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FriendlyId is a very good gem that allows you to replace ids in your URLs with strings. This lets your Rails app work with ‘friendly’ URLs like ‘myapp/users/john’ as opposed to ‘myapp/users/1’.
Ruby on Rails development companies considers this gem as most essential for Rails applications due to its ability to make links memorable.
I’ve been using Capybara-WebKit for a long time, but, while switching from CircleCI 1.0 to CircleCI 2.0, I had some problems using it on the CI.
This triggered me to try Chrome Headless with Selenium Webdriver. I will show you how to configure Circle CI 2.0 and your Ruby on Rails project to use Capybara, Selenium, and Chrome headless together.
If you are considering Ruby development for your backend tech stack, you want to be aware of advantages and disadvantages before you start contacting teams. Ruby is a universal language, but it’s not the perfect fit for any project. So, let’s see its weak and strong points - and talk about ways of leveraging Ruby’s enormous potential.
Main Ruby advantages:
GitHub introduced their own CI server solution called GitHub Actions. You will learn how to set up your Ruby on Rails application on GitHub Actions with the YAML config file. To run your RSpec test suite faster, you will configure parallel jobs with matrix strategy on GitHub Actions.
GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows with world-class CI/CD. The building, testing, and deploying your code right from GitHub became available with simple YAML configuration.
David Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails, co-founder and CTO of Basecamp, best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning race car driver, family man, frequent podcast guest, and inspirational conference speaker.
Ruby on Rails was created by David in 2003. From the day Evrone was founded, in 2008, we've been using the Rails open-source web framework daily. It has helped us write truly beautiful code for our projects thousands of times. In addition to creating one of the most useful tools in software development, David has accomplished many other impressive feats, from writing the books 'It Doesn't Have To Be Crazy At Work,' 'REWORK,' and 'REMOTE: Office Not Required,' to racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2014, he came in first in his class in the 82nd running of The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious sports car endurance race. He also won the WEC championship in the GTE-Am category that year.
Rails version 1.0 is approaching its 15 year anniversary, and there’s reason to celebrate the framework's progress.
There have been hundreds of amazing products built with Rails since its creation.
Ruby on Rails is a popular web development technology. It is simple, efficient, and often termed as the 'startup technology.' Over 3.7 million web apps use Ruby on Rails. However, what makes rapid prototyping possible are the Ruby on Rails gems. They drastically reduce the time taken to code.
Gems in Rails are libraries that allow any Ruby on Rails developer to add functionalities without writing code. You can also call Ruby on Rails gems as plugins for adding features. There are RubyGems for almost everything, from authentication to payment gateway processing.
A popular development environment, Ruby on Rails features a simple syntax. The environment is accommodating by nature, allowing teams of varying sizes to work in complete harmony. Developers find it fairly easy to learn, and thus, it is one of the most popular development technology available today.
Thanks to Apple, the web development framework saw an overnight upsurge in its popularity. However, in 2012, security breaches invited massive criticism from its patrons.