RailsConf workshop recording and Ruby Friends v1.2
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Hey everyone, how’s your week going?
Last night we took the boys to dinner at a local family-friendly brewery. And it was glorious.
Why don’t more places like this exist?! Crayons, french fries, a play area, beer… it’s a busy parent’s dream!
RailsConf workshop recording
If you missed my Hotwire Native workshop at RailsConf then don’t fret, the recording is now on YouTube. When you finish working through it then hit reply and show me what you built!
Ruby Central also uploaded recordings of the rest of the talks and workshops. I’m excited to catch up on these talks that I missed while in Philadelphia:
- Validating non-model classes with…ActiveModel? by Andy Andrea
- Cache = Cash! 2.0 by Stefan Wintermeyer
- An ActiveRecord Rewrite: the Story Behind the Attributes API by Tess Griffin
When I got back from the conference, I finally recorded a Hotwire Native video I’d been excited to make for a while.
Add a native button to your Hotwire Native app
This 5 minute tutorial walks you through how to copy and paste a ready-made bridge component from my open-source library. No Swift or Kotlin required!
I’m thinking about doing a short video like this for each component. Would that be helpful?
Speaking of bridge components, I used the Barcode Scanner and Notification Token components for the latest iOS release of Ruby Friends!
Ruby Friends v1.2
Ruby Friends, a fun little app to help you keep in touch with folks you meet at conferences, just hit v1.2 on iOS.
This release includes a ton of new native features:
- QR code scanning with a native bridge component
- Push notifications when someone adds you as a friend
- Universal Links to jump into the app from emails and messages
- Apple Wallet support with Add to Wallet integration
- Mastodon profile links
I’m also working on an NFC integration. This would enable tapping a NFC tag and deep linking right to a profile… even if the app isn’t running! I have a proof-of-concept working and just need to iron out some bugs.
There’s probably a generic component that I can extract from this and add to my bridge component library, too.
Want to give it a try? Hit reply and I’ll add you to the TestFlight group.
Until next time, folks!