Fast UIs need to feel like a lot is happening, even if that’s in the background and out of site of your user. On a mobile app, usually that means moving network calls outside the “main thread” and into a background thread that calls back. On websites, it means making every request back to the Continue reading “Displaying Progress in a Long Running Background Job using HOTWire”
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Adding Loading Screen with Turbo
One great aspect of Turbo frames is lazy loading. You can use this behavior to quickly load in the shell of a UI, and then lazy load all the data. Adding an animating loading status will help give the feeling of immediacy and “a lot of work is happening in the background” without the frustration Continue reading “Adding Loading Screen with Turbo”
Interactive HOTWire Notifications with Turbo Streams
Rails’ use of flash messages is a great way to provide context for customer actions. If they delete an object, flashing a notice that the delete action succeeded, or perhaps failed, gives them more context to make the next decision. With HOTWire’s asynchronous nature, you don’t get those notifications in the same way, especially if Continue reading “Interactive HOTWire Notifications with Turbo Streams”
Stimulus.js & HOTWire Tutorial: Interactive Deletes
Interactive websites have that feeling of immediacy. Clicked links respond in milliseconds, and there is never a need to wait… Waiting for a remote record to delete, and then the whole page refresh afterwards can feel like an eternity in web’s modernity.
Interactive HOTWired paginated deletes
When you have a lot of records, it makes sense to paginate the table. That way, instead of loading thousands of records, you can load a subset, with better performance, and allow your user to move through the pages as leisure. It’s also better for usability, because it’s easier to go back to a particular Continue reading “Interactive HOTWired paginated deletes”