RSpec not_change
You can add your own support for the absent not_change matcher.
John Norris — September 11 2024
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Gems
Development snippets.
A Collection Containing Exactly
A great way of testing a collection in RSpec without needing to care about the order.
John Norris — September 4 2024
Locating Active::Storage attachments
It can be a bit of a mystery, but they've used a simple pattern.
John Norris — August 29 2024
Who really wrote that code?
A better way of using git blame to give you a more accurate result.
Adam Dawkins — May 8 2024
ActiveRecord composed_of
Allows us to use Value Objects for things that are part of our models.
Adam Dawkins — February 21 2024
update_all is very different to update
update goes via the ActiveRecord record, while update_all writes to the column in SQL.
Adam Dawkins — February 3 2024
link_to_if could be a trap
link_to_if is a great way to conditionally render a link, but it can be a trap if you're not careful.
John Norris — February 2 2024
Clamping in JavaScript
I've got a number, and I want that number, or 0 or 100 if it overflows in either direction
John Norris — December 15 2023
Blank Options in Required Select Boxes
You apparently can’t combine include_blank and required on a select box, which seems odd.
John Norris — November 10 2023
Turbo Frames within View Components
There seems to be a solveable issue with using turbo_frame_tag within view components.
Rich Butler — November 8 2023
Running Rails Tests in Parallel
Using the parallel_tests gem and running the tests in parallel, the whole suite ran in 39 seconds, rather than the usual 4-5 minutes.
Will Hodgson — October 23 2023
Comparing Date and TimeWithZone
Rails does weird rounding in comparisons between Date and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone classes.
Adam Dawkins — September 15 2023
Clear out temp storage after RSpec completion
The tmp/storage folder can grow quickly, and before you know it it's taken over.
Will Hodgson — September 7 2023
Devise Trackable Timestamps
Devise trackable stores useful timestamps for when users did things, but they aren't very clear.
John Norris — July 19 2023
Schema.rb version and Heroku
The timestamp that’s passed to version in db/schema.rb is very important to get right, especially in merges.
John Norris — July 3 2023
SSL issues when installing Ruby with RVM
This might be your solution if you’re struggling with SSL issues while installing a version of Ruby with RVM
John Norris — May 22 2023
The one-sided Turboframe
Using a Turboframe with a src can be a trap.
John Norris — April 5 2023