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1 February 2023
Ruby News January 2023 Digest
Ruby News January 2023 Digest
31 January 2023
Rendering markdown views in Rails
In this post the author explains how to render markdown views in Rails.
30 January 2023
The Difference Between load, autoload, require, and require_relative in Ruby
Loading external files can get tricky in Ruby, but it doesn't have to be. This post explains the usage of Ruby's load, require, and require_relative methods, and when to use each.
27 January 2023
Secure CSRF Token Storage in Rails 7 using Encrypted Cookies
Introduction of Rails 7 feature to store CSRF tokens outside of the session such as in encrypted cookies.
27 January 2023
Rails on Docker
Rails 7.1 is getting an official Dockerfile, which should make it easier to deploy Rails applications to production environments that support Docker. Think of it as a pre-configured Linux box that will work for most Rails applications.
27 January 2023
Uniqueness validation does not work since the beginning of Ruby on Rails
This post is about a problem of uniqueness validation in ActiveRecord. The author shares how to deal with the problem and ensure it does not come back.
26 January 2023
Calling Ruby Methods in C: Avoid Memory Leaks
Discover how you can avoid memory leaks in your C extension by using functions like rb_protect.
25 January 2023
Leverage Regular Instance Variable to Resolve Thread-Safety Issue on Rails ActiveRecord model
The Rails ActiveRecord module allows us to make use of standard instance variables on the objects to adapt their behaviour. In this post we discuss the technique and give an example of where it could be used.
24 January 2023
My Adventure with Async Ruby
Ruby 3.0 introduced the fiber scheduler interface, which is used by the async gem to run tasks concurrently. It’s particularly useful for I/O-bound workloads. This post is a summary of my journey in figuring out how to use it.
24 January 2023
Regex Improvements in the New Ruby 3.2
Last Christmas day, the Ruby 3.2.0 version was released. The author tells improvements to regular expressions and ReDoS (Regular expression Denial of Service) attacks.
23 January 2023
Avoiding bugs in Ruby code using the state pattern
In this article, the author will take you through an example, at first with a brittle implementation, and then reworked using the state pattern into something more stable.
23 January 2023
Simplifying DOM Element Generation in Rails with the Enhanced dom_id Method
Learn how the recent enhancement to the Rails dom_id method allows developers to generate both an ID and a class for an element in a single line of code.
23 January 2023
How to Delete a Directory in Ruby
In Ruby, there are several ways to delete a file or a directory. In this article, we will discuss two of the most commonly used methods: File.delete and FileUtils.remove_dir.
23 January 2023
Super Standard
In this post the author explains how to add gem extensions and custom rules to Standard Ruby.
20 January 2023
A Shallow Dive into Memory Leaks in Ruby
In this post the author explains how to avoid memory leaks in Ruby.
19 January 2023
Refactoring instance variables to local variables in Rails controllers
In this post, the author will show how to take advantage of shorthand hash syntax while changing from instance variables to local variables in controllers and views.
19 January 2023
10 Ruby tricks to improve your code (or not)
In this post the author shows you 10 nice Ruby features to improve your code.
19 January 2023
Server-Side Request Forgery in Rails
In this post the author explains what is Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and why is it a concern for web security?
17 January 2023
Evaluating More Coverage in Ruby 3.2
In this post the author explains how the Coverage module can measure the coverage of a Ruby expression in a string passed to the eval method.
17 January 2023
Signed URLs with Ruby
Signed URLs can be a very useful solution in many cases when you need to provide limited access to some resources or actions. In this post the author will focus on when and how to use them in Ruby, with Rails, or by providing a custom implementation.
12 January 2023
How to create a Ruby on Rails gem from your existing code
A step-by-step tutorial on how we extract code from our Rails app, package it into a gem, and publish it on RubyGems.org.
11 January 2023
Ruby News December 2022 Digest
Ruby News December 2022 Digest
10 January 2023
Applicative programming in Ruby: advanced behaviors
In this post the author shows how to create applicative lists and parsers.
5 January 2023
Rails 7.1 supports infinite ranges for Active Record Validators
In this post the author shows how Rails 7.1 supports infinite ranges for Active Record Validators.
