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Fun with Rails Enums and PORO
I really like enums. They can be really powerful if they are used wisely. Let’s see what we can do with them in a multilingual Rails app with a little help from PORO (Plain Old Ruby Object). https://petr.codes/blog/rails/fun-with-enums-and-poro/
Rubber Duck Dev Show Episode 14 | Background Job Processing
Hear two rubyists discuss how to handle background job processing: https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/episodes/14-background-job-processing/
Migrating Selenium system tests to Cuprite
The Cuprite driver is a very nice replacement for Selenium in your system tests. It speeds up the suite considerably and its API is clean and versatile. The article shows some numbers and a few issues that we hit during the migration as well as their possible fixes. [more inside]
Extremely fast Javascript bundling in Rails with Esbuild
The new jsbundling-rails gem allows you to use esbuild, rollup, or other Javascript bundlers in Rails. With esbuild, we can build our Javascript extremely fast compared to webpacker. How to use esbuild with jsbundling in Rails
ActiveSupport's #descendants Method: A Deep Dive
The #descendants method is part of Rails. It returns all subclasses that inherit from a given class. In this article, Jonathan Miles shows us how to use this method and how it’s implemented. It’s a great lesson in the ins and outs of Ruby’s object model. https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/hidden-gems-activesupport-descendants/
Rails Wizards (w/ Hotwire) Series
A 9-part series exploring the multiple ways to do wizards / multi-step forms in Rails including Hotwire for an SPA-like workflow. https://jonsully.net/blog/rails-wizards-part-one/
Error Tracking from Scratch
In this episode, we look at creating a middleware to track errors to publish to another error “from scratch” error monitoring application. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/error-tracking-from-scratch
httpx 0.18.0 released - http client for ruby (concurrency, HTTP/2)
0.18.0 Features Response Cache [more inside]
CDNget 1.0.0 released -- download files from public CDN
CDNget is a small tool to download files from public CDN, such as CDNJS, jsDelivr, UNPKG, or Google. Release 1.0.0 improved download performance. See README for details. https://github.com/kwatch/cdnget/tree/ruby-release
Hanami 2.0 - Complete example of persistance with ROM
In this new Hanami Mastery Episode, I showcase the complete persistence layer of a Hanami 2.0 application. YT video guide included! [more inside]
Rubber Duck Dev Show Episode 13 | REST vs. GraphQL APIs
Hear two rubyists discuss the differences between REST and GraphQL APIs: https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/episodes/13-rest-vs-graphql-apis/
New (Modern Dotty Spotty) Currency Art Programming How-Tos (with Ruby)
Hello, Inspired by Damien Hirst’s “The Currency” art (token) parody / 40+ million $$$ cash grab I have created an all new /currencyart-howto repo that collects getting started guides (and scripts) - yes, in ruby - for creating your own free (modern dotty spotty) currency art in retro pixel bitmap raster format or in hi-definition (hi-def) XXXL poster-size quality vector graphics format. Happy pixel pushing and art programming in ruby.
array_include_methods 1.4.0
array_include_methods 1.4.0 has been released (Array#include_all?, Array#include_any?, Array#include_array?, Array#array_index, Array#array_intersection_indexes, and Array#array_diff_indexes methods missing from basic Ruby Array API) [more inside]
Setting Up Rails 6.1 + Tailwind CSS 2.2 with JIT
This tutorial shows how to create a project with Rails 6.1 and its default Webpacker version (4.5), and configure Tailwind CSS with its dependencies and JIT mode enabled. You’ll end up with a project that compiles the final CSS automatically, and refreshes the browser for you as well, after every change.
Run every version of ruby, ever, with All-Ruby
Yep. That includes ruby-0.49. And it’s super easy! [more inside]
Rails 7 replaced byebug with ruby/debug
Rails 7 removed Byebug from Gemfile and added ruby/debug More Inside
Code Golf: Conditionally Add To An Array
Ruby’s expressiveness and vast API provides a myriad of ways to solve the same problem. This post proposes different ways to add elements to an array only if a certain condition applies. [more inside]
Multi-Factor Authentication for Rails With WebAuthn and Devise
If someone steals your password, they can pretend to be you. That’s why many companies provide two-factor or multi-factor authentication via a fingerprint scan, a YubiKey, an authenticator app, or SMS. In this article, Petr Hlavicka will give you a solid foundation of knowledge about multi-factor authentication and will walk you through implementation with Rails, Webauthn, and Devise https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/multi-factor-2fa-authentication-rails-webauthn-devise/
Ruby's Popular Game Library, Gosu, is having its Inaugural Game Jam
Join the first Gosu Game Jam and help choose the theme. [more inside]
Rubber Duck Dev Show Episode 12 | Programming with Dates, Times & Zones
Hear two rubyists discuss programming with dates, times and zones: https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/episodes/12-programming-with-dates-times-zones/