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Rails Image Helper
Often times when developing application, the developer may need to include logic to conditionally render UI elements. For instance, maybe an active CSS class in the navbar menu-item for the current page. Sometimes the required logic is more complex. In my case I needed to provide a fallback image when an image was not available from the API. In this article I will show the methodology I used to create a Rails Helper to meet this goal.
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Rails Search with pg_search
A search bar is an especial feature as a web application grows. There are several ways to implement this feature in a Rails application. This article will explore one of these, by searching a Postgres database with the `pg_search` gem.
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Rails Multiple Seed Files
If you have a larger Rails project, or a project with many resources, managing one database seed file can get out of hand. In the name of DRY-ing out code, this article walks you through how to abstract your seed data into multiple files.
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Ruby 3.0 adds
After the last four or five years of the promises of a new major version of Ruby (Ruby 3), it looks like this new version is set to release on December 25, 2020. This article will look at one new feature.
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New Rails Template
In this article we take a look at a more complete Rails template, to start a new Rails project. Why? With a custom template, you can start developing your project immediately already preconfigured with the gems, packages, and settings you like to use.
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