Towards Minimal, Idiomatic, and Performant Ruby Code

Debunking some popular Ruby idioms [more inside]

Taming Complex Business Logic in Ruby

When faced with real life complexity there rarely is an easy way out or a silver bullet solution. Here I will describe the model I’ve come up with during years of trial and error. The solution presented here is as far as I know not a mainstream one and it could be considered somewhat controversial.

Unicode Normalization in Ruby

If you want Ruby’s string methods to play nicely with Unicode, it’s a good idea to normalize them. This article is a brief introduction to Unicode normalization for Rubyists. - http://blog.honeybadger.io/ruby_unicode_normalization/

Automatic PR reviews with Pronto and RuboCop

Learn how to setup an automatic code review system with the help of Pronto and RuboCop for your GitHub PRs.

[Screencast] Nested Forms from Scratch

Learn how to handle multiple models in a single form with accepts_nested_attributes_for and learn how to add and remove nested records through JavaScript. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/nested-forms-from-scratch

thoughtbot playbook in Chinese

The well known thoughtbot playbook from our awesome Ruby community has been translated into Chinese by beansmile, another team in China also loves Ruby and Rails. The book received around 1000 uv in the first day, so I have to say thoughtbot, you are even popular now in China :D [more inside]

What's New in the Honeybadger Gem v3

The latest version of the honeybadger Ruby gem includes a lot of improvements and new features. Check it out! - http://blog.honeybadger.io/what-s-new-in-the-honeybadger-gem-3-0/

HashID Obfuscated URLS in Rails

When I am building a Rails app that I expect to be public facing in some sort of capacity, I don’t want to be displaying auto-incrementing, integer based IDs in my URLs. Not only does it visually look better, in my opinion. It is a security enhancement by removing the predictability of record discovery via the URL. [more inside]

Rearmed-rb 1.3.0 Released!

I have just released v1.3.0 of my gem Rearmed-rb. Rearmed-rb is a collection of helpful methods and monkey patches for Objects, Strings, Enumerables, Arrays, Hash, Dates . With this new release I have extracted the Rails functionality to its own gem Rearmed Rails since the Rails portion was getting quite extensive. The Rearmed plugins are all about easier and more natural code, I encourage you to check these plugins out.

Shielding from Amazon S3 outages in Rails

How this single controller in our Rails app shielded us from Tuesday’s Amazon S3 outage

Which Rail profilers are alive, half-alive, or dead in 2017?

A number of in-browser Rails profilers have come, gone, or continue to exist but in a zombie-like, half-alive state. Here’s a 2017 summary of the Rails profiler ecosystem: what works, what doesn’t, and each profiler’s niche.

open-uri in Ruby 2.4 allows http to https redirection

space_elevator - The ActionCable Client for Ruby

space_elevator is a client for integrating a ruby application with a remote ActionCable-based backend provided by Rails 5 or compatible framework. It allows for subscription and publication to multiple channels simultaneously, and eavesdropping on wire-level messages. Harness the power of WebSockets to receive push notifications in your own Ruby applications!

Please don’t hate OpenStruct

If you know how OpenStruct can kill performance you must see how ActiveModel pin OpenStruct down.

What is Proper Continuous Integration?

It’s time to establish a common standard for what’s continuous.

Is Administrate a dead project?

There has been some chatter about Administrate being so-called “abandonware”. Happily this is not the case. http://www.carlosramireziii.com/administrate-is-not-dead.html

Hanami v1.0.0.beta2

Minor bug fixes - Final release by the end of March.

Setting up React & Rails has never been easier

Rails 5.1 integration of Webpack brings about a much more streamlined experience for React+Rails applications. Here we show an example of how simplified the process has been along with boilerplate code sufficient for starting a new project. [more inside]

Creating a Sales Analytics App with Ruby on Rails

Ruby+OMR JIT Compiler: What’s next?

3 ways to use React with Ruby on Rails 5

This article introduces 3 methods for how to use React.js in Ruby on Rails apps. It also discusses the pros and cons of each method and when to choose which one - https://learnetto.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-react-with-ruby-on-rails-5

Be Careful With Method Caching

A small relate about how method caching was the culprit for a failing spec that took me more time to fix it then it should. More inside

New Book: Core Ruby Tools

This book provides a short tour of four core Ruby tools: Gems, Ruby Version Managers, Bundler, and Rake. We’ll see how these tools fit into the Ruby environment and your computer system, and learn how to diagnose and fix problems that you may encounter when using them. The book is available now and completely free. [more inside]

You Don't Need an API Wrapper

When you are working with “informational” HTTP APIs (like weather, geonames and similars, currencies, movies, transportations and so on), you probably don’t need a dedicated Ruby gem at all. Here is why.

Basic introduction to VCR

while following TDD approach, there are certain tools available which might help you save lots of time to solve specific issues. one of those tools is VCR. what is VCR and it’s purpose just check out at