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💎 Ruby Radar #74 - Happy Halloween

💎 Ruby Radar #74 - Happy Halloween

Welcome to the 74th issue of Ruby Radar! This week's issue features a video of dev horror stories, a couple of podcasts covering testing and dev workflows, and more! We hope you have a safe and fun Halloween!

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🎙Ruby for All | Writing Better Rails Tests with Jason Swett — www.rubyforall.com

Want to write better tests for your Rails app? Jason Swett is here to teach us more about testing terminology and patterns, tips for improving, and to share a discount code for his book!

🎙Remote Ruby | Development Workflows with Collin Jilbert — remoteruby.com

Time for another episode of Remote Ruby! Chris and Jason are off this week but don’t worry, Andrew calls up Collin Jilbert from the bullpen, and he is throwing nothing but strikes in this week’s podcast. Andrew and Collin talk about workflows this week: fav plugins, commands, etc. Whether you’re a Senior Dev or just starting out, get your note-taking app ready as the boys drop their workflow knowledge bombs. Download this episode now to find out more!

📝 Can You Build a Web Application in Ruby Without Rails? Yes, You Can!

Yes, you can. This article shows how to build a simple web application in Ruby, without using an ounce of Rails.

📝 Build a Table Editor with Trix and Turbo Frames in Rails

Let's build a table editor in a Rails application using ActionText's Trix editor, and use Turbo Frames to customize your table.

🧮 Ruby's Enumerable#tally is so underused
It's great for quickly exploring your data without writing a bunch of loops and counters
— matt swanson 😈 (@_swanson)
Oct 26, 2022

💡 Rails tip: has_secure_token can generate all kinds of tokens: API, password resets, invitations, and so on.
Rudimentary header-based API authentication:
1️⃣Use has_secure_token to create user tokens
2️⃣Add a helper to get current user
3️⃣Deny access by default
— Greg Navis (@gregnavis)
Oct 26, 2022