Drifting Ruby

Ubuntu Desktop

#361 Aug 7, 2022 free

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that offers a great development experience and can run on most x86/amd64 systems. In this episode, we set up our Ruby on Rails development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish.

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Remote Development

#339 Mar 6, 2022 free

Having a fast and expensive computer to do daily development is a luxury. Sometimes, we may be in a position where we are just getting started with programming and the budget is very small. In this episode we look at a very moderately priced Chromebook and explore how we can make it into a viable development machine.

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Seed like a Pro

#284 Feb 21, 2021 pro

Seeding your database is often an overlooked part of development and it has a lot of benefits that can help uncover issues within your application. However, maintaining the seeds.rb can be difficult and things can get out of hand quickly. In this episode, learn how to manage and maintain the seeds file.

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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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A Rubyist's Apple M1 Review

#270 Nov 25, 2020 free

A broad look into the Apple M1 from the perspective of a Ruby Developer. We look at a lot of the different aspects; Docker, asdf Ruby, Visual Studio Code, and more.

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From Editor to IDE

#266 Nov 1, 2020 free

Visual Studio Code is a powerful editor by itself, but with the addition of a few extensions, we can turn it into a much more intelligent IDE.

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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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Website Accessibility

#213 Oct 27, 2019 pro

In this episode, we add Bootstrap into a Rails 6 application and look at various aspects of website accessibility.

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Creating Health Checks

#208 Sep 22, 2019 pro

Health Checks are an important part of monitoring an application's health. However, a simple status response may not be sufficient. In this episode, we look at creating a health check which monitors some dependencies of a Rails application.

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Introduction to Dragon Ruby

#197 Jul 7, 2019 free

Dragon Ruby is toolchain that allows developers the ability to build apps and games in Ruby.

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