Tutorial series

Rails Intermediate

5 tutorials — follow in order for the best learning path.

1. Rails Middleware: Request and Response Stack

   Understanding Rails middleware helps you inspect the request stack, build custom middleware, and decide when to use it for request and response processing.

   12 min read · intermediate
2. ActiveJob and Sidekiq: background jobs in Rails

   Learn ActiveJob and Sidekiq in Rails: create background jobs, configure queues, monitor workers, handle retries, and keep web requests fast with Redis.

   12 min read · intermediate
3. ActionCable WebSockets in Rails

   Learn ActionCable WebSockets in Rails, from setup and channels to broadcasting, authorization, testing, and production tips.

   15 min read · intermediate
4. Building APIs with Rails API Mode

   Learn how building APIs with Rails API Mode creates lightweight, focused JSON backends. Covers API-only apps, serializers, authentication, error handling,.

   10 min read · intermediate
5. Rails Concerns and Service Objects

   Learn how to use Rails Concerns for modularizing models and Service Objects for organizing business logic in Rails applications.

   12 min read · intermediate