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  1. Tips for Using FactoryBot Without an ORM

    Exploring how to use FactoryBot effectively with models backed by plain Ruby objects.

    Oli Peate
    April 28, 2022
    • Factory Girl
    • Factory Bot
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Web
  2. Reducing Leaky Abstractions Introduced by ActiveRecord

    ActiveRecord provides a comprehensive interface for querying the database, but at what cost?

    Josh Clayton
    March 30, 2022
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
    • Good Code
  3. Switching from ENV files to Rails Credentials

    A little bit of my struggles with ENV files throughout the years, and hopefully a better solution.

    Marina Joranhezon
    March 29, 2022
    • Configuration
    • Rails
    • Security
  4. Rails Server Side Analytics From Scratch

    Learn how to track user events without sacrificing privacy and performance.

    Steve Polito
    March 28, 2022
    • Rails
    • Analytics
    • Web
  5. Hotwire: Turbo-Streaming ViewComponents

    Learn how to Turbo-Stream ViewComponents by building a message board.

    Connor McQuillan
    February 8, 2022
    • Hotwire
    • Turbo
    • ViewComponent
    • Rails
  6. Dynamic forms with Turbo

    Fetch fresh fields from your servers with Turbo Frames.

    Sean Doyle
    February 2, 2022
    • Turbo
    • Rails
    • Stimulus
    • Hotwire
    • Web
  7. Dynamic forms with Stimulus

    Progressively enhance your server-generated forms with Stimulus.

    Sean Doyle
    February 1, 2022
    • Stimulus
    • Rails
    • Hotwire
    • Web
  8. Hotwire: Asynchronously loaded tooltips

    Learn how to effectively render tooltips in Rails without writing any JavaScript.

    Steve Polito
    January 26, 2022
    • Hotwire
    • Rails
    • Turbo
    • CSS
  9. A Standard Way to Lint your Views

    Find out how to use erb-lint to lint your views, including using Standard to lint the Ruby code they contain.

    Connor McQuillan
    December 6, 2021
    • ERB Lint
    • Standard
    • Rubocop
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  10. Integration Testing with Capybara

    Blend the speed of Rack::Test-driven Integration Tests with the power and utility of Capybara finders and assertions.

    Sean Doyle
    November 3, 2021
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • HTTP
    • HTML
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