Creating a multi-tenant site with rails

We recently built a multi-tenant site with rails. Here’s how we went about it: Read more

Application Performance Montioring

Hello All! I started building an open source application performance app, with a very non-creative name. Here is the location of the main app: https://github.com/randy-girard/app_perf and here is the ruby agent, https://github.com/randy-girard/app_perf_ruby_agent Read more

Handling large files using lazy enumerators in Ruby

image_searcher gem

A ruby wrapper for the Ababeen Image Search API v1.0 - the modest alternative to deprecated Google Image Search API.

Save Time, Develop Efficiently for Ruby and Rails

Time is money. Whether you want a raise or just to save yourself and your clients some time, read on to see how I develop Ruby on Rails applications efficiently Read more

Ruby Plus Podcast Episode 13

Listen to the latest episode 13

Good Module, Bad Module

You know how to use modules in Ruby, but are you abusing them? Here are different ways to program with modules and why they may or may not be great ideas.

Ruby Gems Could Harm Your Memory

Or how we should be judicious choosing dependencies. Read more

How to scrape websites with Ruby & Poltergeist

A tutorial showing you how to scrape websites with Ruby and the Poltergeist gem, a PhantomJS driver for Capybara:

Lambda Vs Proc Vs Block

Five Gotchas in Rails

This post shows you five gotchas that might trap you in Rails. Read more

Augmenting a Ruby on Rails App with Vue.js

A demonstration of using Vue.js components and directives to augment a simple checkout form. Read more

cdnget 0.3.0 downloads JS/CSS from public CDN

Small but useful command cdnget 0.3.0 released, which downloads Javascript/CSS libraries from public CDN (CDNJS, Google or jsDelivr). Example: $ mkdir -p static/lib; $ cdnget cdnjs twitter-bootstrap 3.3.7 static/lib

When abstraction is a mistake: ActionController::TestCase

On example of ActionController::TestCase, I’ll show why hiding things into an abstraction is sometimes not the best thing Rails can do. Read more

Build a Fantasy Football News Hotline with Ruby and Twilio Voice

From 1972 until the mid-90s, a business called Sports Phone was about the only way for fans to get up-to-the-minute scores and news. We thought it’d be fun to recreate Sports Phone using an RSS feed, Twilio Voice, and 30 lines of Ruby. Read more.

Better ActionMailer testing with ActionMailerMatchers

ActionMailerMatchers provides you with RSpec one-liners that help you to test sending emails in your Rails application. Read more

Rails lets us focus on the hard stuff

Staying focused on business needs, and letting Rails handle the rest, was the only way to ship. This is a defense of the full-stack framework. Read more

Making a JS plug-in: a Full-Stack approach

We will introduce a way to create a client side JavaScript plug-in that can be easily integrated in any third party websites. This plug-in will allow us to execute custom actions such as filling a registration form or maybe displaying information related with your website.

Slide Show (S9) Update - Write Your Talks w / Markdown (kramdown) n Jekyll Themes

Hello, I’ve updated the Slide Show (S9) machinery. All slide show templates / theme packs are now just Jekyll themes (using Liquid) and thanks to the latest GitHub update back on the master branch (e.g. no more gh-pages needed). The latest theme packs include Reveal.js and Shower. For some example see: Reveal.js templates and the live demo • Shower templates and the live demo. ++ Any favorite slide show/presentation package? Questions? Comments? Welcome. Cheers.

[Screencast] Authentication Crash Course with Devise

Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. Learn how to add a stable authentication solution like Devise to your application. https://www.driftingruby.com/episodes/authentication-crash-course-with-devise

Express vs Rails: Framework Comparison using a Simple Game API

A side-by-side comparison of these two frameworks (and languages) would be excellent. To make the comparison fun, it is ported in a simple web-based game. Full findings here

Don’t be liberal when being aggressive. A short story on ruby hash’s fetch with defau

A short example of how dangerous (potentially) can be using hash’s fetch method with default values. READ

Replacing controller specs in Rails apps, part 2: Features

Part two of my series on replacing RSpec controller tests is now up at Everyday Rails. This time I switch out some complicated controller specs for an easy-to-read feature example, removing dependencies on deprecated helpers like assigns and assert_template.

Rails 5 adds ability to create module and class level variables on per thread basis

In Rails 5, we can create specific class and module variables that live for the lifetime of a thread. Read more

What are real-world examples of good Ruby code for beginner side projects?

I am looking for input on real-world projects that demonstrate good Ruby style and coding practices. It can be libraries, apps, plugins, etc, whatever you think shows a very high quality of coding? I am looking to incorporate it into small Rails side projects to help me level up. Peter Cooper asked a similar question in 2009