Chaskiq 0.3.0 release 🎉

What has happened in the open source chat platform’s Chaskiq project during these 3 months? Version 0.3.0 is out! Read more

Rails 6.1.0.alpha allows relations with different SQL comments

Ruby 3.0 changes autosplatting behaviour for procs

The behavior for autosplatting was inconsistent when an input is passed to procs with rest argument and keyword arguments vs when the same input is passed to procs with only rest argument. Read more

render_async 2.1.7 Lets You Retry Requests With Delay

Check out new features in the render_async 2.1.7 version! Read more

A visual guide to Webpacker

Navigate the world of Webpacker and webpack on Rails with confidence using this collection of mental maps.

[Screencast] Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit

First look at the upcoming Apple Silicon processor and what it will be like for us Ruby Developers. Honestly, I wish that it was a better experience. However, with macOS Big Sur being beta and the DTK not being the final consumer hardware, there’s still hope yet. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/apple-silicon-developer-transition-kit

API documentation with Swagger

Just published the new chapter of the API-only ruby on rails course: API documentation with Swagger Read more

6 Must-Read Books for New Technical Leads

Why the Ruby community encourages Duck Typing

rubycademy.com/duck-typing-in-ruby

Intro to Docker for Ruby developers

The simplest thing you can do with Docker is to fire up an IRB session in Docker.

Rails 6.1 adds annotate_rendered_view_with_filenames to annotate HTML output

Understanding Bundler - To `bundle exec` or not? that is the question

Dockerized development environment for hacking Ruby MRI

This is how I’m hacking Ruby itself: github.com/palkan/ruby-dip. Read more

Fast JSON API Serializer by Netflix in Ruby On Rails

Want better performance in Ruby on Rails? Here’s how Fast JSON API Serializer can help you by exposing more information as compared to Active Model Serializer.

To ERB and Beyond! What’s New in Bridgetown 0.16 “Crystal Springs”

It’s the height of summer, and we’re here with a real treat for Rubyists everywhere! At last you can have your cake and eat it too with the release of Bridgetown 0.16 “Crystal Springs”—write site templates in your choice of ERB, Haml, or Slim all while enjoying the benefits of Bridgetown’s Jekyll-inspired ease of configuration and rapid content development process. Read the announcement post for all the details.

Desktop Development in Ruby is on Steroids with Glimmer!

Glimmer 0.10.1 (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for SWT 0.5.2, Glimmer DSL for XML 0.2.0, Glimmer DSL for CSS 0.2.0, and Glimmer Video Custom Widget 0.1.3 have been released! Read more

How I write tests for my Rails (API) apps

Objects are functions! Treat any Object or Class as a Proc (like Enum

- A function is a mapping of one value to another with the additional constraint that for the one input value you will always get the same output value. So, conceptually, Ruby Hashes, Arrays, and Sets are all functions. Also, there are many one method objects out there (e.g. Service Objects) that are essentially functions. Why not treat them as such?

Charge Customers Later Using Stripe With Ruby on Rails

Confused about how to integrate STRIPE for online payments? Here’s a quick guide that outlines the process in a few simple steps -

Unusual ways to call a method

rubycademy.com/method-calls

11 Most Asked Questions About RuboCop

Check out these 11 most asked questions about RuboCop.

How to fix `DEPRECATION WARNING: Dangerous query method` on `pluck`?

Problem might look silly but…. Read more

Behind-the-scenes tour of a Rails app running for 10+ years

Are you ever curious about how other people structure their Rails apps? What their code quality is like? What pragmatic decisions they make? In this screencast, I give a guided tour of Oxbridge Notes, my little ruby on rails baby (~14k LOC) Read more

Make API payloads generic

Just published the sixth chapter of the API-only ruby on rails course: Introduce renderer module. This time, we generalized API payloads with adding data and metadata information of the resources.

Make Voice calls through Ruby on Rails Web applications

Make Voice calls through Ruby on Rails Web applications