Guides to the core and standard libraries, as well as selected Rubygems.
Category: APIs and Libraries
Episode #557
In the final entry in our series on ROM with guest Tim Riley, get ready for a quick tour through some more advanced ROM features. You'll get a sense of …
Episode #556
Today, Guest chef Tim Riley continues our tour of the ROM persistence gem. Learn how ROM uses the concept of Changesets to cleanly manage writes to the database!
Episode #555
Frustrated with the ActiveRecord Way? Join guest chef Tim Riley for part 1 of a 3-part introduction to ROM, and see how it can give you the flexibility to craft …
Episode #554
Join the one and only Aaron Patterson for a peek behind the scenes at how he goes about profiling, diagnosing and fixing poorly performing code in ActiveRecord.
Episode #548
Last week Youssef Chaker demonstrated the risks in adding a quick, ad-hoc JSON endpoint. Today he's going to show you how to leverage JSON-API to create RESTful HTTP interfaces that …
Episode #547
It's one thing to add a basic JSON endpoint. Another to grow an API that's consistent, predictable, well-documented, and fails gracefully. Join guest chef Youssef Chaker for an exploration of …
Episode #546
Avoid pesky segmentation faults in Ruby native extensions! Join Jeremy Evans to learn the correct use of the Ruby C API to ensure memory is freed when-and ONLY when-it is …
Episode #545
Looking to optimize some critical Ruby code with a native extension? Join veteran library maintainer Jeremy Evans for a demonstration of how to write Ruby C extensions that won't leak …
Episode #543
Join guest chef Mike Perham to learn how to recreate background job context using Sidekiq middlewares!
Episode #535
Master Ruby's power tools for cleaning up and normalizing strings.