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Over time, you'll need to upgrade the Ruby version of your Rails application. For example, a new version of Ruby was released since we started this series that fixes a couple security issues in Ruby so we'll teach you how to upgrade your Ruby version.

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:52:47 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-upgrade-ruby-versions how-to-upgrade-ruby-versions Chris Oliver Over time, you'll need to upgrade the Ruby version of your Rails application. For example, a new version of Ruby was released since we started this... Over time, you'll need to upgrade the Ruby version of your Rails application. For example, a new version of Ruby was released since we started this series that fixes a couple security issues in Ruby so we'll teach you how to upgrade your Ruby version. no 329 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Ever wanted to run your Rails app against multiple versions of Rails? You can with "dual booting" which helps you keep your stable Rails version but also test against the latest.

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/dual-boot-rails-versions dual-boot-rails-versions Chris Oliver Ever wanted to run your Rails app against multiple versions of Rails? You can with "dual booting" which helps you keep your stable Rails version bu... Ever wanted to run your Rails app against multiple versions of Rails? You can with "dual booting" which helps you keep your stable Rails version but also test against the latest. no 383 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

The Rails authentication generator is an awesome new addition with Rails 8 so let's explore how we can customize it to support user impersonation.

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-add-impersonation-to-rails-authentication-generator how-to-add-impersonation-to-rails-authentication-generator Chris Oliver The Rails authentication generator is an awesome new addition with Rails 8 so let's explore how we can customize it to support user impersonation. The Rails authentication generator is an awesome new addition with Rails 8 so let's explore how we can customize it to support user impersonation. no 970 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Streaming realtime progress to the browser is easy with ActionCable. This episode covers how we send over SSH logs in realtime inside Hatchbox.io

Wed, 23 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/realtime-ssh-logs-with-actioncable realtime-ssh-logs-with-actioncable Chris Oliver Streaming realtime progress to the browser is easy with ActionCable. This episode covers how we send over SSH logs in realtime inside Hatchbox.io Streaming realtime progress to the browser is easy with ActionCable. This episode covers how we send over SSH logs in realtime inside Hatchbox.io no 517 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Learn how to dynamically render Rails partials using standard Rails behavior and model_name.plural when needed to clean up messy if/else conditionals in your views.

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0600 https://gorails.com/episodes/dynamic-partial-rendering dynamic-partial-rendering Chris Oliver Learn how to dynamically render Rails partials using standard Rails behavior and model_name.plural when needed to clean up messy if/else conditiona... Learn how to dynamically render Rails partials using standard Rails behavior and model_name.plural when needed to clean up messy if/else conditionals in your views. no 662 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding

Rails 7.2 introduced a new rate limit feature that uses the Rails cache for preventing abuse of routes in your applications.

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0500 https://gorails.com/episodes/rate-limit-requests-rails-7-2 rate-limit-requests-rails-7-2 Chris Oliver Rails 7.2 introduced a new rate limit feature that uses the Rails cache for preventing abuse of routes in your applications. Rails 7.2 introduced a new rate limit feature that uses the Rails cache for preventing abuse of routes in your applications. no 1209 chris@gorails.com (Chris Oliver)rails,ruby,on,rails,screencasts,programming,refactoring,coding