This week in my Rails development journey I have been upgrading an outdated application to Rails 6. This process involved a number of tasks such as updating the app from sprockets to webpack, updating a few deprecated methods, and last of all replacing active scaffold.
For those of you who…
What is Sphinx? Well, in a nutshell, Sphinx is a Python documentation generator, but in reality, it is so much more. Sphinx has the rather impressive capability of converting reStructuredText and Markdown documents into HTML files, PDF’s and much more.
This means with Sphinx, you have the capability to create…
This blog is a continuation of Rails Routes P.1 Understanding Route Structure
A common task when building Rails applications is creating custom routing, so let's look at a few ways we can restructure the anatomy of our routes.rb file.
Let's start with the common task of routing static pages, say…
One of the most confusing things I found whilst learning Rails was how to correctly use routes. It is my hope through this blog I can uncover some of the magic our routes.rb facilitates.
To list the existing routes in your project simply run
rails routesWhen running this command…
The purpose of creating a seed file in short is to populate sample data in your rails database. Having prepopulated data helps us test our application and better understand how it will look in production.
When creating a Rails application a seed file is created within the db directory and…
This blog is a continuation of Rails Generators - Controllers
As convenient as generators in Rails are it’s very easy to get carried away cluttering your app with unnecessary code. …
I have recently been getting back into some Rails development so I’ve decided to make a short series of reference blogs on common generators.
Note: you can list Rails generators with the following command.
rails -h 
To the right, you will have a basic explanation of what each flag does…
Intro
Considering attending Makers? Well, you're in the right place! Hopefully, my review can help give you some valuable insight and help you make a decision with confidence.
Last year I took a huge risk and left the stability of my job to pursue a career in software development. It…
This week I have been exploring the world of WordPress development and I felt it would be a great opportunity to get back into some blogging. In this blog, I will document everything you need in order to get up and running with a WordPress dev-environment.
What is WordPress?
WordPress…
So for those of you who don't know, I have recently graduated from Makers Academy! However, coming out of the course and falling into the current job market has not been a fun ride. I won't deny it, I have experienced my fair share of stress and worry! It’s a…
