This book connects the parts that turn a Rails app into a paid product: accounts, background jobs, email, Stripe subscriptions, webhooks, real-time UI, and deployment. Follow it front to back for a complete build, or use it as a practical guide to modern Rails 8 systems.
Across 14 chapters you'll build a Daily Standup app with teams, paid plans, real-time updates, and third-party integrations. Every chapter adds to the same finished codebase, so you can follow the build in order or inspect the completed application.
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The book follows one app from the first Rails commands through billing and deployment. The material is organized into four practical stages.
Set up Rails 8, testing, CI, TailwindCSS, Turbo, authentication, and the data model that supports the rest of the product.
Move business logic into maintainable objects, run work in the background, send and receive email, and build real-time interactions with Hotwire.
Add Stripe subscriptions, plan limits, billing webhooks, GitHub OAuth, API access, application events, and analytics.
Work through common performance problems, caching, pagination, deployment options, encryption, error reporting, and deeper Solid Queue patterns.
The finished Rails 8 edition is available now at launch pricing. Both options include the complete book and source code for the finished app. The launch discount will not be permanent.
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Ready now: The Rails 8 edition and its accompanying source code are complete.
Basic Ruby familiarity helps. If Rails is newer to you, the opening chapters cover conventions, your first app, testing, and setup before moving into the SaaS systems. If you already use Rails, you can move quickly into the architecture, billing, integrations, performance, and deployment chapters.
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You can find it at Build a SaaS App in Rails 7. It is also included with the Complete Package.
Email me at rob@succinctsoftwarellc.com.