Articles about Rails, the framework
Hotwire is the new functionality of Rails that gained momentum lastly. This tutorial is a practical introduction to each feature. Motivation At BootrAils, we don’t use Hotwire at all. We consider it more simple to launch an MVP without it. That being said, Hotwire looks promising, and deserves special attention, since it’s shipped by default with …
Here are the instructions to rename an existing Rails app. Nothing really risky, it should be a set-and-forget thing. How the Rails your app name was defined First, the name of your Rails app comes from the “rails new myapp” command. In this example, “myapp” is the name of your Rails app. You will rename …
administrate is a gem that allows you to build an admin dashboard. It’s often qualified as DSL-less admin builder, i.e. every file your admin dashboard rely on, can be fully overridden by the developer. Let’s see how. 1. Prerequisites Now open your usual workspace, and type You have now a fresh, new, default Rails 7 …
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administrate is a gem that allows you to build an admin dashboard. It’s often qualified as DSL-less admin builder, i.e. every file your admin dashboard rely on, can be fully overridden by the developer. Let’s see how. 1. Prerequisites Now open your usual workspace, and type You have now a fresh, new, default Rails 7 …
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Action Mailer is already included in any new Rails application. However in this tutorial we will take time to see how each piece of code works. In development, test and production mode. Thus, we hope to increase confidence, and remove any bug fear of any newcomer to the stack. Prerequisites Here are the tools we …
From Rails 7, byebug has been replaced by ruby/debug, a feature that is available in Ruby 3.1, and available as a gem in every new Rails project. 1. Prerequisites Check that you have ruby 3 already installed. Check you also have bundler installed, and npm above version 7 Any upper versions should work. 2. Install …
From Rails 7, byebug has been replaced by ruby/debug, a feature that is available in Ruby 3.1, and available as a gem in every new Rails project. 1. Prerequisites Check that you have ruby 3 already installed. Check you also have bundler installed, and npm above version 7 Any upper versions should work. 2. Install …
Inside Rails 7 apps, esbuild is wrapped into jsbundling. But what if you want to customize this build ? 0. Motivation At BootrAils we are currently considering dropping the entire default “Rails Way” to manage frontend assets (CSS, images, JS, etc), by replacing it with ViteJS. (See this article : https://www.bootrails.com/blog/vitejs-rails-a-wonderful-combination/). However, for those interested in this “Rails …
Sidekiq allows Rails to launch any task in the background. Let’s see how, from zero to production. Motivation At BootrAils, we are trying to keep the stack as simple as possible. However, the need for the existence of background jobs arises very quickly when you create a new Rails application for business purposes. Think about the …
Cypress is a well-known tool for JavaScript developers. It allows elegant end-to-end testing of any application. For Ruby-on-Rails, it’s an extremely relevant tool to use. 0. The origins : the Rails doctrine™ At BootrAils, Cypress is already integrated, configured, with a few tests to cover and document the application. We find this tool very interesting because …
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