Phusion Passenger changed the way how it gets restarted several times. Through the project's history, these all were valid...
In this example we assume that not only the storage gem changes but also the file structure on disc.
Geordi's cucumber command has a --rerun option that reruns failing tests the given number of times. Usage: geordi cucumber...
If you use transactional_fixtures or the database_cleaner gem with strategy :transaction, after_commit callbacks will not be fired...
Let's say you have a gem which has the following module: # within the imaginary super gem module SuperClient
We want to keep a changelog for all gems we maintain. There are some good practices for writing a changelog...
In general, the tracker should always be the definitive source of truth of what needs to be done as part...
In a project team for a bigger project people have several roles: Developer: at makandra Project lead: at makandra
At makandra, we've built a few gems over the years. Some of these are quite popular: spreewald (> 1M downloads...
As a web developer, you know Google Analytics (GA). Probably you've dropped the GA snippet into more than one...
For webpages to load fast it's recommended to optimize images. Ideally an image's file size should be as...
If you want to fill in textareas with multiple lines of text (containing line breaks / new lines) you can use...
Whenever is a Ruby gem that provides a nicer syntax for writing and deploying cron jobs. Leading zeros are important...
RSpec let's you chain a matcher with .or. The expectation will then pass if at least one matcher matches...
Just like Ruby Gems tag their version releases to the corresponding Git commit, it can be helpful to track production...
In medium-sized to large Rails applications, asset compilation can take several minutes. In order to speed up deployment, asset...
Create a user without password (recommended) Replace newuser with your desired username: mysql -uroot -p CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED...
When your JavaScript bundle is so massive that you cannot load it all up front, I would recommend to load...
Webpacker uses Babel and Webpack to transpile modern JavaScript down to EcmaScript 5. Depending on what browser a project needs...
CarrierWave comes with some RSpec matchers which will make testing more comfortable. Let's say you have an Uploader like...
Recent Bundler (1.16.1) started complaining about missing dependencies in the Gemfile. This is due to a stricter handling of specifications...
This might be a known issue with Rubygems 2.5.1. This will help: gem update --system
You might have some trouble running a Rails LTS 2 app with MySQL 5.7. If you don't want to...
The httpclient gem comes with a custom SSL cert store. While an customizable, application-level cert store is great when...