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This Week in Rails - 2022-08-12
Video coverage of the This Week in Rails newsletter
Secure sensitive data for Ruby on Rails applications
Secure your apps! Protect sensitive data! Easy to say, harder to find solid answers on all the bits and pieces you need to adjust to make sure that happens. That’s why we’ve put together this list of practical advice for securing your Ruby on Rails applications. [more inside]
Protect Ruby on Rails applications against DoS and bots
https://www.basesecrete.com/active_hashcash.html : Securing a web application is not trivial. Every feature and especially public exposed forms are potential security breaches. Any breach will eventually be exploited, even on small applications. For a long time, we have been looking for the best way to protect login and registration forms against brute force attacks and spam bots, often using a combination of techniques.
The Third Gosu Game Jam kicks off in just a few days on August 14th
Cast your votes to determine the theme and join the jam on itch.io
profilepic gem v0.1.4 - profile pic(ture) as a service library & command line tool
Hello, I updated the profilepic gem - the profile pic(ture) as a service library that includes more than fifteen image generators with built-in spritesheets, an “out-of-the-box” command line tool (& web service/server) and more. What’s new in v0.1.4? The latest profilepic version includes the world’s 1st historic free open-source public domain (no rights reserved) spritesheet-powered design your own Matt & John’s® Ye Olde’ Punk (Anno 2017) wizard and much more. PS: Have your say! Claim a free day! - Ruby Digital Identity & Metaverse Week 2022 Upcoming (SOON!), September 5th to September 11st - 7 Days of Ruby (Profile Picture & Avatar Character Generation) Gems. Yes, I am extending the deadline (again) for three weeks.
From byebug to ruby/debug
Switching to a new debugger and potentially changing your debugging process could be scary. So I hope this side-by-side comparison of byebug and ruby/debug can help you get familiar with ruby/debug and also make the transition smoother. [more inside]
Adding timestamps to join tables
This quick tip shows how you can quickly add timestamps to your join tables (useful for auditing amongst other things) https://tosbourn.com/rails-migrations-add-timestamps-to-join-tables/
A Deep Dive into Memory Leaks in Ruby
In the second and final part of our series on memory leaks in Ruby, let’s dive a bit deeper into some tools you can use. https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/08/10/a-deep-dive-into-memory-leaks-in-ruby.html
How to create a single file Rails application?
Did you know you can create a single file Rails application? In this short blog post I will show you how can it be done. https://greg.molnar.io/blog/a-single-file-rails-application/
Taking off the Heroku training wheels: the Rails preflight checklist
You’ll be hard pressed to find a Ruby on Rails developer who hasn’t tried deploying apps via Heroku. The git push heroku main flow is pure magic, but in order for it to work, you’ll need to tweak your application a bit. This article is my checklist for small teams going live with Heroku.
Arlo Belshee on How to Scale Software Development Teams
We asked Developer and Agile Consultant Arlo Belshee about his experience in the software industry and his views on bugs, team growth, and technology adoption.
Generate Sitemaps for Hanami applications!
Do you need a sitemap generation feature in your Hanami app? Don’t look further [more inside]
Air Quality Monitoring with Ruby
Internet of Things is an interesting area of programming. This tutorial walks through building an air quality sensor using Ruby on a Raspberry Pi. Watch the Air Quality Monitoring with Ruby screencast
Ubuntu Desktop
Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/ubuntu-desktop
How to Land Your First Ruby on Rails Job With No Experience And No CS Degree
If you’ve been looking to get into your first Ruby on Rails junior developer role but don’t have enough experience or a Computer Science degree, check out this article to learn how to get your first junior developer role. [more inside]
Glimmer DSL for SWT Video Tutorial 27 - Parking
Desktop development is about 10 times simpler than web development. Learn it and you will become a better web developer as you transfer the simplicity of desktop development to the web! [more inside]
This Week in Rails
As a way to help me digest the content from the “This Week in Rails” mailing list, I am starting a video series where I walk through some of the new changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5K2O634Hw
Rails Interactive - Quick way to create projects with Ruby on Rails ⚡️
Rails Interactive is a CLI for Rails 7. Developers can create their Ruby on Rails projects with just a few keyboard clicks 🎉 [more inside]
Glimmer DSL for LibUI Refined Table Pagination/Filtering
Glimmer DSL for LibUI v0.5.16 ships with a brand new alpha custom control called refined_table, which supports pagination and filtering, thus able to handle tens of thousands of rows with no problem. A new example, Paginated Refined Table, demonstrates the new custom control. refined_table was used in the Rubio Radio application to enable browsing 10,000 top radio stations with excellent performance and usability. [more inside]
Connect a Ruby on Rails App with React in a Monolith
Learn about the three main types of app architecture, then connect React with your monolith Ruby on Rails app. https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/08/03/connect-a-ruby-on-rails-app-with-react-in-a-monolith.html
How to Restructure Your Organization for Microservice Applications
Restructuring your organization to support microservice-based applications requires an entire culture shift and new way of working. [more inside]
require 'cocos' - New Auto-Include Quick-Start Prolog & Prelude Gem
Hello, the idea behind the new require ‘cocos’ - that is, the ruby code commons (cocos) quick-starter prolog & prelude gem / library - might not be new and is inspired by the haskell prelude(s) or dare I say the all-inclusive require ‘activesupport’ from railsland. What would you auto-require & include in your ruby prolog & prelude? Why & why not? Anyways, I put together a first version and have started out with what I use day-in-day-out in the ruby scripts (off-rails). Cheers. Prost.