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Raw SQL formatter
Made simple gem for easy raw SQL reading in development. Hope, you find it handy :) https://github.com/kvokka/pp_sql
Super simple ruby decorators
I wanted to have model decorators, accessible from anywhere but in separate namespace. [more inside]
How To Spy on Your Ruby Methods
What if you could find out what a method is doing? Using this built-in Ruby class you will be able to… http://www.blackbytes.info/2017/01/spy-on-your-ruby-methods/
Google Assistant SDK gem
Google provides a Node SDK for its Google Assistant. However, I work primarily in Ruby so I’ve created the google_assistant gem. It’s functional, but I am currently working toward a 0.1 release, hopefully to follow up with a 1.0 release before long. https://github.com/armilam/google-assistant-ruby
[Screencast] Periodic Tasks with sidekiq-cron
Using a third-party add-on, sidekiq-cron, we can create periodic tasks to extend the functionality of sidekiq. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/periodic-tasks-with-sidekiq-cron
My book 'Learn Ruby on Rails' free on Google Play
The first book in my series Learn Ruby on Rails is now available for free on Google Play. I’m making the book available as widely as possible. It is also free on Leanpub or Softcover, thanks to support from a Kickstarter campaign. If you’ve got a friend who has made a New Year’s resolution to learn to code, the book could be a good place to start.
How To Time Travel Using ActiveSupport TimeHelpers
If you need to test “time” literally. Here’s an alternative to TimeCop for testing time-related validity logic in Rails. http://blog.katpadi.ph/how-to-time-travel-using-activesupport-timehelpers/
Event sourced domain objects in less than 150 LOC
Some say: “Event sourcing is hard”. Some say: “You need a framework to use Event Sourcing”. Some say: … Meh. You aren’t gonna need it. Learn how to build event sourced domain model starting with just a PORO object. [more inside]
tty-editor initial release
tty-editor allows to open a file or text in in the user’s preferred editor.
Ruby Survey
I’ve been thinking a lot lately and was curious to get some feedback from other Ruby developers, past or present. If you have time, I’d love to get your feedback: https://jmcharnes.typeform.com/to/ot2Pnx
Asynchronous programming in Ruby
In this blog, I have executed database queries asynchronously same as Node.js https://medium.com/@gauravbasti2006/async-mongo-queries-in-ruby-96a31b48b8f3#.v1hjjnke4
pluck_all gem
pluck_all: Pluck multiple attributes in Rails 3, 4, 5, and return data as hash instead of only array. [more inside]
AppPerf - Open source ruby performance monitoring
I have made some significant updates to my AppPerf platform. [more inside]
The 15 most popular Ruby links of 2016
A round-up of the most popular links shared in Ruby Weekly in 2016.
BetterSJR v1.0.0 released!
BetterSJR is a Ruby gem which adds error message reporting to SJR templates. Instead of failing silently, you now get helpful error messages in your browser’s developer console. For more info and use-cases check the official announcement.
GraphQL in Rails 5
Checkout the latest screencast on using GraphQL in Rails 5 [more inside]
TDD'ing creation of Brainfuck interpreter in Ruby
You can follow the TDD process by looking at the commits history or see the end result.
Creating Advanced Active Record DB Queries with Arel
Under the hood, Active Record has its own private API to build database SQL queries: Arel. For now, let’s focus on passing in custom-built Arel queries. Read more
File-replicator gem
file-replicator gem ads two command line executables to your toolbox, one that splits files and another to put them back together. They have a good initial set of options that makes them flexible enough for almost anybody. Though they are meant to work as a team, those two are not magicians and other tools can work on their product too.
Wannabe Bool gem
If string, numeric, symbol and nil values wanna be a boolean value, they can with the new to_b method. Moreover, you can use WannabeBool::Attributes module to create predicate methods in your classes. [more inside]
make_model_searchable v0.2.1 release
make_model_searchable adds simple searching functionality to active record models. No need to implement same search function for each model every time! [more inside]