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RubyMine: Code Insight for Ruby and Rails

We answer take a look at the Code Insight feature from RubyMine to help answer the question: "what does RubyMine do that a text editor can't?"

Understanding the Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture in Rails

Rails really takes the idea of separating an application's data, user interface, and control logic to a whole new level. In this article we'll see how.

Building APIs with Ruby on Rails and GraphQL

Léonard demonstrates the possibilities offered by GraphQL and Rails by implementing a simple movies database API.

Beyond Rails Abstractions: A Dive into Database Internals

David Bush discusses the importance of understanding core functionality in Rails, showing how indexes work and how to implement a database by yourself.

Search and Autocomplete in Rails Apps

Ilya shows how to set up search and autocomplete features in a Rails application, including additional pg_search options, matched usernames and geolocation.

Take Opportunities to Beat Imposter Syndrome

Start Your SEO Right with Sitemaps on Rails

Handle Password and Email Changes in Your Rails API

Vinoth completes this two-part series on authenticating your Rails API using JWT by handling reset password and email endpoints.

Do the Right Thing and Document Your Rails API with Swagger

Parth Modi generates executable docs for his Rails API using swagger-docs and swagger-ui.

Master Many-to-Many Associations with ActiveRecord

Fred Heath discusses the many different many-to-many associations and how to handle each with ActiveRecord.

Setting Up an Angular SPA on Rails with Devise and Bootstrap

Jesse Novotny provides a walkthrough for setting up an Angular single page app on Rails with Devise and Bootstrap.

Lexers, Parsers, and ASTs, OH MY!: How Ruby Executes

Common Rails Security Pitfalls and Their Solutions

Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski walks through 10 common security issues when using Rails and how to avoid and manage each one.

Ruby, Rails, and Imposter Syndrome, with Glenn Goodrich

In this episode, Tim and David are joined by Glenn Goodrich, aka Ruprict, a developer by day and SitePoint's Ruby Channel editor by night.

5 Ruby Resources for the Hour of Code

N + 1: When More Queries Is a Good Thing

Parth Modi explains how he discovered that fixing the N + 1 Query Problem isn't always about reducing the number of queries. Sometimes, more queries is better.

Video Uploads with Rails and Ziggeo

The Conventions of Contributing to Open Source

Talk with the Experts: Glenn Goodrich

This is a recap of our recent AMA with Glenn Goodrich, our Ruby channel editor and author behind Rails: Novice to Ninja on SitePoint. 

Leverage Heroku’s Metrics for Better App Performance

 Vinoth shows you what the Heroku Metrics Dashboard displays and then runs through some scenarios on improving performance using these metrics.

Rack-App: A Performant and Pragmatic Web Microframework

David Bush introduces Rack-App, a web microframework in Ruby that has a single dependency, can handle thousands of endpoints, and is among the fastest around.

From Novice to Ninja: How to Master Using Plugins in Rails

Rails: Novice to Ninja: The plugins architecture of Rails warrants attention, and this excerpt gives detailed insight to master the use of plugins in Rails.

7 Design Patterns to Refactor MVC Components in Rails

Viktoria Kotsurenko explains seven very useful design patterns and how they can be applied to MVC components in Rails to make your app more maintainable.

Real-Time Messaging with Rails and ActionCable

The Basics of MVC in Rails: Skinny Everything

Viktoria Kotsurenko reviews some of the basics of MVC in Rails, showing why everything should be skinny.

Build a Messaging System with Rails and ActionCable

Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski pens the first of a two-part series building a complete messaging system with Rails and ActionCable.

Why Learning Rails Is Still a Great Choice in 2016

Given that software is changing at the speed of light, how can something like Rails an object-oriented language persevere? Is it worth learning? Yes!

10 Ruby on Rails Best Practices

Sarmad Sabih runs through some of his favorite best practices for Rails applications.

Password-Less Authentication in Rails

Password-less authentication is becoming more popular, and Vinoth shows you how to do it from scratch in Rails.

Learn Ruby Metaprogramming for Great Good

Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski offers a clean example of good metaprogramming in Ruby.