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Getting A Users Change History Using Audited Gem
How get a users history using Audited. http://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/getting-a-users-change-history-using-audited-gem
Getting started in Rust from a love for Ruby
After reading and seeing a presentation about writing Ruby methods in Rust, and the benefits of Rust, I just had to give it a try. Here’s my journey so far, including links to what has inspired me to do so. Getting started in Rust
7 Points To Remeber While Hiring Ruby on Rails Development Company
Hiring a technology partner is not a difficult task if you know what to ask. Check out these 7 tips in our blog to learn how you can hire ruby on rails development companies even if you know nothing about technology.
Ruby 2.2.3 Symbol Basics : Part 1
Ruby 2.2.3 Symbol methods such as object_id, to_s, ==, <=>, to_s, [] and all_symbols is covered in this video
Leveraging Rails’ Custom Configuration
Rails 4.2 introduced Rails.configuration.x and Rails.application.config_for. I combined both to have a single handy YAML configuration file. http://jeromedalbert.com/leveraging-rails-custom-configuration
Ruby 2.2.3 Hash Basics : Part 7
Ruby 2.2.3 Hash methods such as to_a, to_h, to_s, inspect, merge!, has_value?, values and values_at is covered in this video
Basics of Abstraction
Are you writing code that has crisp and clear boundaries? Why do we need to use abstraction in our code? Read the Basics of Abstraction
LXC and Ansible to build isolated development environments
Slides and code from my talk at Ansible BCN october meetup: [more inside]
Setup a CI server for Rails app
In this video we show you how to setup a continuous integration server using drone CI. Then we move on to show you how to get your rails app setup on the CI server Video
Functional Objects on Rails
Watching an excellent talk “Blending Functional and OO Programming in Ruby” given by Piotr Solnica on Full Stack Fest 2015 made me think. I have tried different ways of organizing my service objects and here is what I came up with. [more inside]
Ruby 2.2.3 Lazy Enumerator basics
Ruby 2.2.3 Lazy Enumerator basics is covered in this video
Ruby 2.2.3 Hash Basics : Part 6
Ruby 2.2.3 hash methods such rehash, reject, replace, select, shift and store is covered in this video
Results of HTTP client library survey
A few weeks back I asked Ruby programmers what was their preferred HTTP client library. The results are in.
How to build a basic JSON API with Rails 5
With the release of Rails 5 almost upon us, I wrote a blog post about the newly merged Rails::API gem into the rails core.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Build Static Sites w/ Ruby (Slides n All-in-One Page Version)
Hello, You find (yesterday’s) slide deck for the Vienna.rb talk titled “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Build Static Sites with Ruby” online (use cursor to browse back and forth etc.); also available in an all-in-one-page (source) version. The topics covered include:
A Path to Services - Part 3 - Synchronous Events
I wrote a new article on our decision to use microservices. Hope you enjoy!
Rails Tip: Get Controller Name Or Action Name Of Previous Page
How to get the controller name or action name of previous page in Rails. http://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/get-controller-name-or-action-name-of-previous-page-in-rails
Problems with typical Rails controllers and before actions
One of the most common practices when writing controllers in Rails is using before_actions to keep them DRY. But what happens when the readability drastically deteriorates after making the code DRY to the max? Is it still worth it? Read more at blog.ragnarson.com
How to create a better Rails development environment with Docker Compose
A guide to quickly setting up a dev environment: https://www.madetech.com/blog/creating-a-better-rails-development-environment-with-docker-compose
check_passenger
A gem to monitor Passenger processes with Nagios. https://github.com/aredondo/check_passenger
Quick introduction to object oriented programming
Object oriented programming is the basis of today’s frameworks for web development. Nearly every web project uses this development methodology. If you are new to programming, it is very important to have clear the OOP concepts. http://davidmles.com/blog/intro-object-oriented-programming/
The Rails Way of Gracefully Solving Web Development Caveats
My look on web development and some of the caveats that can occur during the implementation process and how Ruby on Rails solves such problems. [more inside]