When storing a file with Carrierwave, it is always cached prior to actually storing it (to support form roundtrips).
This card will show you a cool way to define a class using Struct.new. A common usecase for Structs are...
Rails default config uses the ActiveSupport::Cache::NullStore and disables controller caching for all environments except production: config.action_controller.perform_caching = false...
If you use the Better Errors gem, you will sometimes notice that it can be very slow. This is because...
Shoulda Matchers don't provide canditional validations (validations with if: option). Here is how to write tests for the condition...
Nowadays it is fairly easy to intercept and modify mails globally before they are sent. All you have to do...
Rails supports time zones, but there are several pitfalls. Most importantly because Time.now and Time.current are completely different things and...
This is useful if, for example, you want to use a background-image that has to scale with the width...
Webmocks hash_including is similar to RSpec::Mocks::ArgumentMatchers#hash_including. Be aware that hash_including (webmock v3.0.1) doesn't...
Typhoeus has a different way of representing array params in a get request than RestClient. Typhoeus: http://example.com/?foo[0]=1&foo[1]=2&foo[2]=3
Ruby's standard library is in the process of being gemified. It will soon - Ruby 2.5 - consist of RubyGems, which...
By default Middleman generates files with a .html extension. Because of this all your URLs end in /foo.html instead of...
Middleman is a static page generator that brings many of the goodies that Rails developers are used to.
Dump this method into your Ruby console to quickly print data in columns. This is helpful for e.g. comparing attributes...
Database connections are not thread-safe. That's why ActiveRecord uses a separate database connection for each thread.
In case you want to require a gem, that is not in the Gemfile of you bundle and therefore not...
This card compares patterns to store trees in a relation database like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Implementation examples are for the...
RubyMine provides a visual tool for resolving merge conflicts locally. Follow Git > Resolve Conflicts in the context menu to open...
The parallel-gem is quite easy to use and can speed up rendering time if you want to render the...
RubyMine allows bookmarking lines of code. This is super-helpful when working on a complex problem. I've been using...
Sass lets you easily specify multiple selectors at once like this: .some-block &.has-hover, &:hover outline: 1px solid red...
ImageMagick has a command line tool called identify which can read image metadata: >identify -verbose DSC00136.JPG Image: DSC00136.JPG Format: JPEG...
Note: The behaviour of Spreewald's within step is as described below for version < 1.9.0; For Spreewald >= 1.9.0 it is...
Barby is a great Ruby gem to generate barcodes of all different sorts. It includes support for QR codes via...