Rails 8 introduces a new expect method for permitting parameters that fixes a few of the issues with require and permit. Let's take a look!

Ruby 3.4 added 'it' to reference a block parameter with no variable name. Let's check it out!

Hotwire Spark is a new live reloading tool for Hotwire applications that uses morphing to update the page smoothly.

You can easily end up on your own fork of an OSS project.

Import maps are great, but how do they work? In this lesson, we'll demystify import maps and see how they integrate with Rails' asset pipeline.

The Rails authentication generator is an awesome new addition with Rails 8 so let's explore how we can customize it to support user impersonation.

Rubocop Rails Omakase is just a starting place and provides a handful of rules.

Rails 7.2 now warns if any test runs without assertions. It helps make tests that may raise errors more explicit and less prone to mistakes.

Formatting Ruby code can be a point of contention because the language is so flexible, but it

Enqueuing jobs inside of a database transaction is a common mistake that's now handled for you automatically in Rails 7.2

The new browser guard in Rails 7.2 allows you to gate access to your application if a user is not using a modern browser.

Sometimes you need user input to be restricted to a certain range or limited like "greater than zero". While you can do this with conditionals, there are some useful tricks to do this better in Ruby.

Rubygems.org released a new feature called Trusted Publishing which allows you to release gems directly from GitHub Actions without requiring 2FA or long-lived API tokens. Let's see how it works!

Learn what dynamic layers are and when you should use them

In this video, you'll learn about a feature of IRB, which is the ability to change context into an object.

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