Ruby
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski, Feb 06

YouTube API, Version 3 on Rails

Ilya Bodrov instructs you how to use the newest version (3) of the YouTube API. Ilya has written previous posts using previous versions, so he knows.
Ruby
Dhaivat Pandya, Feb 04

Real-time Web Apps with Volt in Ruby

Dhaivat Pandya explores Volt, a Ruby framework for building real-time applications. Volt makes it easy to sync client and server data, making real-time real
Ruby
Aaron Lasseigne, Feb 02

New Methods in Ruby 2.2

Most of the fanfare around Ruby 2.2 has focused on garbage collection (GC) upgrades. Aaron Lasseigne explores what other new toys 2.2 delivered.
Ruby
Robert Qualls, Jan 29

Decoupling with Lotus

Robert Qualls explores Lotus, a Ruby web framework that aims to make MVC more object-oriented. No monkey patching, for the win!
Ruby
Fred Heath, Jan 26

Closures in Ruby

Fred Heath explores the world of closures in Ruby. Ruby offers many constructs for creating and working with closures. Mastering these constructs is needed.
Ruby
Dhaivat Pandya, Jan 22

Rails URL Helpers in Javascript with JsRoutes

Use the JsRoutes gem to get Rails URL helper in your javascript code. No more hardcoding URLs on the client, FTW!
Ruby
Richard Schneeman, Jan 19

Symbol GC in Ruby 2.2

What is symbol GC and why should you care? Ruby 2.2 was just released and, in addition to incremental GC, one of the other big features is Symbol GC. If you've been around the Ruby landscape, you've heard the term "symbol DoS". A symbol denial of service attack occurs when a system creates so many symbols that it runs out of memory. This is because, prior to Ruby 2.2, symbols lived forever. For example in Ruby 2.1:

Ruby
Vasu K, Jan 15

Rails Model Caching with Redis

Model level caching is something that's often ignored, even by seasoned developers. Much of it's due to the misconception that, when you cache the views, you don't need to cache at the lower levels. While it's true that much of a bottleneck in the Rails world lies in the View layer, that's not always the case.

Lower level caches are very flexible and can work anywhere in the application. In this tutorial, I'll demonstrate how to cache your models with Redis.
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Ruby
Dhaivat Pandya, Jan 14

Tokaido: Quick Start with Rails

Dhaivat Pandya explores Tokaido, an application aimed at making getting started with Rails on the Mac much, much easier.
Ruby
Abder-Rahman Ali, Jan 12

Ruby on Medicine: Converting DICOM to JPG

This article is the first article in the Ruby on Medicine (RoM) series focused on how Ruby can be applied to the medical domain.
Ruby
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski, Jan 08

Messaging with Rails and Mailboxer

Mailboxer is a Rails gem that is a generic messaging system that handles conversations with one or more recipients and sends notifications via email.
Ruby
Glenn Goodrich, Dec 29

A Peek at Ruby in 2015

A peek at what 2015 has in store for Ruby and its community.
Ruby
Abder-Rahman Ali, Dec 22

What Editor Do Rubyists Use?

Abder-Rahman Ali interviews 100 Rubyists to find out what editor they use and which is the most popular.
Ruby
Jesse Herrick, Dec 18

Chruby and Rbenv Tips and Tricks

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Rbenv and chruby are the cool kids on the block now. Obviously, we want the most we can get out of our favorite tools. So this article isn't about which one to like more, nor is it an introduction to either version manager. Instead, we're going to cover some advanced rbenv and chruby usage to maximize your productivity.

Ruby
Islam Wazery, Dec 15

Advanced Search with Ransack

In this tutorial we will explore how to add complex search functionality into your Rails application. This task will be made easier by the awesome Ransack Ruby gem. Ransack provides excellent helpers and builders for handling advanced searches on your models. It has some really powerful features available out of the box without writing a lot of code, such as sorting or conditional search.

Ruby
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski, Dec 11

Fun with Robots, Lita, and HipChat
Ruby
James Hibbard, Dec 09

All I Want for Christmas: Rails 4 Test Prescriptions

As part of our Christmas giveaway series, James Hibbard took a look at test-driven design book Rails 4 Test Prescriptions — and we have a copy to give away.
Ruby
Fred Heath, Dec 08

Semi-Relational Data Modeling with Redis and Ohm

Learn how to use the speed of Redis and the abstraction of the Ohm gem to treat your key-value data as relational objects.
Ruby
Glenn Goodrich, Dec 04

RailsBricks: Start Faster with Rails

A detailed dive into RailsBricks, a gem that generates complete Rails applications. RailsBricks takes care of authentications, email, config, and more.
4 COMMENTs
Ruby
Katrina Owen, Dec 01

The Syntax of Taste: Refactoring Conditionals

Conditionals aren't bad, but they sure do have a tendency to proliferate. Here we'll look at a conditional and how to gain a small measure of control
4 COMMENTs
Ruby
Richard Schneeman, Nov 24

Unraveling String Key Performance in Ruby 2.2

Richard Schneeman digs out how hashes allocates string keys and how Ruby 2.2 makes this much, much better.
24 COMMENTs
Ruby
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski, Nov 20

Mini-chat with Rails and Server-Sent Events

Ilya Bodrov takes a look at using Rails and HTML5 Server-Sent Events to create a web-based, real time, mini-chat application.
7 COMMENTs
Ruby
Panayotis Matsinopoulos, Nov 17

Delayed Job Best Practices

In this article, I'll cover some of the best practices and tips I apply at work when working with Delayed Job.
2 COMMENTs
Ruby
Aaron Lasseigne, Nov 13

Clojure Loops in Ruby

Feeling inspired I decided to port this new Clojure loop into Ruby. I settled on using continuations, a little known Ruby feature, to make it all work.
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