Ensure with Explicit Return
Consider the following method. Assume that the call to thing.method_that_possibly_raises! might raise an app exception we will call SomeAppException? What we have here…
Fix for RVM (Ruby Version Manager ) running on macOS Big Sur
What is RVM Big Sur? RVM stands for Ruby Version Manager and is a tool used by Ruby developers to…
Matz is Nice and So We Are Nice
It is said of Ruby’s creator Yukihero Matsumoto, ‘Matz is Nice and So Are We.’ It is this mantra about…
Remember how strftime works in Ruby? Neither do I.
For a Good Strftime lets you easily create the Ruby syntax for strftime. Just select how you want your dates:…
Universal Track Manager Version 0.5
Today I’ve finished version 0.5 of my new Gem, Universal Track Manager. It’s a plug-and-play Rails engine that you install…
A First Look : Universal Track Manager
Today I’m announcing ‘a first look’ at my new Gem: Universal Track Manager. It’s an ambitious project that’s going to have…
Jason FB’s 10 Magical Ruby Developer Tools
1. deivid-rodriguez/byebug Byebug is a fantastic debugger available for Ruby 2 (and presumably above). Drop gem ‘byebug’ into your Rails…
Custom Error Handling in Rails
1. Create an ErrorsController in app/controllers class ErrorsController < ApplicationController def not_found respond_to do |format| format.html { render template: “errors/not_found”,…
The Great Rails Cache Lie
Today I’ll take a moment to expound on how web development has changed over the last two decades. Long ago,…
Port YAML-based configs to Client-Side Code as JSON
Sometimes in the life of a hybrid Rails-Javascript app you may want to do something unique: have a config file…