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Record Audio to Active Storage

#269 Nov 22, 2020 pro

Learn how to use the MediaRecorder API and StimulusJS for uploading and storing audio files to Active Storage.

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Tracking Javascript Errors

#268 Nov 15, 2020 pro

Tracking errors on our server side is important, but we often forget about our client side errors. These can often be even more difficult to troubleshoot as there are many more variables at play. In this episode, we look at tracking the Javascript errors so that we can be notified of any issues our users experience.

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Organizing Stimulus Controllers

#267 Nov 8, 2020 pro

StimulusJS is great and works great with Ruby on Rails. However, through developer habits, we can complicate our controllers and make them hard to manage. In this episode, we look at making our Stimulus controllers more manageable.

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Deferred Content Loading

#265 Oct 25, 2020 pro

Learn to load slow content in the background so that your application still responds quickly while the heavy calculations are being done. Give quick responsiveness and optional polling to partials.

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Database Encoding

#264 Oct 18, 2020 pro

In this episode, we look at the encoding and some problems that an older Ruby on Rails application may face when it comes to storing emojis and how to fix them.

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StimulusJS, Active Storage and DropzoneJS

#263 Oct 11, 2020 pro

DropzoneJS is an open source library that provides drag’n’drop file uploads with image previews. It's lightweight, highly customizable and doesn't have any dependencies.

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Testing Stripe Payments

#261 Sep 27, 2020 pro

Continuing from the previous episode, we add testing to the Stripe Payments without adding any additional dependencies.

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Stripe Payments

#260 Sep 20, 2020 pro

The past tutorials look at creating subscriptions with Stripe, but in this episode, we look at using Stripe for a cart-like checkout system where nonrecurring orders can be placed.

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PostgreSQL Hstore

#259 Sep 13, 2020 pro

The hstore data type is very useful in many cases, such as semi-structured data or rows with many attributes.

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Using CloudFlare CDN

#257 Aug 30, 2020 pro

A look at serving the static assets within your Ruby on Rails application with the CloudFlare CDN. A broad look at the different configuration options and setting it up to serve image, javascript, HTML, and CSS assets.

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