Yaroslav Shmarov articles - 34 total
TailwindCSS on Rails: Minimize Collapsible Sidebar
A ruby friend named Daniel emailed me a request for this feature: Here’s my solution,...
Embedded Stripe Checkout
😖 I really dislike Stripe Elements: you have to build and style the checkout form yourself. 🤩...
Manage active sessions in Rails 2024
Ok, so sometimes to enchance security of your application you will want to allow users to see all the...
Turbo 8 Prefetch (InstantClick)
Inspired by instaclick.io, instaclick has been added as a default behaviour in Turbo 8. InstantClick...
Generate PDF with Ferrum (headless Chrome API)
Thanks to URLBOX for sponsoring this blogpost! Convert URL to PNG/PDF with UrlBox screenshot API....
Send SMS with Twilio in Rails
Over the years SMS has become a much less important way of communication , but it can still be useful...
Live Visit Count for website or page. ActionCable, Turbo Broadcasts, Kredis
It’s amazing that now you can add advanced javascript/websockets features like “Live visitor count”...
Omniauth without Devise
Previously I’ve covered Github omniauth with Devise, and Github omniauth with Devise without email...
How to use the Browser Geolocation API with StimulusJS and Rails
Task: get users coordinates from browser, redirect to page with coordinates in params: To request...
gem MapkickJS for beautiful JavaScript maps with one line of Ruby
MapkickJS is a javascript adapter to display coordinates on Mapbox maps. It requires a Mapbox API...
gem Geocoder - calculate coordinates, distances, search nearby
Geocoder gem allows you to preform different operations with coordinates. Useful usage...
Parse a YML/YAML file in a Ruby on Rails app
Instead of storing static data a database, you can create a structured YML or JSON file and parse it...
How to Parse JSON with Ruby on Rails
JSON is possibly the most popular format for sharing data via API. Sometimes you just have a JSON...
Export from database table to Excel Workbook. Level 1
Use the gem caxlsx to download and format data into XLSX. XLS - proprietary Microsoft Excel...
Rails enums - different approaches
Enums are a Rails feature, not a Ruby feature. good - we get validations for available options, can...
Stimulus Read More - Correct approach
I did not find an easy Stimulus solution to this, so here is mine. Works. Easy. quite Light....
Generate PDF with gem wicked_pdf
Mission: Turn any rails view into PDF. BEFORE AFTER Video...
TLDR - Basic search field with Ruby on Rails
MISSION: field to search for user email that contains characters....
Install Bootstrap 5 with Ruby on Rails 6+. Replace Bootstrap 4.
console yarn add bootstrap yarn add @popperjs/core Enter fullscreen mode Exit...
Ruby on Rails 6: Disappearing flash messages with toastr
Source library: https://github.com/CodeSeven/toastr Installation: console: yarn add...
install gem invisible_captcha with devise
You need a captcha tool in your app. Why? For fewer bot sign-ups! You don't need Google Recaptcha...
TLDR: counter_cache - field to count how many children a records has
conter_cache in Ruby on Rails the easy way
TLDR: Button to update status attribute of a table
Mission: add buttons to change the status of a task HOWTO: migration - add...
Polymorphysm 101. Part 1 of 3. Polymorphyc Comments.
My current best approach for creating polymorphic child records based on the best bits from all other...
Ruby on Rails: Embed Youtube videos with ActionText: TLDR
Final result: app/views/youtubes/_thumbnail.html.erb <div> <%= image_tag y...
How to copy Heroku production database into development environment?
Sometimes you want to run a copy of your production database in development. It can be really...
How to Install FontAwesome with Yarn and Webpacker in Rails 6?
1. console: yarn add @fortawesome/fontawesome-free Enter fullscreen mode ...
How to Embed Youtube videos with ActionText? TLDR
Final result: Here's what you need to...
How to install Bootstrap in Rails 6 (with Yarn and Webpacker)
"Quick guide to installing Bootstrap correctly.
Ruby on Rails 6 Credentials: Quick guide
How to use Credentials in Rails 6