Articles

Improve your UI and UX of your Rails apps with the articles focusing on Tailwind CSS, ViewComponent and Hotwire.

  1. Introducing Rails Stats
  2. Use cases for Turbo's Custom Events
  3. How to order attributes on HTML elements
  4. The Best of 2024 from Rails Designer (number 1 won't surprise you 🤪)
  5. Use Tailwind CSS with Your Rails Forms
  6. Introducing Rails UI Audit
  7. Announcing Stimulus FX
  8. Rails Icons 1.0.0 is here
  9. Simple accordion without JavaScript
  10. Advanced Stimulus: Custom Action Options
  11. Why Disconnect in Stimulus Controllers
  12. Stimulus Features You (Didn't) Know
  13. Spacer Components introduced in ViewComponent 3.20
  14. Inline Unsupported Browser Warning (using Rails 7.2 feature)
  15. Inheritance with Stimulus Controller
  16. Don't expose primary id's with Rails' dom_id
  17. Announcing: Build a SaaS with Ruby on Rails
  18. Rails' Partial Features You (didn't) Know
  19. Mathematical and Optically alignment in (visual/UI) design
  20. Store UI State in localStorage with Stimulus
  21. Use Action Cable with Your Main PostgreSQL Database
  22. Hotwire and Stimulus Tools You Need to Know
  23. Basic Autocomplete Without JavaScript using Datalist
  24. Tailwind CSS Patterns
  25. Broadcast Turbo Streams without Redis
  26. New: Rails Development Tool
  27. How do Turbo Streams Work (behind the scenes)
  28. Changing CSS as You Scroll with Stimulus
  29. Announcing JavaScript for Rails Developers
  30. Rails UI Components Library Tips and Tricks
  31. Smooth Transitions with Turbo Streams
  32. S3 Alternatives for Rails' ActiveStorage
  33. ActiveStorage Direct Upload with Stimulus
  34. RailsDesigners.com, Elite Ruby on Rails Product Engineers & UI Designers
  35. Drag & Drop Images with Preview using Stimulus Outlets
  36. Conditionally Style Turbo Frame Content
  37. Fix Any CSS Z-index Issue With This One Trick
  38. Create a Resizable Navigation with Stimulus
  39. Connected and Disconnected Target Callbacks with Stimulus
  40. Building Nested Forms in Rails with Stimulus
  41. Refactor Stimulus.js Controllers to Use Change Callbacks
  42. Launch a Turbo Modal with URL Params Using Stimulus
  43. Tidy up your Rails code with `inquiry`
  44. Better Inline Validation for Rails Forms (with ViewComponent or partials)
  45. Introducing: Beautiful Layouts for Your Rails App
  46. When to Use call, erb_template, or html.erb in Rails ViewComponents?
  47. Nested Forms With Turbo (without dependencies)
  48. Nested Layouts with Ruby on Rails
  49. Preview an Image Before Upload with Hotwire/Stimulus
  50. New Rails Designer Tool: beautiful Tailwind CSS gradients
  51. From Partials (and Helpers) to Embracing ViewComponent in Rails
  52. Use CSS' `only-child` instead of `if/else` logic
  53. Inline Save and Add Another with Rails and Hotwire
  54. 5 UI Components Libraries for Ruby on Rails (in 2024)
  55. Add a “X is writing…” with Rails and Turbo
  56. Create a String to Color Helper with Ruby
  57. Rails Designer V1 is here!
  58. Add a custom Tailwind CSS class for reusability and speed
  59. UI Design Tips Using Tailwind CSS for Developers
  60. When to use `link_to` and `button_to` in Rails
  61. How to add “Save and add another” feature to Rails apps
  62. How to Create an Undo Action with Rails
  63. How Layouts Work in Rails
  64. How to disable Rails Form's `.field_with_errors`
  65. Update a Progress Bar using Turbo Streams (using Custom Actions)
  66. PayPal is Now Accepted
  67. Lesser Known Rails Helpers to Write Cleaner View Code
  68. Communicating between Stimulus Controllers using Outlets API
  69. Customize the Turbo Progress Bar
  70. Inline SVG Icons in Your Rails App
  71. Custom Confirm Dialog For Turbo and Rails
  72. Simple Preferences to Any Resource for Rails
  73. How to Create a Stimulus Toggle Class Controller
  74. How to Add Disabled State to Buttons with Turbo & Tailwind CSS
  75. New in Rails Designer: the Command Menu Component
  76. How to Work with Forms inside Forms in Rails
  77. Hidden Gems of Tailwind CSS
  78. ViewComponent over Turbo Stream Broadcasts
  79. Hello 100 Rails Designers!
  80. Introducing Rails Icons: One Gem to Rule Them All
  81. Guide to Slots in Rails' ViewComponent
  82. Easy Peasy Form Validation Errors with Rails Turbo Frames (modals)
  83. Data-Attributes Magic with Tailwind CSS & Stimulus
  84. How to Toggle Multiple CSS Classes with Stimulus
  85. How to Properly Structure Stimulus Controller
  86. Make Your Rails App Future Proof: Move From React to Hotwire
  87. Custom Meta Titles in Rails Apps: A Quick Guide
  88. How to implement and customize Rails Flash Messages (notifications)
  89. Why choose ViewComponent over Rails partials
  90. Conditionally Add CSS Classes in Your Stimulus Controllers
  91. Conditionally Add CSS Classes to Your Views and Components
  92. How to add a skeleton UI to Rails with Turbo
  93. How to add Hotkeys to your Rails App with Stimulus
  94. Favicons in Rails Apps (updated for 2025)
  95. The missing UI Components Library for Rails: Introducing Rails Designer
  96. Missing Styles from Tailwind CSS in ViewComponent?
  97. How to create Modals with Rails and Hotwire (and Tailwind CSS)
  98. Quicktips for ViewComponent with Tailwind CSS/Hotwire