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Sign in with Apple

#297 May 23, 2021 pro

Setting up "Sign in with Apple" can be confusing and complicated if you never dealt with Omniauth or with Apple's developer account. In this episode, we look at navigating through the Apple Developer account and setting up Omniauth to implement the Sign in with Apple.

authentication rails omniauth

Two-Way SMS Conversation

#296 May 16, 2021 pro

Sending or responding with a SMS text message isn't too difficult. The complexity comes in when a conversation is required in a linear style of communication. In this episode, we look at creating a SMS bot which generates a session and tracks the conversation.

rails sms poro twilio

Gathering Questionnaire Responses

#295 May 9, 2021 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we look at fixing nested forms when used inside of nested forms as well as gathering responses from the questionnaires.

form rails stimulusjs

Testing View Components

#293 Apr 25, 2021 pro

View Components allow testing the rendered views much easier.

rails test view component

Sessions

#292 Apr 18, 2021 pro

In Rails apps, by default, browsers will use cookies to store session data. In this episode, we look at the default browser cookie and alternative approaches to storing the session data.

rails session

Form Wizards from Scratch

#291 Apr 11, 2021 pro

Learn how to make form wizards without any external dependencies. This will allow you to have a simple extendable workflow and optionally to take advantage of Hotwire to create a seamless experience.

form hotwire rails

Gem in a Box

#289 Mar 28, 2021 pro

There's many benefits to running your own cache and proxy for Ruby gems. In this episode, we look at provisioning, configuring our system and projects to use a Gem in a Box instance.

gem rails ruby

Hotwire & ViewComponents

#288 Mar 21, 2021 pro

In this episode, we look into adding ViewComponent and Hotwire into our Rails application. With this powerful combination, we can create highly interactive applications with ease.

hotwire rails view component turbo

Bootstrap v5

#287 Mar 14, 2021 pro

We look at 4 different ways to add Bootstrap v5 to our Rails application. Depending on your application's direction, you may choose the appropriate route; Webpacker, the Bootstrap gem, CDN or Hotwire + yarn.

css rails webpacker hotwire

Deploying to Amazon Linux 2

#285 Feb 28, 2021 pro

I recently upgraded Drifting Ruby's site from Ruby 2.6 to Ruby 2.7 as part of some general maintenance. The Beanstalk instance was using an older version of Amazon Linux. During the upgrade process, I discovered that it wasn't a simple transition. In this episode, we look at the discovery path and how to successfully deploy your Ruby on Rails application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Amazon Linux 2 and Ruby 2.7.

aws deployment production rails

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