Simple Declarative Presence for Hotwire apps with AnyCable—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

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Learn how to seamlessly integrate online presence tracking into a Rails application powered by Hotwire and AnyCableIf Margaret had a more transparent line of communication, “Are you there?” would have been an unnecessary question, and we’d never have gotten a classic book. Likewise, for application users, looking at the online status indicator should be enough. Now think about your own users: could they be having a similar sense of disconnect? If “yes” is a possible answer here, continue reading to learn how to seamlessly add presence tracking functionality, with just a handful of HTML, powered by Hotwire and AnyCable. In this post, we’ll show you how to implement user presence tracking in a Hotwire application with minimal effort by using AnyCable and its new primitives.
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