Next.js has several methods to provide authentication. Being that it is one of the main players in the JAMstack game, it can do this without a traditional backend as well. But if are coming with your own backend, be it in Express, Django, or in this example Rails, Next.js can…

So you want to convert your SQLite database in Rails to Postgre? That is why you are here right? Let’s get started. 😊 Check Postgre Version First, you have to check if you have Postgre via the command line. If you have Ubuntu then Postgre should come installed by default. psql -V If…

Well, I have been loving all of the speed of Next.js, one of the hottest tools out right now for React developers. Next.js 10, which was released just in October 2020 has some impressive image optimization features. The Next.js Image Component is able to preload various image sizes to best…

Haml has nothing to do with pork, ham, or any of the three little piggies and the big bad wolf, but you knew that right? Haml stands for HTML Abstraction Markup Language. It is a powerful tool that replaces standard ERB and should be in every Ruby Developer’s toolchain because…

In the process of being a one-man developer show, don’t we find that the time we spend actually coding is only part of the process? You have to come up with a decent design, code the “thing”, and then do some DevOps when you deploy the said, “thing”. …

In a previous article, I broke down how one would use the Faraday Gem to make calls to a third-party API from your Rails application when it is in the development stages. If you deploy your application to Heroku then you will need to implement certain solutions to make sure…

Working with APIs is a daily occurrence for developers. Most resources on the internet show how to retrieve this information with Javascript on the front end, I wanted to demonstrate how this can be done on the server-side with Ruby. …

Programming can be tough. App development can be even tougher. There is so much to think about. The planning stage, the actual making it work stage, and finally refactoring. Thanks to Rails MVC and separation of concerns, it makes it so much easier to keep your code readable for the…

After a dedicated 4 weeks of an eat, sleep, and code routine here at this amazing Flatiron program, I arrived at a milestone, my first CLI project. Henceforth, the birth of the Sneaker Finder Ruby Gem. I want to take some time to document my findings. I also want to…