README

This Ruby on Rails app is inspired by (the popular?) Build a Twitter clone in 10 minutes with Rails, CableReady, and StimulusReflex by @hopsoft. Where @hopsoft used Rails 6.x, CableReady, and StimulusReflex to build a Twitter clone, here I used Rails 8.x and Hotwire instead. The key take away between this comparison is two-fold:

1. Since Rails 6.x, in Rails 8.x+ you can more intuitively build a Twitter clone app with Hotwire
2. and probably more importantly, you can build the same exact app using different tools (CableReady + StimulusReflex vs Hotwire)

Architecture

This app uses the Solid Stack - Rails 8.1's Redis-free architecture:

• Solid Cache - SQLite-based cache store (replaces Redis)
• Solid Cable - SQLite-based Action Cable (replaces Redis)
• Solid Queue - SQLite-based job queue (replaces Redis)

No external services required - just SQLite.

Setup

Steps necessary to get the application up and running:

• Ruby version: see Gemfile

• System dependencies: none (uses SQLite, no Redis required)

• Database creation: rails db:create

• Database initialization: rails db:migrate

• Start the server: bin/dev (requires foreman/procfile) or bin/rails server

• Start Solid Queue worker (for background jobs): bin/jobs

• Start Solid Cable (for real-time features): configured automatically in development via async adapter

Testing

• Run tests: rails test
• Run system tests (requires Chrome): rails test:system