Linux is the standard OS for deploying software today. Tips and Tricks SSH Agent Forwarding This is useful if you use another machine on the network to do "heavier" work Setting up SSH agent forwarding Modify the ~/.ssh/config file. If one doesn't exist, you can
Create an application with a specific version of rails Ensure you have the right version installed in your app. Here's an example of how you would install it for version 7.0.4 of Rails rails _7.0.4_ new appname Setting up time zones on the client
Cancancan is a great gem to do simple permissions for your app. It's my go-to gem, especially when developing proof of concept products. The Basics There are two main things that you have to set up in order to get Cancancan to work Setup abilities file The first
Tips and Tricks Single line if statement condition ? if_true : if_false Models Class Methods class SomeModel < ApplicationRecord def self.my_method(param_1) return 'my value' end end Default value for methods def my_method(param_1 = 'some value') return "Value of the
Reference: cdesch cheatsheet on GitHub Rails Generators Generating a model rails g model [model name in singular] field_name:field_type Common field types are :string, :text, :integer, :float, :decimal, :datetime, :timestamp, :time, :date, :binary, :boolean, :references Special examples * prices:decimal{8.2} can be used for prices * address:references
Ruby on Rails is my go-to framework when I'm creating quick prototype applications. It allows me to quickly crank out concepts and be able to validate my ideas quickly. Core * Tips and Tricks * Ruby Language * ActiveRecord * Routing Gems Development * Cucumber * Capybara Functionality * Simple Form * Pagy * SearchKick * Cancancan
I typically build and install my experimental applications to Heroku as it's a quick and easy way to deploy Ruby on Rails applications to production. This is especially useful when my apps are usually early prototypes of various ideas. However, for one of my side projects, I decided
I typically jump around my ChromeOS and MacOS machines on a daily basis while I code. Today, I got an error which I've never seen before and it looked like this: make: *** [Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o] Error 1 gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack
The decision to leave WE in the first quarter of 2020 was a tough one for a few reasons. It was a place that gave me a lot of life purpose, and it was an opportunity to work with some incredible people along the way. WE was a place that
services
Here are some default configurations that I find useful S3 Create a new bucket. If you're using a CDN, the region isn't important. Once the bucket is created, select Static website hosting from the properties, and configure it to host a website. In the permissions, select
development tools
Git is one of the most common Version Control systems today. Common Commands Prune local branches git remote update origin --prune Submodules Update all submodules after first checkout of repo git submodule update --init --recursive Update all submodules in subsequent commits git submodule update --recursive --remote Check out all submodules
retrospective
Reflections on 2020 Writing my yearly retrospective always starts me in the same place - the last 12 months have flown by quickly. It generally feels like it was too quick. 2020 was certainly different. 2020 was undoubtedly eventful both from a global and personal perspective. Globally, the pandemic was