

The Ruby on Rails Podcast
Elise Shaffer
The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.
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Oct 11, 2018 • 15min
Episode 247: 247: Introducing Action Text for Rails 6 with Javan Makhmali
Action Text is a new framework coming to Rails 6 to make it easier to create, edit, and display rich text content within an app. Brittany invited Javan Makhmali, programmer at Basecamp, on to the show to get the scoop.
Links for this episode:Action Text on GithubTrix on GithubTrix HomepageJavan on Twitter (@javan)Javan on GithubEpisode Music: "Oxalis Triangularis" by Known Ocean

Oct 5, 2018 • 16min
Episode 246: 246: Trust Arts, Trust Rails with Patrick FitzGerald and Danielle Greaves
Brittany put her tickets aside to invite her web team at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Patrick FitzGerald (Director of eCommerce) and Danielle Greaves (Frontend Developer) on to the show. They discuss their origin stories, their team dynamics and their favorite aspects of Rails.
Links for this episode:The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Web TeamThe Pittsburgh Cultural Trust SiteQueue-itSidekiqJohnny: World's Cutest PuggleDanielle Greaves on TwitterEpisode Music: Comfort Fit - "Sorry"

Sep 27, 2018 • 26min
Episode 245: 245: How I Got My First Pull Request into Rails with Nick Schwaderer
Brittany's official debut as the host of the podcast! Brittany invites Nick Schwaderer, Ruby on Rails engineer at OceansHQ, on to the podcast to discuss meaningfully leveling up your open-source participation. They dive into Nick's first contribution to Rails core.
Links for this episode:Nick Schwaderer's BlogThe Yak Shave PodcastNick's Rails ContributionCode TriageArt of Product PodcastEpisode Music: "Bust This Bust That" by Professor KliqAdmin

May 31, 2018 • 35min
Episode 244: 244: Rails Community Survey 2018
Kyle talks with Robby and Corinne from Planet Argon about what they learned with this year's Rails Community Survey.

Apr 11, 2018 • 25min
Episode 243: 243: A Surprise Rails 5.2 Appears!
Now that Rails 5.2 is production ready, Britt gives Kyle a tour of Rails 5.2 and all it's coolest, newest, hippest, frameworkiest new features.

Apr 6, 2018 • 31min
Episode 242: 242: Let Me Get My Toolbox
This week the talented Brit talked to Christoph Olszowka about Ruby Toolbox, SimpleCov, and what's up with Ruby these days. What's in your toolbox?

Mar 3, 2018 • 30min
Episode 241: 241: Upgrading Kickstarter to Rails 5 with Logan McDonald
Logan McDonald joins Britt to discuss upgrading Kickstarter's main applications to Rails 5. They discuss the steps they took and lessons learned from the upgrade. If you're still riding Rails 4, this episode is definitely for you.

Feb 1, 2018 • 33min
Episode 240: 240: Rails is Stimulating
Coming back from hiatus, let's catch-up with Rails 5.1 & 5.2, the best parts of Rails in 2017, and the newest Javascript framework release of Stimulus.
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Nov 27, 2017 • 38min
Episode 239: 239: When You Type I Type We Type: Part 2
This week, Kyle has Jason Rudolph from GitHub's Atom team talking about Teletype, the new real-time collaboration package for Atom. This is part two of a two part episode.
Brought to you by:
Digital Ocean (Get started today with a free 2 month trial of Spaces by going to do.co/ruby).
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Nov 25, 2017 • 27min
Episode 238: 238: When I Type You Type We Type
This week, Kyle has Jason Rudolph from GitHub's Atom team talking about Teletype, the new real-time collaboration package for Atom. This is part one of a two part episode.
Brought to you by:
Digital Ocean (Get started today with a free 2 month trial of Spaces by going to do.co/ruby).
HelloFresh (For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter promo code RAILS30).


