Aug 13, 2025 · 9 min read · Introduction Ruby on Rails' ActiveRecord is renowned for its elegant DSL that shields developers from writing raw SQL. However, there are times when you need to break through this abstraction layer and write custom SQL. That's where Arel.sqlcomes in ...
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Aug 8, 2025 · 5 min read · When working with ActiveRecord in Rails, understanding the difference between inner joins and left outer joins is crucial for writing efficient queries and getting the data you actually need. Let's explore these concepts with practical examples using...
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Jul 4, 2025 · 1 min read · ActiveAdmin is a popular administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications. It allows developers to quickly and easily build beautiful and powerful admin interfaces with minimal code. Here’s a quick overview: ✅ Key Features: Auto-generates ad...
Join discussionJul 25, 2024 · 5 min read · Click here to watch a video version of this tutorial. This lesson is from Full Stack Rails Mastery In this lesson, we’ll create an interactive image gallery for the product page using Stimulus. Here we have all the thumbnails of the product’s image...
BBrooklyn commentedMay 31, 2024 · 2 min read · Introduction Heroku no longer has a free tier. This blog post lists the reasons why.Heroku used to be my go-to service for experimenting with new frameworks. I would generate the starter app, and then deploy it to Heroku.Then I would continue to incr...
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May 21, 2024 · 2 min read · Before Rails 7.1 Once upon a time, way long before the Rails 7.1 era, a smart Rails developer (like yourself) needed to ensure user email addresses were properly normalized (sanitized and formatted correctly). Back then, they used clever techniques s...
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Apr 13, 2024 · 6 min read · Basics of Ruby Programming Variables and Data Types: In Ruby, variables don't have types; instead, objects have types. Variables simply reference objects. Here's an example: ```ruby name = "John" # String age = 25 # Integer salary = 2500.50 # Float i...
Join discussionMar 28, 2024 · 1 min read · In Rails, background workers are typically used to execute tasks asynchronously, outside of the normal request-response cycle. This is useful for time-consuming operations like sending emails, processing large datasets, or interacting with external A...
Join discussionOct 9, 2023 · 2 min read · In the latest Rails, a significant change has been made to the behaviour of transactions. Specifically, using return, break, or throw statements will no longer trigger an automatic rollback of the transaction. In Rails 6.1 use of return, break, and t...
Join discussionAug 16, 2023 · 2 min read · Rails provides has_secure_password class method to store passwords securely. You need to have password_digest attribute in your model to get it working. For example, if you have a user model class User < ApplicationRecord has_secure_password end T...
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