Too Long; Didn't Read
There is currently no convenient or “<a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/natural" target="_blank">natural</a>” way to transfer information directly from the backend to your views in <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ruby" target="_blank">Ruby</a> on Rails. This is particularly inconvenient when trying to transfer information about the progress of a long running process within the backend (such as the processing of an image). It is possible to simply use JavaScript to make XHR/fetch requests every couple of seconds/minutes to request updated information, but it is more of a workaround than an actual solution.