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  1. Switching from ENV files to Rails Credentials

    A little bit of my struggles with ENV files throughout the years, and hopefully a better solution.

    Marina Joranhezon
    March 29, 2022
    • Configuration
    • Rails
    • Security
  2. Rails Server Side Analytics From Scratch

    Learn how to track user events without sacrificing privacy and performance.

    Steve Polito
    March 28, 2022
    • Rails
    • Analytics
    • Web
  3. Hotwire: Turbo-Streaming ViewComponents

    Learn how to Turbo-Stream ViewComponents by building a message board.

    Connor McQuillan
    February 8, 2022
    • Hotwire
    • Turbo
    • ViewComponent
    • Rails
  4. Dynamic forms with Turbo

    Fetch fresh fields from your servers with Turbo Frames.

    Sean Doyle
    February 2, 2022
    • Turbo
    • Rails
    • Stimulus
    • Hotwire
    • Web
  5. Dynamic forms with Stimulus

    Progressively enhance your server-generated forms with Stimulus.

    Sean Doyle
    February 1, 2022
    • Stimulus
    • Rails
    • Hotwire
    • Web
  6. Hotwire: Asynchronously loaded tooltips

    Learn how to effectively render tooltips in Rails without writing any JavaScript.

    Steve Polito
    January 26, 2022
    • Hotwire
    • Rails
    • Turbo
    • CSS
  7. A Standard Way to Lint your Views

    Find out how to use erb-lint to lint your views, including using Standard to lint the Ruby code they contain.

    Connor McQuillan
    December 6, 2021
    • ERB Lint
    • Standard
    • Rubocop
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  8. Integration Testing with Capybara

    Blend the speed of Rack::Test-driven Integration Tests with the power and utility of Capybara finders and assertions.

    Sean Doyle
    November 3, 2021
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • HTTP
    • HTML
  9. Rubocop: Custom Cops for Custom Needs

    Parsers, grepping, ASCII art, and how that helps you automating boring stuff.

    Matheus Richard
    October 5, 2021
    • Rubocop
    • Linters
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  10. Hotwire: Typeahead searching

    Build a search-as-you-type text box with Turbo, Stimulus, and Rails.

    Sean Doyle
    September 17, 2021
    • Hotwire
    • Rails
    • Turbo
    • Stimulus
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