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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.
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
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.
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.
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/
[video] Using and Abusing Ruby for Computer Science Great Good
A live demo talk, where we will playfully take a tiny subset of Ruby and explore how far it can be taken and what can be built by exploiting a single language feature. In the process, we’ll learn about (or revise) some interesting computer science and explore a less common paradigm of programming. [more inside]
Ruby Under The Hood: Memory Layout of an Object
You will learn how much memory a Ruby object needs & a fun experiment you can try!
Slim down hefty Rails controllers AND models, using domain model events
Learn how to put your controllers on a diet without bloating your model classes, using the observer pattern (but not Rails Observers!). A refactoring screencast and article from the RubyTapas archives, now free to all.
Beyond `tail -f`: powering up your sleuthing skills with Logstash+Kibana
You’ve likely stared into the abyss of a seemingly untraceable bug, exception, or performance problem. In this guide, I show how to use the ELK stack + lograge to build a powerful investigation platform for a Rails app.
Rails: Configuration over Convention
Use the AController class to load an AModel instance, then render it using a_template.html.erb. In this blog post, we throw Rails conventions out the window and learn just how much you can customize the usual model/view/controller interaction through configuration. We’ll expand your understanding of how your app’s components work together.
Ruby-like language written in Go
Hi, I am currently working on an project called Rooby, it’s an Ruby-like object oriented language written in Go. I already support some important features like: [more inside]
[GEM] Dockrails - Simple CLI to Generate and Run a Rails environment with Docker!
Many of us have been struggling to setup a usable and efficient docker development environment for Rails App. [more inside]
[Gem] Mecha - Rails apps generator
Mecha generates Rails apps with some defaults. [more inside]
[Screencast] Drag and Drop with Interact.js
Using Interact.js to create draggable and droppable items in our view, we can use AJAX callbacks on events to interact with our Ruby on Rails application. Also, learn how to use Ruby Assets to manage our Javascript Libraries. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/drag-and-drop-with-interact-js
pluto.starter - planet quick starter kit - (auto-)build yr own (static) news sites
Hello, I’ve put together pluto.starter - a new quick starter boilerplate / setup / ready-to-fork repo for planet pluto that lets you (auto-) build your own (static) planet news sites from web feeds w/ ruby in minutes. Step 0: Download and Unpack (or Clone). Step 1: Install the Planet Pluto Machinery / Tool. Step 2: Build the Starter Planet. That’s it. Cheers. Happy planet. PS: Why not design your own planet themes? It’s just embedded ruby (ERB) with Rails-style helpers (link_to, stylesheet_link_tag, etc.), see planet.starter.html.erb to get started.
Had bad experience with Rails Flash messages?
Handy cheat sheet for flash messages in Rails:
🤖 Unicode::Emoji
The unicode-emoji gem provides a regex to match for basic emoticons and the various emoji sequences, like modifier sequences, region sequences, sub-region sequences, keycap sequences, and ZWJ sequences!