New framework defaults in Rails 6
Rails 6 is released. This post is part of the Road to Rails 6 series which will prepare you for Rails 6.Every time a new major Rails version is released, there are
Advanced multi-db techniques in Rails 6
Rails 6 is just around the corner. The release candidate two was recently released. This post is part of the Road to Rails 6 series which will prepare you for Rails 6.Check
Setting up Rails 6 app with multiple databases on Heroku
Rails 6 is just around the corner. The release candidate two was recently released. This post is part of the Road to Rails 6 series which will prepare you for Rails 6.When
How to (not) use unscoped in Rails
Active Record provides unscoped to remove all the scopes added to a model previously.class Article default_scope { where(published: true) } end Article.all # SELECT * FROM articles WHERE published = true Article.unscoped # SELECT
Time.use_zone for different timezones in Rails app
Prefer Time.use_zone {} over Time.zone=
Installing capybara-webkit gem on Ubuntu 16.04
I was not able to install capybara-webkit gem on Ubuntu 16.04. I tried to follow the instructions mentioned in the gem wiki to solve this problem.sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install
Creating pull requests from emacs
Learn how to create pull requests in Github from emacs with the help of magit
b - a hidden method from Ruby string class
After my last post on how Ruby initializes objects, Sagar shared with me following code.class Abc attr_accessor :a, :b def self.new(a, b) @a = a @b = b end end o
Understanding how Ruby initializes objects
Deep buried in Rails source code, there is a code snippet:class DeprecationProxy def self.new(*args, &block) object = args.first return object unless object super end ... end It was added 9
Insights from the SICP meetup
We organized a SICP reading meetup on 11th May in Pune. Our inspiration was similar meetup from our friends Siddharth and Soham in Mumbai. This was the second such meetup that we did.
Fix weird PostgreSQL error after updating Postgres.app
Recently I updated Postgres.app and after that I started getting a weird error while running Active Record tests locally using PostgreSQL adapter./Users/prathamesh/Projects/sources/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_
Installing eventmachine gem on El Capitan
I keep forgetting how to install eventmachine on El Capitan Mac OS X.So adding this post to lookup when required.$ gem install eventmachine -v '1.0.8' -- --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/