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Rails on Containers

Rails on Containers

Introduction

This series covers how to build and containerize a Ruby on Rails application. It walks through common development tasks – adding nested resources, a JavaScript framework (Stimulus.js), Bootstrap stylings, and Sidekiq and Redis to handle background jobs – before moving on to showing you how to containerize a Rails application for development.

Tutorials in series

Tutorial

How To Build a Ruby on Rails Application

  • August 21, 2019
  • 19 min read

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Tutorial

How To Create Nested Resources for a Ruby on Rails Application

  • August 29, 2019
  • 23 min read

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Tutorial

How To Add Stimulus to a Ruby on Rails Application

  • October 1, 2019
  • 28 min read

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Tutorial

How To Add Bootstrap to a Ruby on Rails Application

  • November 6, 2019
  • 17 min read

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Tutorial

How To Add Sidekiq and Redis to a Ruby on Rails Application

  • November 23, 2019
  • 18 min read

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Tutorial

Containerizing a Ruby on Rails Application for Development with Docker Compose

  • December 27, 2019
  • 25 min read

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Tutorial

How To Migrate a Docker Compose Workflow for Rails Development to Kubernetes

  • December 19, 2020
  • 27 min read

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