Creating a Rack Middleware
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Creating a Rack Middleware

#215 Nov 10, 2019 pro
Rack provides a minimal, modular, and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby. In this episode, we create and insert our own Rack Middleware into a Rails 6 application.

Ruby on Docker
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Ruby on Docker

#274 Dec 20, 2020 pro
Learn to use Docker to manage our Ruby interpreter and use it to template new Rails applications.

Avatars
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Avatars

#276 Dec 27, 2020 pro
Learn how to build avatars with initials and conditionally prefer Gravatar images if they exist.

Creating Command Line Applications
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Creating Command Line Applications

#309 Aug 15, 2021 pro
As developers, chances are we are in the terminal often. Command Line Interfaces (CLI), are very helpful in streamlining our work. Ruby is a very powerful language and can make some powerful CLIs. Thor is a powerful option, but in this episode, we look at some alternatives from basic to more advanced scenarios.

Safely Running Shell Commands
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Safely Running Shell Commands

#151 Sep 16, 2018 pro
We may come across a need to run shell commands and Ruby has some built in methods which appear safe, but can introduce major security risks.