Integrating a background job service [Video]

In this episode, you’ll learn how to integrate a background job service using Sidekiq and Active Job.

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### Presenter
CJ Avilla – Software Engineer – https://twitter.com/cjav_dev

### Table of contents
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Active Job and Sidekiq installation and basics
03:56 Initializing a Redis server
04:26 Queuing and running jobs
06:15 Conclusion

### Resources
Stripe Connect docs: https://stripe.com/docs/connect
Stripe Connect guide: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/explore-connect-guide
Sidekiq: https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq
Tailwind UI: https://tailwindui.com/
Stripe Checkout: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout
Stripe Customer Portal: https://stripe.com/docs/customer-management/integrate-customer-portal
Checkout 101 video series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy1nL-pvL2M5cO2i3lSYtwyqZh3EeGR9L
Checkout playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy1nL-pvL2M4bDg02XQr_Y68h4um-vLk3

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