This card describes four variants, that add a more intuitive workflow when working with nested attributes in Rails + Unpoly:

We are using assignable_values for managing enum values in Rails. Nevertheless Rails is adding more support for enum attributes...

When making requests using the http gem you might want to automatically follow redirects to get the desired response. This...

Why do we migrate? Due to a change in licensing, we cannot provide Elasticsearch versions >= 8.0. Version 7.17.x will...

Debugging performance issues in your Rails app can be a tough challenge. To get more detailed insights consider using the...

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There are two ways a logout in SAML can happen: Service Provider (SP) initiated and Identity Provider (IDP) initiated logout...

Starting with Rails 7.1 the production logger is set to standard out. For applications running with opscomplete ensure to keep...

Developing or debugging SAML functionality can be a hassle, especially when you need to go back and forth with someone...

tl;dr Prefer request specs over end-to-end tests (Capybara) to joyfully test file downloads! Why? Testing file downloads

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10.0.0 2024-03-07 Compatible changes console command: You can now globally disable the IRB multiline feature by setting irb...

You can chain multiple Capybara matchers on the page or any element: expect(page) .to have_content('Example Course')

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A common cause of non-accessible web pages are elements that were made interactive via JavaScript but cannot be focused...

Today I stumbled across a pretty harmless-looking query in our application which turned out to be pretty harmful and...

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All browsers implement an event named beforeunload. It is fired when the active window is closed and can be used...

I recently noticed a new kind of flaky tests on the slow free tier GitHub Action runners: Integration tests were...

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Usually our code lives on GitLab, therefore our documentation for CI testing is extensive in this environment. If you are...

Sometimes you have a file that is related to a project, while not actually being part of it. You'd...

tl;dr We recommend configuring Selenium's unhandled prompt behavior to { default: 'ignore' } with the monkey patch below.

A Rails script lives in lib/scripts and is run with bin/rails runner lib/scripts/.... They are a simple tool to perform...

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There are a few tools to combat the dreaded n+1 queries. The bullet gem notifies you of missing eager...

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Today I learned that you can animate HTML elements using the Web Animation API's method .animate(keyframes, options) (which...

Here are some hints on best practices to maintain your tasks in larger projects. Rake Tasks vs. Scripts

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Version 3.7.0 broke some things in complex forms. Sorry for that. Concurrent user input is hard. 3.7.1 This change fixes...

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I recently did a quick research on how to better write down multiline statements like this: # Dockerfile RUN export DEBIAN...