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Custom Error Pages with Slack Notification

#91 Jul 30, 2017 free

Learn to use custom error pages to provide a similar look to your application. Get notified on Slack as errors occur to act on them before they're reported.

rails api error background processing

Benchmarking and Refactoring the content_for View Helper

#90 Jul 23, 2017 free

In a recent blog post, we looked into the content_for view helper to render breadcrumbs. Once we got the feature working, it's time to refactor the feature to lower technical debt.

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Creating Custom Ruby on Rails Generators

#89 Jul 16, 2017 free

Simplify your workflow by using custom generators to streamline the creation of files and templates that you use often.

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Virtual Columns with JSON Data Types

#88 Jul 9, 2017 free

Continuing from Episode #87, we take a deeper dive into virtual columns in Rails 5.1 and use them to parse JSON Data Types with adding indexes to the virtual column.

rails database json

Virtual Columns in MySQL

#87 Jul 2, 2017 free

In Ruby on Rails 5.1.0, generated virtual column support was added for MySQL and MariaDB. Using generated and stored columns can leverage heavy calculations to the SQL side.

rails database

Plotting Points on a Map from Scratch

#86 Jun 25, 2017 free

Using the Google Maps Javascript API, learn how to plot markers onto a map. Load markers and info windows through AJAX calls to your Rails JSON API.

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Working with Subdomains

#85 Jun 18, 2017 free

Learn to create a multi-tenant application where access to tenants are determined by the subdomain.

rails multitenancy

Geocoding, Places and Maps

#84 Jun 11, 2017 free

Using the Geocoder gem and Google APIs, learn how to add some geolocation functionality to your application.

rails javascript api maps

Autocomplete with HTML Results

#83 Jun 4, 2017 free

Working with an autocomplete can be very simple. However, things get complicated when you try to use HTML markup in the displayed results. Learn how to use HTML markup within your autocomplete results!

rails view form javascript

DataTables

#82 May 29, 2017 free

The DataTables Javascript library creates a powerful display of your application's data. Some of the features include pagination, server side processing, sorting and search.

rails javascript tables view

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