How I write tests for my Rails (API) apps

My strategy of writing tests for Rails applications. Integration tests over unit tests. No to 100% test coverage.

Prathamesh Sonpatki
28 July, 2020

All(most all) you need to know about Ruby 2.7

Ruby 2.7 is released. This post discusses the features that are part of Ruby 2.7 and how you can use them. It also discusses how you can start using Ruby 2.7 in your projects.

Prathamesh Sonpatki
25 December, 2019

rails

Understanding Webpacker in Rails 6

Starting with Rails 6, Webpacker is the default JavaScript compiler. It means that all the JavaScript code will be handled by Webpacker instead of the

Prathamesh Sonpatki
26 August, 2019

16Aug

OR query with multiple conditions on same column using Sequel

A handy trick to use Sequel library to generate OR query with multiple conditions on same column

10Aug

Creating unlogged (PostgreSQL) tables in Rails

Create unlogged tables to improve performance especially in test environments in Rails and PostgreSQL

06Aug

Effective enqueuing of background jobs

We can increase efficiency of the background jobs by meticulously enqueuing only those jobs which are actually going to be executed and avoid jobs getting enqueued and discarded immediately.

23Jul

Installing Timescaledb on Mac OS X with Postgres.app

Install Timescaledb on Mac OS X with Postgres.app

15Jul

Custom directory for Webpacker in Rails apps

It is now possible to customize the Webpacker directory in Rails apps using the source_path configuration option.

15Jun

Allowing dots in Rails routes

Rails routes by default do not support dot character. This post describes a way to support them while explaining how Rails parses request URLs.

29Apr

Disable logging of (sensitive) arguments in Active Job

Filter out logging of sensitive parameters in background jobs handled by Active Job

21Apr

Passing Rails controller params to Sidekiq

Passing Rails controller params to Sidekiq jobs

16Apr

Don't add database index if it already exists in Rails

Rails supports conditionally creating indexes based on whether they exist or not, without raising any error