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How to use Vue.js and Turbolinks together
If you’ve ever wanted to combine Vue.js and Turbolinks together in the same app, you may have run into a couple headaches. In this screencast, we explore how to make Vue.js and Turbolinks work together and the vue-turbolinks node module that you can drop in to make compatibility easy. https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-vuejs-and-turbolinks-together
CLI Utilities for Unicode Strings
I have released two more CLI tools for analysis of Unicode data. The first one is uniscribe which prints out the names of all glyphs in a Unicode string. It also knows many names of combined codepoint sequences. Special codepoints are highlighted using a similar color scheme like in uniscribe’s companion tool unibits. The second utility is unicopy, a command-line codepoint dumper, which copies the result to the clipboard.
[Screencast] Javascript Select Form Fields with Chosen
Chosen is a jQuery plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly. Learn how to use Chosen in a few different ways in this episode; Rails form builder and Simple Form. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/javascript-select-form-fields-with-chosen
NLP with Ruby list updated!
Hi there! Our awesome NLP with Ruby list has been essentially updated! [more inside]
TheOpenCMS. Web site has been launched and weekly report #6
Hi there! Release v0.1 is done. I’ve just launched a web site TheOpenCMS.org! YAY! Feel free to come, find and report bugs. Also you can check the Changelog vol. 6
Magic sprinkles for Capybara and PDF
Some magic sprinkles of config that I needed to get right to have pdf tests working well with capybara. http://www.rojotek.com/blog/2017/04/16/magic-sprinkles-for-capybara-and-pdf/
“Naming Things is Hard”
“Naming Things is Hard” This phrase is often brought up in our Ruby programmer community so I thought I’d take the time to address it.
4 Features to Watch For in Rails 5.1 beta
Link: 4 Features to Watch For in Rails 5.1 beta [more inside]
Let's build a new language together 😁
Hi, It’s me again. I am looking for anyone who is also interested in develop Rooby together, which is a new object oriented language I created recently (written in Go). It looks just like Ruby for now because it’s mainly inspired by it. But I want it to be a new language and start developing its own feature when it gets more mature. [more inside]
Security Checklist for Rails Applications
The Zen Rails Security Checklist provides a list of security measures to be implemented when developing or auditing Ruby on Rails applications.
How I use bookmarks in RubyMine to have more focus
In two scenarios mainly: [more inside]
Writing Efficient Queries in Rails
“Balancing performance and memory footprint is crucial to writing good software.” Link: Writing Efficient Queries at codeship [more inside]
Deduplicating Large Data With Rails
Storing and retrieving large chunks of data from your database can be tricky if it’s not done correctly. What happens when you want to store a large chunk of text that is likely to be identical for thousands of new records? Learn how to deduplicate large data in this blog post http://www.cheynewallace.com/deduplicating-large-data-with-rails/
KMS has got demo website
It was several times when I was asked to add some kind of KMS demo website. Here it is - http://demo.getkms.com/. [more inside]
Issues with ActiveRecord find_by_*
An overview of some unexpected behavior from ActiveRecord dynamic finders. http://seejohncode.com/2017/04/12/rails-find-by-issue/
You Don’t Have to Fail While Installing Ruby on Rails on Windows 10
This tutorial explains how to properly set up Ruby on Rails working environment on Windows 10. This might be especially helpful for those who prefer Windows on their work computer. https://www.nopio.com/blog/rails-environment-windows-10-setup/
Oligarchical Saas with CanCan
What happens when your large, production SaaS application relies on CanCan, but you have a small pool of high value clients who can’t agree on what they want their roles’ abilities? One of my latest posts dives into the real world problem, the code, and offers a solution that won’t leave you pulling your hair out. [more inside]
Turning a data set into a game
Some notes on a side project around turning a data set into a game.
On Design Patterns
Rubyists have always had a strange relationship with design patterns. They smell a little too much Java, like people in starched shirts and ties writing serious software for humorless people. Yet Ruybyists use and rely on patterns just like all developers. We’ve even been known to have the occasional religious war over them. Lets take a look at design patterns; where they come from and where they’re going. [more inside]
The Rubyist's Guide to Memoization
This article covers one of my favorite techniques for improving performance: memoization. It’s a source of easy little performance wins that eventually add up and only occasionally reduce your application to a heap of smoldering rubble. Only very occasionally. - http://blog.honeybadger.io/rubyist_guide_to_memoization/