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JavaScript is a disease! Ruby is the cure!

In a recent Ruby meetup, I called JavaScript a disease! It is true! Especially, when comparing JavaScript code to much better, more elegant, and more readable Ruby code! JavaScript looks like ugly smelly mold by comparison. Once you see it, you can never unsee it! Yahuda Katz mentioned in his keynote speech at RailsConf 2014 that by continuously building more floors for the lower levels of a building in the form of a framework and a community of open-source projects, we enable developers to start development at higher and higher levels than they would have been able to otherwise, thus helping them leapfrog earlier ways of development in ever increasing productivity! In 2024, Frontend Ruby is the next floor level that enables Ruby Software Engineers to start at a higher level of development with much higher productivity and maintainability. [more inside]

CLIApp 0.2.0 Released

I released CLIApp 0.2.0. CLIApp is a small framework to create CLI applications that take actions (=subcommands) such as Git, Docker, RubyGem, etc. In this release, help messages are printed in color.

rails-new

rails-new allows you to generate a new Rails application without having to install Ruby and the rest of the dependencies of a typical Rails app on your machine. All you need is to have Docker installed on your machine. [more inside]

How Solid Queue works under the hood

Picture this: you’re six months into a fresh Rails app that processes business-critical jobs with Solid Queue—and you deployed a bug that is wreaking havoc in thousands of jobs. How do you find them? You’ll wish you’d read our latest article from Jeffery Morhous! Learn how Solid Queue works

I really loved digging into Solid Queue!

Top 10 Most Excellent Gems to Use in Any Ruby Web Application

The Ruby ecosystem is rich with libraries to enable all sorts of useful functionality. However, at times it’s a challenge when you’re working within a broader Ruby context (aka not using Rails) to find ones which integrate well. Thankfully, there are plenty of gems which are quite solid to use no matter what architecture you choose, and in this article, I’ll share some of my favorites!

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