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Rails Search with pg_search

Rails Search with pg_search

A search bar is an especial feature as a web application grows. There are several ways to implement this feature in a Rails application. This article ...

Chuck Smith
Rails Multiple Seed Files

Rails Multiple Seed Files

If you have a larger Rails project, or a project with many resources, managing one database seed file can get out of hand. In the name of DRY-ing out ...

Chuck Smith
Ruby 3.0 adds

Ruby 3.0 adds

After the last four or five years of the promises of a new major version of Ruby (Ruby 3), it looks like this new version is set to release on ...

Chuck Smith
New Rails Template

New Rails Template

In this article we take a look at a more complete Rails template, to start a new Rails project. Why? With a custom template, you can start developing ...

Chuck Smith
Rails Gravatar

Rails Gravatar

In the previous article in this series, we learned about Active Storage. We set up an interface to allow a user to add an Avatar to their user ...

Chuck Smith
Rails Active Storage

Rails Active Storage

On any web application, the ability to use images are tantamount. In a Ruby on Rails project, using Active Storage increases the flexibility to use ...

Chuck Smith