Ruby Tips #359 – Root Node for ActiveModel Serializers
To override your root nodes for ActiveModel serializers without a global config use the following. This makes a consistent API for clients regardless of model but still leaves your code flexible. #...
View ArticleRuby Tips #360 – Bang Bang Boolean
Ruby provides syntax for a !! boolean. In this example let’s extend this to a class default for our Yummy class. class Yummy def initialize @dinner_defined = false end def some_fudz...
View ArticleRuby Tips #361 – Access Heroku psql without Gems
One of the things making your Heroku hosted database, certainly from a remote box, or a console difficult is the need to get an application running with the Heroku gems. This means also means your...
View ArticleRuby Tips #362 – Super and Parentheses
Most the time in Ruby parentheses are optional for parameters in method calls. Here is one case where you can expect the unexpected. class Course def track puts 'masters' end end class Elective <...
View ArticleRuby Tips #363 – Eql? versus == with Numerics
These two operator in Ruby look similar but can have different results when comparing Numeric operators. 1.0 == 1 #=> true 1.eql? 1 #=> false As stated in the docs only override the ‘==’ if...
View ArticleRuby Tips #364 – Cool Console Counter
This tip comes by way of: @starvo. By using a counter in your ruby console script you can gain insight into long running actions for your application. @photos = Photo.all count = @photos.count...
View ArticleRuby Tips #365 – OMFG A Year of Ruby Tips
Today marks the end of a 365 day journey of writing one Ruby programming tip everyday. It has been a long journey to consider new and interesting content in the realm of a Ruby and Rails programmer. I...
View ArticleCurb Your Refactor
Refactoring is a necessity in software development. As engineers, our first attempt at writing new feature code is most likely filled with rats. Then we refactor the code to make it maintainable,...
View ArticleEngineering Guidelines for Teams
After observing millions of dollars wasted and made, companies close, and lives disrupted I have adopted these lessons. Your business is not immune from the problems of modern knowledge work. It does...
View ArticleShould I Use Rails in 2018
tl;dr Yes. Ruby on Rails has been a production-ready framework since its maturation phase in 2008. When Rails became deployable without an operations team. We gained dangerous ground in the community....
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