PinnedSetting up Rails 6 API and RSpec Test EnvironmentThanks to Rails developers, setting up a Rails application is easy but having it to include custom RSpec test environment requires some custom manual work. In this article, I will try to show how I set up my application ready for further development. With the advent of client-side frameworks such…Ruby On Rails4 min readRuby On Rails4 min read
Aug 24, 2021Simple Parsing CalculatorA couple of months ago I was looking for some code challenges to solve and found a problem that seems to be straightforward. Here it is, Create a function that calculates and returns the value of an integer expression given as a space separated string. calculate(“2 + 3”) Support the…Parser5 min readParser5 min read
Nov 22, 2020The mystery of Hoisting in JavaScriptIn JavaScript, hoisting is a term used to define the movement of function and variable declarations to the top of their scope during the execution of the scope. This happens under the hood so it can become tricky for someone who is unfamiliar with this behavior of JavaScript. One can…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Nov 12, 2020How to add CLI to your own Ruby Gem and publish it!In my latest article, I have talked about how to create a Ruby gem, you can read it from here. This time I would like to add our gem a CLI in order to run it from the command line and publish it on RubyGems. Thor is a gem useful…Rubygems3 min readRubygems3 min read
Oct 19, 2020Build your own Ruby gemAs an avid Ruby on Rails user, setting up and running a Rails API with a test environment pretty much requires utilizing ruby gems all over the place. You can check my article about it here In this article, we will build a somewhat useful gem from a Codewars kata…Rubygems3 min readRubygems3 min read
Oct 5, 2020Functional vs Object-Oriented ProgrammingAs I started to learn to code, I delved directly into web programming so I might say that I skipped the fundamental theories on core concepts and paradigms in programming. I couldn’t tell why I am coding something in that way or follow any rules while coding. …JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Sep 22, 2020ActiveRecord associations and more Part 2In the previous part of this series, I went over main Active Record one-to-many associations such as belongs_to, has_one, has_one :through and many-to-many associations such as has_many, has_many :through, has_and_belongs_to_many. We have seen that Active Record makes a developer’s life much easier with its simple and intuitive to use syntax…Ruby On Rails3 min readRuby On Rails3 min read
Sep 14, 2020ActiveRecord associations and more Part 1Ruby on Rails has an application directory called app/ with three subdirectories: models, views, and controllers. In this article, we are going to focus on “models” which are controlled by Active Record. Active Record creates and uses objects whose data requires persistent storage to a database. It is an implementation…Activerecord4 min readActiverecord4 min read
Sep 4, 2020Continuous Integration for Rails 6 with Semaphore, Travis and Coveralls Part 2In my part 1 of the Continuous Integration series, I have covered Semaphore Classic and Semaphore 2.0, you can read it here. The second part will include Travis CI and Coveralls Travis CI Travis CI is also a continuous integration tool like Semaphore which is used mostly with Github and Bitbucket. …Coveralls5 min readCoveralls5 min read
Aug 28, 2020Continuous Integration for Rails 6 with Semaphore, Travis and Coveralls Part 1I practiced Continous Integration from the very start when I dipped my toes into web development. I would have a really hard time thinking not using CI in any project especially where I collaborate with other fellow developers. Setting up a CI tool for projects become second nature for me…Semaphore5 min readSemaphore5 min read
