Projects That Are Making Blazing Fast Ruby a Reality
Robert Qualls looks at 2 projects that could lift Ruby in to the upper echelon of fast languages. No, really. Fast Ruby could be a thing, soon.
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Hackable PDF Typesetting in Ruby with Prawn
Robert Qualls explores typesetting and hackable PDFs in Ruby. Learn how to quickly typeset and generate PDFs for some simple document needs.
Integrate Jasmine into Rails for Solid JavaScript Testing
A tutorial on how to integrate Jasmine into your Rails application by Hendra Uzia. Jasmine allows you to test your JavaScript functionality continuously.
OAuth 2 All the Things with oPRO: Customization
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Ruby on Medicine: Working with Medical Images
A. Hasan applies Ruby to the medical domain, creating and viewing medical images. See how to encode and decode images, and use Tk to view them.
OAuth 2 All the Things with oPRO: Users and API
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski builds on the basics of OAuth 2 authenticaiton for Rails with oPRO, focusing on storing User data and accessing API endpoints.
Learn the First Best Practices for Rails and RSpec
Kingsley Silas walks through a real Rails setup with RSpec. Learn some of the first best practices to kick start your Rails testing with RSpec.
Authenticate All the Things with oPRO, the Basics
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski continues looking at authentication options in the Rails community, this time focusing on oPRO, an OAuth2 provider engine.
Ideas for Improving the Ruby Language in 2016
Glenn Goodrich takes a look at the goals for the Ruby language in 2016. Diversity and language improvements make up the top of the list.
A Retrospective on Ruby in 2015
Glenn Goodrich takes a last look at 2015 in Ruby, treating the articles of the year a bit like features and stories in an Agile Retrospective meeting.
Ruby Can Be Faster with a Bit of Rust
Robert Qualls introduces Rust to Rubyists, showing how to write a dynamic library to allow Ruby to consume Rust, making Ruby faster when it's done right.
Max out Your TDD with Maxitest and Minitest
Jesse Herrick shows you Maxitest and how it enhances TDD with Minitest. Maxitest makes your tests a bit more readable and easier to use. Check it out.
Integrating Jade Templates into Rails for Cleaner Templates
Hendra Uzia integrates the Jade Template engine into Rails, resulting in cleaner template syntax. Hendra also points out some gotchas for taken this route.
Building an RSS Reader in Rails Is Easy
Vinoth builds a simple RSS reader using Rails. Missing Google Reader? Start making your own replacement with this tutorial.
Fun and Practical Alfred Workflows in Ruby
Robert Qualls walks through some practical Alfred workflows using Ruby. Create a calendar event, convert some currency, and learn how much fun Alfred can be
Up and Running with Camaleon CMS
Kingsley Silas introduces you to Camaleon CMS, a content management system based on Ruby on Rails 4. Learn how to make your next site with Camaleon.
An Interview with Elixir Creator José Valim
Nihal Sahu sits down with well-known Rubyist and creator of the Elixir language, Jose Valim.
Know What Your Users Know with Raygun
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski introduces you to Raygun, a great error reporting and user monitoring service. Do the right thing for your users and read this.
Building a Slackbot with Ruby and Sinatra
Vinoth shows you how to make a Slackbot with Sinatra. Customize your Slack experience with a slackbot that is under your command! BWAHAHHAHA!
Learn Concurrency by Implementing Futures in Ruby
Learn about concurrency in Ruby while implementing Futures. Benjamin Tan Wei Hao takes a test-first approach in this informative post.
Awesome Autocomplete: Trigram Search in Rails and PostgreSQL
Vinoth shows you how to make autocompletion awesome using trigram search functionality in Rails and PostgreSQL.
Octopress 3 Arrives to Make Blog Generation Crazy Simple
Kingsley Silas explores the new features unveiled in Octopress 3. Learn how to easily create and deploy a blog based on Jekyll and get your voice out there.
Holy Hacking, Batman! Create Alfred Workflows in Ruby
Robert Qualls takes a look at creating workflows in Alfred with Ruby. Alfred brings great utility to the Mac, and extending it with Ruby brings more.
Solving Design Anti-Patterns in Ruby: Fix the Factory
Fred Heath shows how Ruby can take patterns from other languages and clean them up using Modules to make your code concise and expressive.
What’s in Your Wallet? Handling iOS Passbook with Ruby
Vinoth creates a simple sinatra app to handle iOS passes. Generate push notifications for users with your passes, very interesting.
Fire up Your E-Commerce Site with Solidus
Kingsley Silas walks through installing Solidus, the newly created, open source gem to replace Spree. Get started with the future of Rails e-commerce.
Active Model Serializers, Rails, and JSON! OH MY!
Hendra Uzia writes this great article on using Active Model Serializers to make your JSON great. If you use Rails to make an API, this is for you.
Straightforward Rails Authorization with Pundit
Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski writes a second post about Rails authorization, this one about Pundit. Pundit is a gem that uses plain Ruby classes to make auth easy.
Effectively Handle iOS Payments in Rails
Vasu K walks you, the Rails developer, through accepting iOS payments within your Rails application. Offer in-app purchases easily with this tutorial.
Speed up with Materialized Views on PostgreSQL and Rails
Vinoth Kumar shows you how to speed up your expensive SQL queries using materialized views with PostgreSQL and Rails.