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Passenger 5.1.6: new packages for Zesty, Debian Stretch, Nginx
Version 5.1.6 of the Passenger application server for Ruby, Node.js, Meteor and Python has been released. It features updated packages to cover an Nginx security issue. We also supply a dynamic version of the Passenger Nginx module through APT pac...

Two tests you should run against your Ruby project now
I had the fortune of attending the wonderful Brighton Ruby conference last week. It was full of excellent advice, wisdom and code. There was one talk, however, that urged me to go home and do something straight away to ensure the security and usab...




Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails
Webpacker makes it easy to use the JavaScript pre-processor and bundler Webpack 2.x.x to manage application-like JavaScript in Rails. It coexists with the asset pipeline, as the primary purpose for Webpack is app-like JavaScript, not images, CSS,...

Squasher - squash your old migrations in a single command
Squasher compresses old migrations in a Rails application. If you work on a big project with lots of migrations, every rake db:migrate might take a few seconds, or creating of a new database might take a few minutes. That's because Rails loads all...