Alkesh Ghorpade

Jul 26, 2022

Rails 6 bulk insert records

Rails 6 adds insert_all and upsert_all methods to ActiveRecord

Feb 16, 2022

Ruby 3.1 adds error highlighting gem

With changes in Ruby 3.1, we will be able to know which object is nil when an error gets raised.

Jan 5, 2022

How to Use Enums in Rails

A deep dive into what enums are, how to create and configure enums using Rails.

Nov 24, 2021

Ruby 3.1 adds MatchData#match and MatchData#match_length

Ruby 3.1 MatchData#match returns the substring corresponding to the argument, while MatchData#match_length returns the length of the captured substring.

Oct 13, 2021

Rails 7 introduces ActiveModel::API

ActiveModel::API allows adding more functionality to ActiveModel::Model and makes itself a minimum API to interact with Action Pack and Action View.

Oct 5, 2021

Rails 7 adds ActiveRecord::QueryMethods#in_order_of to return query results in a particular sequence

Starting with Rails 7, we can return ActiveRecord::Relation results in provided series using the in_order_of method.

Aug 18, 2021

Starting with Rails 7, retry failed jobs indefinitely

Pass `:unlimited` symbol to `attempts` parameter of ActiveJob's `retry_on` method, which allows a developer to specify that a job should retry forever until it succeeds.

Jul 14, 2021

Rails 7 adds support for `if_exists/if_not_exists` on `remove_foreign_key/add_foreign_key`

Rails 7 adds support for `if_exists/if_not_exists` on `remove_foreign_key/add_foreign_key` in migrations to silently ignore raised exceptions.

May 25, 2021

Rails 7 adds range serializer for ActiveJob

ActiveJob in Rails 7 allows a range to be passed as an argument to perform method.

May 18, 2021

Ruby 3.1 adds Array#intersect? method

Ruby Array#intersect? method will return true or false based on common elements present in the two arrays.

Mar 30, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds `if_exists` option in `remove_index` operation

Rails 6.1 adds the `if_exists` option in `remove_index` which when set to true won't raise an error if the index doesn't exist.

Jan 25, 2021

Rails 6.1.1 allows `where` to reference associations via joined table alias names.

Rails 6.1 allows where clause queries to reference associations used in `join` or `includes` clause via alias names.

Jan 8, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds support for role switching and sharding in database

Rails 6.1 has added support for switching connections for one database instead of all databases

Jul 27, 2020

Rails makes ActiveStorage `web_image_content_types` configurable

Rails added web_image_content_types config option to ActiveStorage, which allows an application to add content types instead of letting the images be transformed into the fallback PNG format.

Jun 17, 2020

Encapsulate each validation error as an Error object

ActiveModel::Error class has changed from Hash based interface to an array of Error objects.

May 6, 2020

Using Interactors in Rails

Interactors provide a common interface for performing complex user interactions.

Apr 27, 2020

Rails - Added sub seconds to Time inspect

Rails has added sub seconds to ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone#inspect method.

Mar 18, 2020

Rails - Allows to specify schema cache path in database configuration file

Rails now exposes a new configuration for specifying the location of the schema cache file. This can be done in database.yml using schema_cache_path key.

Feb 14, 2020