Articles about Rails, the framework
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework with tons of classes that can be used to build any design directly in HTML. Why should you use Tailwind CSS with Rails? Tailwind CSS’s core concept is its utility-first fundamentals, aka being able to build complex components from a constrained set of simple utilities. This brings many …
ViewComponent is a Ruby gem for creating reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby-on-Rails. What is a ViewComponent and why should you use them? A ViewComponent is simply a Ruby object and a template. There are five main reasons why you should use ViewComponents! ViewComponents are ideal for templates that are constantly reused or …
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link_to is a helper method in Ruby that is very useful to enable users to navigate through applications. Ruby-on-Rails and links The link_to helper simply builds links. It works not only to guide the user from one page to another, but to include parameters and queries in the redirection path. Many will think that the link_to helper works exactly …
AlpineJS is a very promising JavaScript tool for already-rendered HTML. It sounds an awfully good fit for Ruby-on-Rails. Let’s dive in. Rails and AlpineJS : wedding time Have a sneak peak to the official AlpineJS documentation . AlpineJS is here to augment in the browser behaviours of HTML that is already rendered by the server. Like jQuery did. Like Hotwire …
Ruby-on-Rails for the backend part, and some VueJS into your views. This short tutorial helps you to put pieces together. 1. Why VueJS and Rails Ruby-on-Rails minimalistic, default app starts without VueJS. Even JavaScript is optional. But only submitting forms and display inputs is no more a web standard. Dynamic, intuitive interfaces are. This is …
Rails 8 has not yet a release date at this time of writing. What kind of feature could be fun in the (future) Ruby-on-Rails 8 release ? Let’s dream. Rails 8 : More confidence in existing tools Rails tend to anticipate the trends – which means how neat are the maintainers. ActionText is one example. …
Ruby-on-Rails : everything you should know before joining a Web Development Bootcamp, and my own review of Le Wagon. Le Wagon coding bootcamp : why BootrAils could be something that will help you after the coding bootcamp is over. Before this, let’s see why you should enter the arena. Are you considering a new career path in the tech industry? Do you …
How to effectively use and implement flash messages with Ruby-on-Rails What are flash messages? Flash messages are notifications and alerts that pop up in the interface of an application in order to communicate with the user and ease of interaction. Applications often apply flash messages to tell the user if the login was correct or …
How to kill your Rails server ? This could happen if your Rails server is buggy, and restart is not possible. Short answer If you local Rails server is running on port 3000, you have first to discover what PID is used : The column that matters is “PID”. The relevant number is 51195 here. …
Analytics (i.e. stats about your visitors) is nowadays not cheap. Let’s see why, and let’s see how Rails could help. 0. Motivation Google analytics is not anymore an option, at least in the EU. It’s barely legal regarding GDPR, and we start to see companies being blamed for using it. Alternatives to Google Analytics are …