Dungeons & Dragons & Rails

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" summary

Builds a fully interactive Dungeons & Dragons character sheet implemented in Rails using Turbo instead of React, demonstrating how to handle real‑time edits, nested attributes, and validation without a front‑end framework. Shows code structure, database schema for characters, inventory and spells, and the controller and partials that make live updates work. Reports performance numbers and a working demo with concurrent edits handled via optimistic locking.

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" chapters (5)

1. 0:00Welcome to Dungeons & Dragons and Rails
2. 11:01Rails-based D&D concept
3. 21:45Game mechanics in Rails
4. 32:27Key lessons
5. 35:05Q&A

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