20 November 2018 by Igor Springer on Ruby, Today I Learned

Ruby `allocate` method

TIL that Ruby, or to be more precise `Class` class, offers `allocate` public instance method.

24 October 2018 by Igor Springer on Ruby on Rails, Today I Learned

`ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer` and even more Rails magic

In the previous article, we dived into ActiveSupport::StringInquirer class and superpowers it gives to String objects. After I had published that article I decided to take another look at the ActiveSupport module and to my surprise, I found something even more interesting, ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer class.

17 October 2018 by Igor Springer on Ruby on Rails, Today I Learned

`ActiveSupport::StringInquirer` magic

Rails magic is a widespread term among developers working with Ruby on Rails application. Is it an overstatement? Well, it depends.

10 October 2018 by Igor Springer on Ruby, Today I Learned

How to log HTTParty requests

Today I learned that `HTTParty` gem has a built-in option for enabling logging details of all requests made by the gem.

3 October 2018 by Igor Springer on Ruby on Rails, Security

5 security issues in Ruby on Rails apps from real life

…and how to fix them 🙂

16 August 2018 by Igor Springer on Git, Tips & Tricks

Find out when a file was removed from GitHub repo

I was looking for a file in GitHub repo, but didn’t manage to find it. How to check if a file was in a repository and/or when it was removed?

26 October 2017 by Igor Springer on Ruby, Tips & Tricks

Updating a single gem at a time

If you have `Gemfile` file in your repository you know what Bundler is.

22 July 2016 by Igor Springer on EmberJS

EmberJS custom primary key

EmberJS is a framework for creating ambitious web applications. It follows a convention over configuration software development paradigm.

30 May 2016 by Igor Springer on Tips & Tricks

Prevent direct commits to master

I did it again. I pushed my local changes directly into remote `master` branch, but it was the last time.

20 May 2015 by Igor Springer on Ruby

Dynamic class method calling in Ruby

Today I was looking for the best way to invoke dynamic class method. After some reading and testing I found a few less and more effective ways.