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How not to cut your source with sharp knife as Monkey Patch in Ruby
One of the most powerful Ruby features is the ability to re-open any class and change it’s methods. [more inside]
Reading Ruby Code: ROM - Exploration
Reading Ruby Code is an on going series on code reading that explores the ROM library. In this post we begin exploring ROM and its container method.
A Rubyist's Guide to Postgresql's Explain
If you want to understand why your database queries maybe aren’t as fast as they used to be, nothing beats a little feature of postgres called ‘explain.’ http://www.rubyletter.com/blog/2017/03/13/rubyist-guide-to-postgres-explain.html
Sending Emails with Rails on Heroku using Devise and SendGrid
How to set up your Heroku hosted Rails application to send emails utilizing SendGrid. Click here to read the full article
Creating Form Objects with ActiveModel
In this article we demonstrate how you can simplify your Rails views with Form Objects
[Screencast] Nested Forms with Cocoon
Using the unobtrusive gem, Cocoon, learn how to handle multiple models in a single form with accepts_nested_attributes_for. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/nested-forms-with-cocoon
Decent Exposure Gem
Goodbye to repeating instance variables - Decent Exposure Gem
oakdex-pokedex first release
Version 0.1.0 contains 802 Pokemon and 702 Moves and much more! Please checkout oakdex-pokedex and give me a star if you like it :)
TheOpenCMS. the Beginning
This week I’ve started creation of my own CMS. Wish me Good Luck. Changelog vol. 1
Rails DB version upgrade
https://github.com/igorkasyanchuk/rails_db gem was upgraded with removed not needed assets, Rails 3.2 improvements, Rails 5 tests now using 5.0.2 version.
Duo-lingual invoices with InvoicePrinter 0.0.9
I released InvoicePrinter 0.0.9. This version brings sublabels that can be used for duo-lingual invoices as shown on a new international invoice example. Read the announcement on my blog.
Deploy your RoR app to heroku
This is a simple gist that show instructions to deploy an RoR app on heroku. https://gist.github.com/dassiorleando/21a1dcd55eaf623164b6573b171b4945
gem Voiceless
https://github.com/TheOpenCMS/voiceless This simple gem helps to keep system work if some part of the system is not included. [more inside]
Newbie in Ruby? Come see my blog .. (BR)
Hey, my name is Cecília and I own the blog “Me, Ruby Girl”. Please, take a look. https://merubygirl.wordpress.com/
Want to use ES6 with Rails right now ? Webpack to the rescue
This article is about setting up a Rails 4 application so you can write complex JavaScript features using ECMAScript 6.
Bots on Rails: part one, looking for an idea and setting things up.
in this article we will start building facebook messenger bot on rails. First part is about setting things up, looking for an idea of basic facebook bot and getting familiar with prerequisites.
Ruby 2D: Make cross-platform 2D applications in Ruby
Create 2D apps, games, and more with the Ruby 2D gem. Run your app like you would any Ruby script, build it for the web with Opal, or compile it natively using MRuby. Check out Ruby2D.com to get started.
3 Useful Lessons from Installing Thinking Sphinx on Engine Yard
Installing Thinking Sphinx on Engine Yard soon? Here are three helpful tips on a successful Thinking Sphinx installation for a Ruby on Rails app with a dedicated utility instance.
What's new in Rails 5.1
A new version of Rails was announced a few days ago, is the first beta of Rails 5.1. It does not come with breaking changes but it does embrace Javascript in a way that never seen before in Rails. http://bit.ly/rails-51
Today we hit 1000 stars on GitHub
Super excited to share that the Helpy project hit 1000 stars on GitHub!! I want to thank the 45+ people who have made contributions and suggestions, bug reports, etc. that have helped to make this possible! Blog post: https://goo.gl/uZvqvt GitHub: http://github.com/helpyio/helpy
Prototypes in Ruby and the strange story of dup
How you can duplicate an Active Record object in Rails, why would you do it and how ruby is a strange language sometimes. Also how Rails tries to handle this strange quirks. All of that in the newest article on Arkency blog: http://blog.arkency.com/2017/03/prototypes-in-ruby/