Add a Custom Pry Prompt in your Rails Console

Do you love using pry in rails for debugging? Check out how to add a Custom pry prompt and improve productivity [more inside]

Glimmer DSL for Opal is Riding Rails 7

Glimmer DSL for Opal has been updated to work with Rails 7. There is a new Rails 7 sample app built with it too. [more inside]

[Screencast] Rails Authentication with Rodauth

Learn how to add authentication and account management to your Rails app using Rodauth.

Rubber Duck Dev Show Episode 29 | How We Got Started Coding

Hear two rubyists discuss how they got started coding:

My favorite Gems and how to use them

TRAILBLAZER TALES #06 | DRY-Validation

Another Trailblazer screencast is out. In this session we discuss the dry-validation library and how it fits seamlessly into Trailblazer.

Hanami v2.0.0.alpha6

Introducing Hanami Providers. Fine grained control on your app features with Partial Slice Import/Export. Support Ruby 3.0+ only.

Getting Integration Tests Right

Find out how integration testing can become as straightforward as unit testing.

Ruby constants

How to define constants in Ruby, and how to use them - with one tricky part. [more inside]

Glimmer DSL for SWT Video Tutorial 2 - Hello, Message Box!

The Glimmer DSL for SWT Video Tutorial 2 is out! It walks software engineers through Hello, Message Box! [more inside]

[screencast] Variable scopes in Ruby

5-Step Strategy for Optimizing Slow Tests

👀 Super helpful tutorial on how to optimize your slow tests

Ruby on Rails 7 Drag & Drop With Hotwire

If you’re confused about Hotwire, Turbo, or Stimulus JS, I made a video about how to build a drag & drop feature using Hotwire’s Stimulus JS and Turbo streams. [more inside]

Enummer: Multi-value enums in Rails

Enummer is a lightweight answer for adding enums with multiple values (aka flags, bitfields) to Rails, with a similar syntax to Rails’ built-in enum. Potential alternative for flag_shih_tzu.

Effective development with Rails console - a free book

Ruby on Mac - Get a working Ruby dev env with a single command

Every day, hundreds of people struggle to install gems like Rails and Jekyll on their Mac. That’s why I built Ruby on Mac, a reliable script that just works whether you have a brand new Mac or are trying to fix a broken dev env.

Rails Quick Tip - Display Current Environment in Console Prompt

Am I the only programmer who once or twice messed up production by thinking it was development? In this short tutorial, I’ll describe a simple way to reduce the risk of mixing up your current working Rails environment. [more inside]

How do you configure your application safely?

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Zero downtime PostgreSQL migrations with online_migrations gem

- for those familiar with strong_migrations, it is a “strong_migrations on steroids”. [more inside]

Using AWS S3 For File Storage in Rails Apps

S3 is an excellent way to store files scalably and reliably. This article by Jeff Morhous will show you how to use S3 to store files uploaded to a Rails app.

Custom esbuild for Rails

Inside Rails 7 apps, esbuild is wrapped into jsbundling. But what if you want to customize this build ?

[Screencast] Hotwire Modals

In this episode, we look at creating an unobtrusive and efficient way to launch Bootstrap modals using Turbo and Stimulus. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/hotwire-modals

Loading Rails fixtures for seeding the database

I really like Rails fixtures to model the testing world. Here’s how I use fixtures in development as well.

The power of group+aggs User.calculate_in_group(:count, :age, [...10, 10...50, 50..])

with this gem you can group and do aggregations with ranges or values. More examples available on github.

Dependency Injection in Ruby - GOD Level! Meet dry-system! (Part 2)

Dependency injection brings you great power but comes with its own headaches. If you can get rid of them, You’re left with the power only. [more inside]