Ruby on Racetracks Tutorial: Adding User Profile Pictures

Prerequisites

• Docker should be installed. This is covered in the Docker Tutorial.
• You should have one of my rails-general Docker images installed. This is covered in the Docker Tutorial.
• You should be familiar with the process of creating a new Rails app. This is covered in the GenericApp Tutorial.

What's the point?

This document shows how to give users the option of adding a profile picture.

Why isn't this provided by GenericApp?

Not all apps require this feature. Storing the profile pictures uses up disk space, which may be an issue if your app has a sufficiently large number of apps or if your production environment (such as a free Heroku account) gives you only a small amount of disk space. Storing profile pictures in the cloud is an option, but the free deal from AWS expires after a year.