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What's New in Ruby on Rails 8
What Rails 8 ships and requires: built-in authentication, Solid Queue, Kamal 2, and production SQLite, plus support timelines and an upgrade checklist.
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A Deep Dive into Solid Queue for Ruby on Rails
In the second part of our series, let's dive deeper into some of Solid Queue's more advanced features.
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Phoenix 1.7 for Elixir: Edit a Form in a Modal
In the final part of our series, we'll implement an edit modal.
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Under the Hood of Macros in Elixir
In the second part of our metaprogramming series, find out about the inner workings of macros in Elixir.
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An introduction to metaprogramming in Ruby
Learn Ruby metaprogramming: call methods dynamically with send, define them at runtime with define_method, and handle missing calls with method_missing.
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State Machines in Ruby: An Introduction
Let's build a simple state machine in Ruby and use the state machines gem.
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Three Ways to Debug Code in Elixir
Explore three common methods of debugging code in Elixir, as well as how to debug Elixir processes using trace and observer.
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Ride down into JavaScript dependency hell
Find out how a single JS package can come with 19k dependencies.
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An Introduction to Solid Queue for Ruby on Rails
Solid Queue is Rails’ default background job backend: jobs live in your database, no Redis. See how jobs, workers, and the supervisor work under the hood.
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Validating Data in Elixir: Using Ecto and NimbleOptions
In the second part of our series, we'll explore how to avoid bad data using Ecto and NimbleOptions.
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Delayed Job vs. Sidekiq
Let's take a look at the pros and cons of Delayed Job and Sidekiq, two major job processing systems for Rails apps.
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Using Broadway in an Elixir application
Discover how Broadway can help you create highly concurrent data processing pipelines in your Elixir app.