Rails 5, Turbolinks 3, and the future of View-Over-the-Wire
summary
Claims that Rails 5 with Turbolinks (Turbolinks 3) can deliver sub-100ms UI by sending HTML over the wire instead of moving logic to client JavaScript, and demonstrates this with a To‑Do MVC rebuild plus Chrome timeline traces showing scripting/rendering drops. Features exercised include partial replacement and a progress‑bar API; techniques include aggressive caching, avoiding redirects for post/create flows, and profiling with Rack Mini Profiler and Chrome timeline on Heroku to hit the latency targets.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to Turbo links
- 1:14Defining web performance
- 2:30Analyzing slow application load
- 3:41Optimizing server response
- 5:02View over the wire
- 6:26Performance benefits
- 7:36Demo and real-world apps
- 9:38Turbo links 3 features
- 10:24Tools for measuring speed
- 12:29Conclusion and alternatives
