Rails 7: ImportMap-Rails with Bootstrap, Stimulus, Turbo (Quick Setup)
Here we will do a manual setup for ImportMap-Rails starting from rails new --skip-javascript. Please note that these are the step-by-step instructions for helping you...
The Magic of Enums in Rails
Ruby on Rails has special under-the-hood magic that will patch four methods onto your models for each enum value you specify. That means if you...
Ruby Essential Testing Tools
Here is the "test tooling" that you need to be a successful Ruby developer. [subpages] Rspec Factory Bot SimpleCov Reverse_coverage Reverse coverage is a tool...
Advanced Rails Debugging
This post follows up on Ruby Debugging Basics Active Record Query Trace — brunofacca/active-record-query-trace An excellent gem that's still a non-optional workhorse in my development practice...
Rails 7: Up & Running with JSBundling
Rails new has new options. They are --css and --javascript. If you don't use either one, you will build a new Rails app using ImportMap....
Hello Stimulus JS
When what you’re building is Rails with light interactions, marketing pages, landing pages, dashboard apps on Rails 7, Stimulus JS is exactly what you want. It gets out of your way just the right amount, making the easy easy and the hard possible
When Rails Ejected Node and the History of Compiled JS in Rails
Explore the history of Sprockets, Webpack, and Webpacker in Rails and understand why Rails 7 no longer has webpack by default.
Rails 7: Stimulus JS Basics
1. Picky about Naming when setting up Controller. When setting up the controller, there must be a 'data-controller' attribute that matches the name of the...