Week 28 - RailsConf 2024 videos, managing connection avalanches, and more!
This edition of Hotwire Weekly the new RailsConf 2024 talk recordings, covers tips for connection avalanches, Hotwire courses, and new library releases.
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Welcome to the another issue of Hotwire Weekly! This edition covers the latest Hotwire articles and videos.
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📚 Articles, Tutorials, and Videos
Connection avalanche safety tips and prepping for real-time applications - Vladimir Dementyev published a post on the Evil Martians blog offering essential tips for managing connection avalanches in real-time applications, covering strategies from operational practices to client-side and server-side solutions.
Swapping out a model div with Turbo Streams and Stimulus - Justin Searls demonstrates how to dynamically update a model div using Turbo Streams and Stimulus in Rails.
Turbo Frames versus Turbo Streams: What’s the difference? - Andy Leverenz published a blog post and video explaining the differences between Turbo Frames and Turbo Streams.
Better Stimulus got a new look - Julian Rubisch did an overhaul on the best practices Stimulus resource. The source-code for the project is also available on GitHub if you want to contribute other best practices.
Upcoming Course: Hello Hotwire - Andy Leverenz is building a new "freemium" course on Hotwire. Sign up on hellohotwire.com to master the art of Hotwire & Ruby on Rails with free step-by-step modules and premium build-alongs.
Rails Designer hit v1.0.0 - The Rails Designer Tailwind CSS Component library built using Hotwire hit version 1.0.0. Check out the changelog for all the details.
Recording: Progressive Web Apps with Ruby on Rails - Avi Flombaum's talk on building PWAs with Rails from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
Recording: Insights Gained from Developing a Hybrid Application Using Turbo Native and Strada - John Pollard's talk on Turbo Native and Strada from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
Recording: Dungeons & Dragons & Rails - Joël Quenneville's talk on a Dungeons & Dragons game built using Hotwire from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
Recording: Revisiting the Hotwire Landscape after Turbo 8 - Marco Roth's talk on the Hotwire ecoystem from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
Recording: Startups on Rails in 2024 - Irina Nazarova's keynote on startups built on Ruby on Rails and the top 5 missing pieces in Rails from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
Recording: Opening Conference Keynote - Nadia Odunayo's keynote on scaling a startup to two million users using simple tech like Rails and Hotwire from RailsConf 2024 is now available on YouTube.
🧰 Libraries and Tools
requestjs-rails - A thin Rails-aware wrapper around the native fetch() API for Rails.
🎉 Releases
node-turbo v1.1.1 - Turbo helper library for Node.js.
stimulus-parser v0.2.1 - Statically analyze Stimulus controllers in your project.
futurism v1.4.2 - Lazy-load Rails partials via CableReady.
shakapacker v8.0.1 - Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails.
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