When you eagerly load an association list using the .include option, and at the same time have a .where on...

When using virtual attributes, the attached trait can be useful to automatically copy errors from one attribute to another.

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There are two distinct ways of commenting Haml markup: HTML and Ruby. HTML comments This will create an HTML comment...

To return non-HTML responses (like XLS spreadsheets), we usually use the respond_to do |format| format.xls do # send spreadsheet...

Rails 3, 4, 5, 6 config/application.rb config/environment.rb before the initialize! call (we don't usually edit this file)

Sometimes you want to fetch associations for an ActiveRecord that you already loaded, e.g. when it has deeply nested associations...

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There are three ways to define your own RSpec matchers, with increasing complexibility and options: 1) Use RSpec::Matchers.define

The Git stash does not work like a one-slot clipboard and you might shoot yourself in the foot if...

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An alternative to this technique is using VCR. VCR allows you to record and replay real HTTP responses, saving you...