Understanding the Attribute Assignment API in Rails

In this post, we will explore the `AttributeAssignment` module in Rails, which allows you to set an object's attributes by passing in a hash, a feature commonly used by Active Record models. We'll also learn a little metaprogramming along the way.

Rails Internals 3 min read

Progressive Application Development with Hotwire

This is the day when you fall in love with Hotwire. We're going to build a simple counter. But we're not going to build it once and be done with it. Instead, we'll build and progressively enhance it with all three frameworks in Hotwire: Turbo Drive, Turbo Frames, and Turbo Streams.

Hotwire 21 min read

Configuring Rails Environments

Despite its strong opinions and powerful conventions, Rails is a highly flexible and configurable framework. If you don’t like something, there’s almost certainly a way to change it. This article provides a brief overview of configuring Rails applications and environments.

9 min read

Turbo Streams: How They Work and Differ From Turbo Frames

No, you don’t need WebSockets to use Turbo Streams. You can simply use them to deliver multiple page updates with a single HTML response. This article teaches the basics of Turbo Streams to build a SPA without writing a single line of JavaScript. No Rails needed, either!

Hotwire 14 min read

A Brief Introduction to Hotwire

Hotwire, which stands for HTML Over the Wire, provides a different way to build modern web applications without using too much JavaScript. This article provides a quick introduction to Hotwire and its component frameworks, such as Turbo Drive, Frames, and Streams.

Hotwire 8 min read

How Rails Authenticity Tokens Protect Against CSRF Vulnerability

Rails protects your web application from CSRF attack by including an authenticity token in the HTML forms. This token is also stored in the user's session. Upon receiving a request, Rails compares these two tokens to decide if the request is verified.

Rails Internals 6 min read

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attack: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Prevent It

CSRF vulnerability tricks authenticated users of an application to perform a dangerous activity on that application, simply by clicking a link. This post explains how CSRF works with a practical example, and shows how to protect against it, both as a user and a developer building web applications.

7 min read

Docked Rails: Setup a Ruby on Rails Application on Docker 🐳

Setting up a new Ruby on Rails application with all the dependencies doesn't have to be complicated. Docked is a new command line tool that simplifies the process of creating a new Rails app using Docker.

7 min read

Nested Modules in Ruby

Ruby provides two different ways to define nested modules. This post explains the difference between them and how to decide which one to use. It also explains the `Module.nesting` method which returns the list of modules nested when called.

1 min read

The Difference Between load, autoload, require, and require_relative in Ruby 📖

Loading external files can get tricky in Ruby, but it doesn't have to be. This post explains the usage of Ruby's load, require, and require_relative methods, and when to use each.

6 min read

Open GitHub Repositories in VS Code In-Browser

GitHub allows you to open any repository in an in-browser VS Code by just pressing the `.` key on your keyboard.

How to Explicitly Render a Different View in Rails

A standard Rails controller receives an incoming HTTP request, generates the data needed for the response, and renders an HTML view template. 💡An API controller

2 min read