Abstractions in Rails
Rails abstractions (Active Record, Active Job, Action Mailer, Active Storage, etc.) make it easy for developers to integrate with 3rd party service vendors without concerning about service-specific APIs.
Builder in Java and Ruby
Recently I’ve been context-switching between 2 different projects – one in Ruby and the other in Java – and I got a chance to utilize Builder Pattern (to be precise, it’s a variant of the classic builder pattern) in Java, and get impressed by how much simpler the solution could possibly be in Ruby. The…
[Rails Notes] Nested routes – scope vs namespace
A comparison between scope and namespace in Rails nested routes, and which one to pick.
[Rails Notes] Rails Concerns, and an Example of Wrapping Polymorphic Association
Rails Concern can be helpful to DRY code under certain circumstances. Here is also an example of wrapping polymorphic has_many through association.
[Rails Notes] DRY and Reusable RSpec Tests with `shared_examples` and `shared_context`
Using shared_examples and shared_context to DRY and better organize RSpec tests, so that we can keep high test coverage without needing to write repetitive tests.