An ancestor chain in Ruby on Rails refers to the path of inheritance leading up to a given class or module. Understanding ancestor chains goes deeper into Ruby’s core functionality. By tracing the ancestor chain of a class or module, you can better understand its relationships to other parts of their application and to Ruby itself.

Authorization is an essential aspect of web application security that ensures that only authorized users have access to certain resources or functionalities within the application. Ruby on Rails provides several mechanisms for implementing authorization, including role-based and attribute-based authorization. In this article, we will discuss how to implement authorization in Ruby on Rails, with code examples.

Caching is a useful method that can improve the performance of web applications. By caching frequently accessed data and pages it can make the application faster, can serve content more quickly resulting in a better user experience, and improve the scalability of the application by reducing the number of requests made to the database. In this blog post, we will discuss some commonly used caching methods in Ruby on Rails.

You’re likely familiar with the IRB (Interactive Ruby Shell) console, a powerful tool that enables you to quickly test and experiment with Ruby code. However, did you know that you can customize the IRB console by using a .irbrc file? This file is a Ruby script that executes every time a new IRB console is started. By using a .irbrc file, you can customize the IRB console, improve your productivity, and ensure consistency across your development environment.

ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer is a handy utility class that allows you to easily work with arrays. It makes it easy to check whether an array includes a certain value without having to write complex code.

The Rails router handles incoming HTTP requests and maps them to the appropriate controller/action. Developers can define routes by adding them to routes.rb.

Logging is important in any software development project because it helps to understand how the application is behaving and identify issues when they occur. The errors of an application cannot all be treated in the same way, as they have different levels of importance. Depending on where the error occurs in your application, it can be fatal to a process or just a warning.

Docker has become an industry standard. It allows developers to create, deploy, and run applications inside containers. In Rails 7.1, Dockerfiles are included by default. This makes it easier than ever to deploy Rails applications using Docker.

ActionMailer previews can now display all email headers. This allows developers to check all headers, when testing locally.

Polymorphic associations allow a single association to reference multiple models. In a polymorphic association, the association name is used to store the name of the associated model, and the _id and _type attributes are used to store the ID and type of the associated record. However, polymorphic associations can be challenging to work with when it comes to using select fields, especially when there are multiple types of associated models.

When working with dates in Rails, it’s common to want to find records that fall within a certain range of dates. For example, you might want to find all orders placed between two dates, or all events scheduled for a certain week.

In January, 2021 a bug was reported in Turbo that caused duplicate DOM elements. In this post we’ll explain the bug and how it was fixed.

ActiveRecord’s regroup method is a shorthand for using unscope to remove existing groups.

Rails makes a counter variable available within partials that are rendered with a collection. This variable follows the name of the collection. A @users collection has a counter called user_counter. The counter works like the index on an each loop. It counts the number of times a partial has been rendered. Let’s look at an example.

In the latest version of Rails, the production config file comes with logging which is configurable based on an environment variable.

Ruby 3.2 introduces the new feature syntax_suggest, formerly known as the gem dead_end, now integrated into Ruby. Catch and fix syntax errors are now more robust helping you to find the position of errors such as missing extra parentheses, commas, superfluous ends, errors such as missing or extra curly braces related to string interpolation, and semicolons.

Heroku recieved some negative press for the removal of it’s free tier. Render is a cheaper alternative that boasts many benefits over Heroku. We believe Heroku is still the quickest way to spin up a Rails app but Render is close behind and less than half the price.

Ruby 3.2 brings a convenient new addition that enables combining elements from various arrays or enumerable objects with ease. Enumerator::Product, one of the most convenient new methods, can be especially useful when working with large data sets or when generating combinations for testing purposes.

ActiveRecord is a core part of Rails, an ORM layer that sits on top of relational databases like Postgres or MySQL. However, it doesn’t natively support DynamoDB. Recently, we worked on a project to migrate part of a Rails app to Lambda functions. We began the migration by adding logic for writing to DynamoDB. Here’s how we did it.

As your Ruby on Rails application grows, it becomes important to monitor its performance and log its activities. This helps you identify and fix issues, and also gives you insights into how your application is being used. In this article, we will discuss how to implement monitoring and logging in Ruby on Rails, with code examples.

As a Ruby developer, you have probably used the map method to transform arrays and other collections of data. But have you ever needed to transform an array and flatten the result in one go? This is where the flat_map method comes in.

In Ruby 2.4, a new method called transform_values was introduced to help transform hash values using a block. This method can be particularly useful when you need to modify the values in a hash without changing the keys.

Horizontal scaling is the process of adding more servers to handle increased traffic and user activity in your Ruby on Rails application. With horizontal scaling, you can handle more requests by distributing the load across multiple servers, rather than relying on a single server to handle all the traffic. In this article, we will discuss how to implement horizontal scaling in Ruby on Rails, with a code example.

In Rails 6.1, a new method called compact_blank was introduced to help filter out nil and blank elements from an array. This method can be particularly useful when working with form parameters, where some fields may be left blank or undefined.

Load balancing is an important technique for scaling Ruby on Rails applications to handle high traffic loads. In this article, we will discuss load balancing and some techniques for implementing it in Ruby on Rails, along with code examples.