Ruby Ramblings

Ruby is our favourite programming language and more importantly programming community.

Even though we have been using Ruby for several years now we feel like we still have a lot of learn, the following posts are us sharing our learnings with you.

1. How to change the column type with Rails migrate
   How to change the column type with Rails migrate
2. When to include irb in Ruby 2.4.0
   When should you include irb into your scripts.
3. ActiveJob Vs ApplicationJob
   A very quick clarification on ActiveJob and ApplicationJob
4. Ruby Contractor London
   We are Ruby Contractors based in London, and we are available for hire! 💙
5. Spring and Foreman complaining about secret_key not being set
   Spring and Foreman when freshly set up can complain about secret_key not being set when it is, I will show you how to fix this
6. LRUG July 2016
   My writeup of the July 2016 LRUG, a monthly Ruby User Group meetup in London, England
7. Brighton Ruby 2016
   My writeup of Brighton Ruby 2016, an annual Ruby conference in Brighton, England
8. Fixing No Default Alternative Specified error in rails
   If you spot an error saying No default alternative specified when starting up rails, we can fix that!
9. Loading a specific file into Dotenv
   Loading a specific file into Dotenv. A quick guide for when you want to run Ruby files from outside of a document root.
10. How does Capistrano work?
    How does Capistrano work? There is nothing magic, there is nothing to be scared of.
11. Notes from LRUG
    My notes from the LRUG that happened in November 2015
12. Pictures from LRUG Nov ‘15
    Some pictures from November 2015’s London Ruby User Group
13. What is a Gemfile
    What is a Gemfile? Here is my detailed explanation of what a Gemfile is and what it does, enjoy!
14. Adding skip_after_filter to Rails Admin
    How I added a skip_after_filter to rails_admin, which is something I recently had to do to extend the functionality of Rails Admin.
15. Uploading files with Capybara in Rspec tests
    You can easily upload files with Capybara when testing with rspec
16. The difference between Render and Redirect in Rails
    Find out the difference between Render and Redirect in Rails
17. What is a Proc?
    
18. Deleting Attachments with rails_admin
    
19. Updating a Slug on a live Rails System
    
20. Ruby’s Partition for Enumerables
    
21. POODIR On Testing
    
22. Rails Migrations for Beginners
    
23. Set Intersection in Ruby
    
24. Some notes and links on websockets with rails
    
25. Nokogiri won't install? Check that you have accepted Xcode's EULA
    
26. Converting numbers to hex using to_s in Ruby
    
27. Get the name of a Ruby class
    
28. Programmatically finding out the size of the retry queue with Sidekiq
    
29. Using Ruby to get access to Google Keywords
    
30. Generating migrations with couchrest_model
    
31. CouchRest Rails Setup - Setting a blank username/password is not the same as not setting a username/password
    
32. An introduction to Ruby/Rails/Git - Belfast Ruby
    
33. When testing the datasift ruby gem locally be sure to turn SSL off
    
34. Belfast Ruby: Talks on Elixir, Tmux and Jekyll
    
35. Using Devise to verify an email address and password
    
36. Barry Gordon talks about Vagrant - Belfast Ruby
    
37. Getting the flot-rails gem to play nicely with IE8
    
38. Rspec's be_an_instance_of is pretty useful
    
39. Passing a day of the week into Ruby's Date.parse
    
40. Some things I have learned about Ruby's fetch method
    
41. The quickest way to get from nothing to Ruby and Rails
    
42. Killing all instances of Ruby on Rails running on a certain port.
    
43. Using Dropdowns in Watir Webdriver
    
44. Controlling a jQuery datepicker with Watir
    
45. Write simple rspec tests on one line for fun and profit
    
46. Adding Data Attributes using haml_tag
    
47. Getting the rmagick 2.12.2 gem working on Mac OS X
    
48. Ruby Podcasts I have been recommended
    
49. Validation Helpers
    
50. Secure your Redmine install by patching Ruby on Rails
    
51. What is the RAILS_GEM_VERSION
    
52. My scribbled thoughts on Belfast Ruby's first meet up.
    
53. Ruby Fizz Buzz Solution
    
54. Ruby Testing and Documenting best practice