Rails

Rails 6 bulk insert records

Rails 6 adds insert_all and upsert_all methods to ActiveRecord

Rails avoids queries when performing calculations on contradictory relation

Rails now avoids making a query to the database if the calculation contains a contradictory relation

Caching Gems with Docker Multi-Stage build

Docker Multi-Stage Builds allow copying of files from registries and can be used to speed up builds by adding Gem Caches

Overuse of Rails engines

In this post, we will see how the overuse of engines could lead to some serious issues.

Rails adds --js alias to --javascript

Rails now provides support to choose a javascript approach using --js alias

Rails for Multi database defines reading_request? in resolver

Rails moves reading_request? method from the DatabaseSelector to the DatabaseSelector::Resolver class so that we can override the method in custom Resolver.

Rails 7.1 extends audio_tag and video_tag to accept Active Storage attachments

Rails 7.1 extends audio_tag and video_tag to accept Active Storage attachments

Rails allows specifying the maximum number of records that will be destroyed in a single background job.

Rails adds an active record configuration to limit the maximum number of dependent records destroyed in a single background job.

Rails now provides pattern matching support for ActiveModel

Rails now provides pattern matching support for ActiveModel (and transitively ActiveRecord)

Rails allows using aliased attributes with insert_all and upsert_all

Rails is continuously adding convenience to make active record queries more flexible. Now, Rails has added support to use aliased attributes with insert/upsert_all.