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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...

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Rachel Andrew has built a website about CSS Grid. Video tutorials More than 30 layout examples for feature demonstration

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

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A list of implementation details that make for a better / expected user experience. Have these in mind when implementing a...

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

I recently built a screen with a very high and wide table in the center. This posed some challenges:

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Up until Chrome 120, scrollbars could only be styled using the various -webkit-scrollbar-* pseudo elements, e.g. to make the...

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

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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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Multiply by 1x the unit: $number = 13 $length = $number * 1px // => 13px Removing a unit

Ruby methods which load from a Yaml file, like YAML.safe_load or YAML.safe_load_file, support passing freeze: true to...

Your development server is usually running on an insecure HTTP connection which is perfectly fine for development.

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