Rails Solid Queue for Background Jobs
Solid Queue is the new default background job system in Rails 8.0, built with simplicity and performance in mind.
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Best Practices for Efficient Pull Request Reviews
Efficient pull request reviews are key to faster releases and better collaboration. This post covers best practices to streamline the process, reduce backlogs, and improve your team's workflow.
Normalizing Attributes in Rails 7.1 using ActiveRecord::Base::normalizes
Learn how to normalize attributes in Rails 7.1 with the new ActiveRecord::Base::normalizes API.
Action Text with Rails API only application
Learn to use Action Text to full extent with Rails API only application
How to redact sensitive parameters in GraphQL and Rails?
Learn how to redact sensitive query parameters in GraphQL with Rails.
Introducing Boring Generators
Introducing Boring Generators gem which aims to make your development faster by delegating boring setups to the gem.
Testing Rails generators with ease
An approach to write test cases for the generators added to reduce efforts and automate your workflow.
Multipart file upload to Active Storage using GraphQL-ruby and Apollo
Learn how to setup your application to do multipart file upload to Active Storage using GraphQL-ruby and Apollo
File upload in GraphQL-ruby using Active Storage Direct Upload
File upload in GraphQL is a tricky problem to solve. Solve the file upload problem using direct upload to Active Storage Rails.
Rails 6.1 adds support for where with a comparison operator
Before Rails 6.1 to add comparison operators in where clause you need to use raw SQL notation. Rails 6.1 adds support for where clause with comparison operator.
Rails 6.1 allows enums attributes to configure the default value
Before Rails 6.1 the enum default were configured on the database level but now Rails 6.1 allows to configure the enum defaults on the model.
Rails rendering partial or block with layout
Today I learned to render Rails partial or block with a layout. This helps reduce the duplication of code and break HTML in smaller components.
Hotwire turbo_frame_tag doesn't work within table HTML tag
Stuck in an issue while trying turbo_frame_tag in tables to replace a row with newly added record. TIL turbo_frame_tag doesn't work within table HTML tag
Stimulus Naming Conventions
Stimulus Rails naming conventions
Rails Generator Handles Action Text Fields
Learn about running rails model and scaffold generator with Action Text rich text field attributes to configure the model and scaffold views with appropriate Action Text settings.
Rails Generator Handles Active Storage Attachment Fields
Learn about running rails model and scaffold generator with Active Storage attachment and attachments field attributes to configure the model and scaffold views with appropriate active storage settings.
Rails 6.1 tracks Active Storage variant in the database
Active Storage reduces the latency by tracking the Active Storage variants in the database.
Custom scalar in GraphQL-ruby
GraphQL-ruby has built-in scalar types. These may not always fit our needs, that when custom scalar types come to rescue.
Error Handling in GraphQL-Ruby
Error handling in GraphQL is a tricky problem to solve. Tricky but solvable.
Add ActionText with Trix rich text editor to React
Rails 6 introduces a Action Text for rich text content and editing. To add Action Text to React you need to use Basecamp's Trix editor.
Add Many monad to Active Support and Active Record Relation in Rails
Rails add Many monad to Active Support and Active Record Relation to ease the deep chaining on collection.
Rails 6.1 introduces class_names helper
Rails 6.1 makes it easier to add conditional class names to the HTML element.
Rails 6 adds touch option to has_one association
Rails 6 adds touch option to has_one association.
Rails 6.1 adds *_previously_was attribute methods
Rails 6.1 dirty tracks the previous attribute value after the model is saved or reset.
Infinite scrolling in Apollo GraphQL and GraphQL-ruby
Add infinite scrolling load data continuously and eliminating the need for pagination in Apollo GraphQL and GraphQL-ruby
Polymorphic types with GraphQL-ruby
Polymorphic types in Rails are used to add belongs to many associations. GraphQL-ruby resolves polymorphic types using Union
Cursor based Relay-style pagination in GraphQL-ruby
Add cursor based Relay-style pagination in GraphQL queries to restrict the amount of data fetched by the query
Offset based pagination in GraphQL-ruby
Add offset based pagination in GraphQL queries to restrict the amount of data fetched by the query
Rails 6 adds ActiveRecord::Relation#annotate
Rails 6 allow adding comments to the SQL queries generated by the ActiveRecord::Relation instance.
Rails 6 adds delete_by, destroy_by ActiveRecord::Relation
Rails 6 adds delete_by, destroy_by methods to find and destroy/delete ActiveRecord::Relation records.
Rails 6 adds negative scopes on enum
Rails 6 now by default adds negative enum scopes to filter records easily.
Rails 5 Active Record attributes API
Rails 5 makes the attribute API public to converts the attribute value to an appropriate Ruby type.
Ruby 2.6 Range#cover? accepts Range object as argument
Ruby 2.6 Range#cover? accepts Range object as argument and returns boolean if the object is comparable and within range.
Rails 5.1 with Webpack
Adding Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails 5.1 using Webpacker
What happened to ActiveRecord::Base in Rails 5?
In Rails 5, ActiveRecord models no longer inherit from ActiveRecord::Base. ActiveRecord models now inherit from Application Record.