Eager Loading Polymorphic Associations with Ruby on Rails
A tutorial on eager loading polymorphic associations with Ruby on Rails avoiding "n-plus-one" queries.
Kevin Sylvestre
Fabrication vs FactoryGirl
A deep dive into the performance of Fabrication and FactoryGirl.
Automating Favicon Generation in Rails using Sketch
How to use rake, rails, convert and sketch to generate a favicon.
Building a Rack Web Server in Ruby
Managing sockets, handling HTTP parsing and generation, and integrating with Rack to build a simple web server from scratch.
Augmenting a Ruby on Rails App with Vue.js
A lightweight approach to integrating Vue.js into a Ruby on Rails application.
The Enigma Machine using Ruby
The Enigma machine explained in Ruby
Advanced Eager Loading in Rails
How to load 'N' records per parent record efficiently in Ruby on Rails
Mixins With Backbone Using CoffeeScript and JavaScript When Integrating With Rails
A quick introduction to using mixins with Backbone to extract out common code
Setup a Clean Backbone JS App With Rails
A basic introduction on how to setup a new Rails project with Backbone JS
Rails Concerns for URL and Path Helpers
Concerns offer a reusable way of sharing common code. This can be used to extract URL helpers.
Using Timestamps for Caching on iOS or Mac
A simple example of using timestamps to ensure users always see the latest data in an iOS or Mac app.
Setup Free(ish) SSL/TLS on Heroku for Ruby on Rails (or Any Other Framework)
Configure SSL/TLS On Heroku Using a CDN