Datacaster

This gem provides DSL for describing in a composable manner and performing run-time type checks and transformations of composite data structures (i.e. hashes/arrays of literals). Inspired by several concepts of functional programming such as monads.

Detailed error-reporting (with full i18n support) is one of a distinct features. Let your API consumer know precisely which fields and in a what manner are wrong in a deeply nested structure!

It is currently used in production in several projects (mainly as request parameter validator).

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Rails 7. StartKit + pgAdmin 4

StartKit helps to launch Ruby on Rails application in minutes on any Platform. In this video we will see how to use pgAdmin4 with the project.

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▶️ Embedding Stripe Checkout into a Rails App - A 20 minute screencast with all you need, complete with the Stimulus code to getting it working.

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DHH about Kamal

What I love about Kamal is how it gives plain cloud hosts like Hetzner the deployment ergonomics of something like Heroku but at a sliver of the cost. Look at these instance prices! 💻kamal-deploy.org

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👩‍💻 Using esbuild and Bootstrap in a Rails 7 Project by Replacing the Default Importmap

In this article, we will explore how to integrate es build and Bootstrap into a Rails 7 project by replacing the default importmap. Rails 7 comes with a default bundle import map, but we can still leverage the power of esbuild for efficient CSS and JavaScript bundling. By doing so, we can take advantage of esbuild’s lightning-fast bundling capabilities and enhance our application’s performance.

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DHH on RailsWorld

My opening keynote from #RailsWorld is now online! Solid Cache, Solid Queue, Mission Control, Kamal, Turbo 8, Strada, and Propshaft. A celebration of new and upcoming tools for The One-Person Framework and The Renaissance Developer. Enjoy!

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Turbo Native crash course next week

Here’s what you'll learn:

How to use Turbo Native - Integrate the framework into Xcode.

How to navigate - Turbo Navigator for navigation flows.

How to progressively enhance - Hidden Rails helpers to work with native.

How to authenticate users - Remain signed in between launches.

How to add native components - Strada for Swift components via HTML.

The live session will be hosted on Zoom so you can ask questions or get help if you get stuck.

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Mastering Turbo Frames and Turbo Streams in Rails 7: Build a Journal Entry Tagging Feature

Learn how to add seamless client-side interactivity to your Rails 7 application without writing a single line of custom JavaScript! In today's tutorial, I walk you through a hands-on example where we enhance a journaling app, allowing users to manage tags dynamically. All of this is achieved using Turbo Frames and Turbo Streams.

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👩‍💻 7 new tools introduced in DHH's Rails World keynote

Here is a brief overview of the tools announced by DHH during the keynote of Rails World 2023:

Propshaft, Turbo 8, Strada, Solid Cache, Solid Queue, Mission Control, and Kamal.

- Propshaft: Best bundling is no bundling, see all of Hey's frontend code in your browser.

- Turbo 8: Turbo morphing will keep your old state and scroll position intact enabling smooth transitions. View Transitions only supported in Chrome, but worth investment already for the bright future. No more TypeScript.

- Strada: Last piece of Hotwire driving native controls in mobile applications.

- Solid Cache: Redis is great, but we don't need it anymore as it's 5-10x pricier than disk. An affordable way to keep data around for much longer (months vs days). Cache trimming + Encryption + Sharding.

- Solid Queue: Replace 6 queue gems with one (from Resque) and drop Redis completely. GoodJob as inspiration, MySQL needed.

- Mission Control: A new dashboard for ActiveJob originally built for Resque after an outage at Basecamp.

- Kamal: Enable 37signals to sell self-hosted software. Deploy your Rails app (and even non-rails one) with zero downtime.

Some ViewComponent tips

If you're reading this, you know about View Components. Odds are that like me, you love them! You've probably also heard of Phlex, but decided to favour ViewComponents. You might even be keeping up with recent Rails improvements, like allowing templates to define which locals they accept.

If you use ViewComponents in your Ruby on Rails apps, read this article.

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Deploy Your Rails Applications the Easy Way With Kamal

Kamal is a new deployment tool that makes it easy to deploy your web applications to any server. Is it a good choice for you?

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👩‍💻 Passwordless 1.0: Magic Link Auth for Rails Apps — A system to add password-free ‘magic link’ style authentication to your Rails apps. “This major release .. changes a lot of things and it is almost guaranteed that you will need to change your code to upgrade to this version.”

Yaroslav Shmarov - Hotwire Cookbook: Common Uses, Essential Patterns & Best Practices - Rails World

SupeRails creator and Rails mentor Yaroslav Shmarov shares how some of the most common frontend problems can be solved with Hotwire.

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Better Rails Forms with Superform

Rails form helpers have been around for so long that they seem unquestionable, but did you know there’s a way to build forms in Rails that are easier to customize and permit their own strong parameters?

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Chatbot with Ruby on Rails, Turbo Streams, and OpenAI

In this episode, we build a chatbot in Ruby on Rails using Turbo Streams to create a real-time chat experience.

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DHH about Skiff

Skiff is a new, small tool for deploying static marketing sites using Kamal. Built on #NoBuild ideas, stone-age tools like Server Side Includes, and running with nginx.

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▶️ Review from DHH

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Ruby on Rails: The Documentary

Ruby on Rails has one of the most faithful communities online, it also has one of the most controversial, rabble-rousing creators out there, Danish programmer, David Heinemeier Hansson. Widely known as DHH, David tells us how Rails went from a crazy idea to one of the most talked-about full-stack frameworks over the course of 20 years.

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