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[...] article we created a gem from scratch that pulls in a jQuery plugin and adds it to a Rails application. In this post, let's look into some advanced concepts to make our gem even better. We will [...]

[...] and can be used to deploy any web application. In this article, I will be deploying a Rails application to an EC2 Ubuntu instance. You can follow along to deploy your application to any [...]

[...] and the Octokit gem for Github. The tutorial will cover authenticating to your Rails application using OmniAuth and Github, as well as accessing Github data for the currently logged- [...]

[...] In this article you will learn how to integrate ElasticSearch into a Rails application. What is Full Text Search? A full-text search engine examines all of the words in every [...]

[...] Functional programming has been around for a while. McCarthy envisioned LISP in the 1950's, but you could even [...]

[...] This is the second part of a two part series on functional programming in Ruby. Before we explored immutable values, now we’ll look at the other side of [...]

[...] objects to mutable classes, provides rich immutable data structures, and emphasizes functional programming. As languages go, it's a far cry from Ruby. During my studies, I was surprised to [...]

[...] In the previous article, we used the golden master technique to dump the entire body of an HTTP response to a file. [...]

[...] In a previous article, I cover how to build an online store with Rails from scratch, explaining how to build a [...]

[...] on using YouTube on Rails, explaining the basics of interacting with the YouTube API. The previous article covered how to fetch video information and use the YouTube IFrame API to manipulate video [...]

[...] In a previous article, I interviewed several well-known Rubyists about their favorite editor. Some of the readers [...]

[...] scaffolded and styled the basic application. Continue reading %Ratyrate: Add Rating to Your Rails App% [...]

[...] you can use for this task. However, what about a forum that is integrated directly into your Rails app? One that can be modified the way you want? Awhile back, I tried to answer exactly the same [...]

[...] our starting point is a Rails app with a User model that uses Devise’s password authentication. I’ve also added Zurb Foundation [...]

[...] doesn’t disappoint. It starts off slowly by covering the basics of testing each part of a Rails app, as well as using mocks, stubs and helpful gems such as webrat. It then gathers pace, [...]

[...] some emergency elsewhere. Refactoring templates can be thorny when […] Continue reading %Golden Master Testing: Refactor Complicated Views% [...]

[...] rename variable encoded the exposed concepts into the codebase itself. Continue reading %Golden Master Testing: Refactoring for Understanding% [...]

[...] is, indeed, insight and not just another failed assumption. Continue reading %Golden Master Testing: More Refactoring, More Understanding% [...]

[...] . In this article, we're going to turn our attention to the controller. Continue reading %Golden Master Testing: Controller Refactoring% [...]

[...] can be controlled through its API, and it's completely free, including use of the web and mobile apps, as well as access to the API. With the ruby-trello gem you can be automating your boards in no [...]

[...] Gamification or reputation systems have become quite popular with web and mobile apps. Keeping score of users’ activity helps websites find out who should be rewarded and encourages [...]

[...] APIs are needed for various reasons, such as by mobile apps to interact with backend CRUD operations. Creating maintainable APIs is not a simple task. As [...]

[...] cover some potential gotchas you might face (believe me, some of them are quite annoying). The source code for the demo app is available on GitHub. A working demo can be found at http://sitepoint-yt- [...]

[...] be wondering: Why bother developing a gem for jQuery plugin when we can simply grab it's source code and start using it? The reason is Rails. Rails provides developers with a way to do [...]

[...] up less memory. However, it's not often that this is achieved without having to modify source code. This post will introduce optimizations added in Ruby 2.2.0 when working with a Hash and [...]