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Deep Dive: Moving ruby projects from Travis to Github Actions for CI
So this is one of my super wordy posts, if that’s not your thing abort now, but some people like them. We’ll start with a bit of context, then get to some detailed looks at Github Actions features I used to replace my travis builds, with example c...
Reusable development containers with Docker Compose and Dip
Run and test your code in multiple Docker environments with minimal effort while keeping Docker Compose files under control. Spend less time wrangling YAML and drop into a container of choice from any host folder with one simple command. See examp...
When I use controller/request specs and when I don't
Every so often I come across a question of controller or request specs and when to use them.Before I can address this I need to get some terminology out of the way. In RSpec there are controller tests and request specs which are similar but subtly...
Code smell: long, procedural background jobs (and how to fix it)
I’ve worked on a handful of Rails applications that have pretty decent test coverage in terms of model specs and feature specs but are lacking in tests for background jobs. It seems that developers often find background jobs more difficult to test...
How to Migrate Your JavaScript From Sprockets to Webpacker
Back in 2011, Rails 3.1 introduced The Assets Pipeline feature using the Sprockets gem. This made it really easy to handle assets (images, fonts, JavaScript, CSS and more), solving many of the issues that developers had to face everyday.In 2012, W...
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