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Configure Your App with SSM Parameter Store
If you’ve ever wanted to have a bit of flexibility over static files when configuring your app via environment variables, you might like this post on how to use SSM Parameter store to do that.
Spree Commerce 4.0 for Rails 6.0 released!
Spree Commerce 4.0 introduces Rails 6.0 support, Address Book support, JSON-LD support. Both the Admin Panel and Storefront were upgraded to utilize Bootstrap 4. In the process, we’ve also introduced hundreds of fixes and performance improvements both for the end-user and developer experience. [more inside]
Algorithms behind RuboCop complexity metrics
I published a series on Medium.com, explaining the algorithms behind RuboCop complexity metrics. The third part reveals the mathematical connections between different metrics. The series will help you with configuring cyclomatic complexity, perceived complexity, and, ABC size values for RuboCop analysis, which are not completely random.
ActiveWorkflow v0.9.4 released - agent-based workflow automation platform
We just released ActiveWorkflow v0.9.4, our agent-based workflow and intelligent process automation platform. This release lets you write your own agents in Ruby using a simple API.
tty-box v0.5.0 release
The latest release of tty-box brings: 💎Much improved handling of content that doesn’t require providing any box dimensions. 💎Preconfigured status message boxes - info, warning, success and error. Enjoy!
Why RSpec Test Fail (and How To Fix Them)
Knowing how to troubleshoot tests is an essential software skill. Read full story on Better Programming.
Ruby 2.7 deprecates automatic conversion from a hash to keyword arguments
Ruby 2.7 deprecates automatic conversion from a hash to keyword arguments in preparation for real keyword arguments in Ruby 3.0 [more inside]
[Screencast] Ruby on Rails Tips and Tricks
Ruby and Ruby on Rails tricks from, dot files, operators, bundling, StimulusJS and more. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/ruby-on-rails-tips-and-tricks
How to start with system tests, Rails 5.1+ and Minitest
Quick update on the very few things that are needed to get started with Capybara and system tests, using Minitest. [more inside]
Visual Studio Code plugins for Ruby
I made a quick list of all the plugins I use for Ruby and Rails development.
Building a CloudFront Cookie Dashboard Using AWS Lambda@Edge, Kinesis, & QuickSight
“Every large consumer-facing #rails app I have worked on has on and off again spikes of cookie overflow issues. It is made infinitely more complex with multiple front end apps. I will be digging into this more over the next couple days.” - Dan Mayer @danmayer
[ANN] Serviz - New minimalistic Command object Interface
🚀 I just published Serviz, a minimal interface to unify and homogenize your Sevice objects in your Ruby code. Links: [more inside]
Free Simple Rails server monitoring(CPU, RAM, HDD) engine using StatsLite. Standalone
Rails engine to server resource information. Can be also standalone and extendable
HexaPDF 0.10.0 released
I just released the latest version of HexaPDF, the versatile PDF library for Ruby, see for details!
Join us in Salt Lake City for SolidusConf 2019
Rails E-Commerce Conference on October 21-24 [more inside]