Drifting Ruby

Middleman

#389 Feb 19, 2023 pro

Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. In this episode, we look at creating a static site using TailwindCSS and one of the TailwindUI templates. We also take an interesting approach to keep the development experience close to one that we would expect in a Rails application.

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Testing External Sites

#359 Jul 24, 2022 pro

Sometimes we find ourselves in a situation where we are handling the releases for an important application in our organization, but with each release, a regression/happy path testing must occur. We can use Ruby and Capybara to test these external sites.

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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.

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Gem in a Box

#289 Mar 28, 2021 pro

There's many benefits to running your own cache and proxy for Ruby gems. In this episode, we look at provisioning, configuring our system and projects to use a Gem in a Box instance.

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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.

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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.

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Benchmark Ruby Code

#262 Oct 4, 2020 free

It's easy to accidentally write slow code in our applications. In this episode, we look at how we can benchmark our code and examples of some methods which are slower than others.

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Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit

#253 Aug 2, 2020 free

First look at the upcoming Apple Silicon processor and what it will be like for us Ruby Developers. Honestly, I wish that it was a better experience. However, with macOS Big Sur being beta and the DTK not being the final consumer hardware, there's still hope yet.

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Contributing to a Gem

#240 May 3, 2020 free

So, you've been using a gem for some time and you've either discovered that the gem isn't working correctly or that you want to start contributing to the gem itself. Sometimes this can be an overwhelming task. In this episode, we look at the basic processes for contributing to a gem.

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Emojis from Scratch

#227 Feb 2, 2020 free

In this episode, we look at attaching emojis to our comments model, allowing them to fill in some emotional cues.

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