authorImg Vipul A M
authorImg Vipul A M

I am an active member of Ruby community. I have been consistently contributing to Ruby on Rails for a number of years and now am one of the top 30 contributors to Ruby on Rails. I also help as co-editor for the This week in Rails newsletter. Besides Ruby on Rails I have also contributed to many other notable open source projects including Sinatra, Devise and Rake. I am a seasoned speaker an have spoken at many conferences around the world including Gogaruco in San Francisco, RedDotRubyConf in Singapore, RubyConfIndia in Goa, India MadisonPlusRuby in Madison, Wisconsin, RubyConfBrazil in Suo Paulo, Brazil, and RubyConf Philippines in Manilla, Philippines. I am organizer of Deccan Ruby Conference and used to run RubyIndia Podcast. During my early days of open source as part of "Google summer of code" I contributed to the krypt-project project. Later I helped mentor in the JRuby and currently mentor in the Ruby on Rails organization for Google summer of code. When not working on Ruby, I am mostly working on Reactjs. I have authored the book Building Modern Web Applications with React.js which is published by PACKT. I have produced a number of screencasts on the topic of Learn React.js.

Running a Rails Consultancy- looking back at 2022

We went through many ups and downs and looking forward to a brighter year ahead
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer.

Rails optimizes ActiveRecord batching for whole table iterations

Response times for batch queries have significantly improved by moving to a range-based iteration strategy.
authorImg Ankita Kaushik
authorImg Ankita Kaushik

Ankita is a Frontend Developer.

Styling form inputs(checkbox, radio, range, and progress) with accent-color

The new CSS accent-color property is capable of editing the accented color of form controls provided by the browser’s default styles with a custom color value. In this article we’ll take a look at what it does and how to use it alongside color-scheme for simple, accessible checkboxes and radio button.
authorImg Agnidipta Bhattacharjee
authorImg Agnidipta Bhattacharjee

I am a technical content writer with over 2 years of experience in creating clear, concise, and engaging content for a wide range of industries, including software development, IT, and engineering. In my role as a technical content writer, I have produced a vast array of content, including user manuals, online help files, blog articles, whitepapers, and case studies. When I am not writing, I enjoy pursuing my hobbies like travelling, hiking, adventure sports, and reading. I am an avid reader of technology news and enjoy keeping up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in the tech industry.

Release of Postgres15

Identify the perks and deprecated features of Postgres15
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer.

Enumerable#many? now forwards all block parameters

When used in conjunction with each_with_index Enumerable#many? does not forward index parameter unlike Enumerable#any?.
authorImg Prasanth Chaduvula
authorImg Prasanth Chaduvula

I'm a React, Javascript & Rails full-stack Software Engineer. I have been working remotely for the past two years in a remote village. Before joining as a Software Engineer I founded kwiq - a hyperlocal delivery startup to deliver things in remote villages.

Rails now supports routes prefixed with word cable

Rails improved its support for routes which helps us to navigate to routes prefixed with word cable which were throwing 404 errors before.
authorImg Chetan Gawai
authorImg Chetan Gawai

I am a Javascript and React enthusiast, and I absolutely love writing technical blogs. There's just something about the process of breaking down complex concepts and sharing my knowledge with others that really excites me. In my free time, I enjoy exploring my other passions, such as painting, gardening, cooking, and managing my food blog.

Evaluating Media queries in a Range Context

Media Queries Level 4 specification has introduced a new syntax for writing media queries that have a range type. We can now use common mathematical comparison operators like <, >,<=, >= instead of min/max prefixes.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer.

Rails serializes store data as a regular hash instead of using HWIA

Serializing store objects with ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess is both a wasteful and an insecure option. Instead Rails now encodes store as a regular hash and casts it back to HWIA before accessing.
authorImg Mayank Agnihotri
authorImg Mayank Agnihotri

I'm a React and Rails enthusiast with two years of experience creating innovative software solutions that improve business productivity. I work well in teams and am always up for challenging projects. Born and raised in Navi Mumbai, I enjoy gaming and travelling in my free time.

Learn about tree shaking in Webpack 5

Tree shaking is a technique used by webpack to optimize the builds for production and reducing the build size by shaking off the dead code from its branches (modules).
authorImg Murtaza Bagwala
authorImg Murtaza Bagwala

A passionate full stack software engineer having 7 years of experience in building scalable enterprise systems. I have worked predominantly with the JVM and Javascript ecosystem but currently exploring Rails. For me, software engineering is all about solving problems in the most optimal way. I am an avid practitioner of clean code practices and love to read about System Design and Architectures. When I am not coding I love to play playstation, read anything about aviation or go out for a long drive and of-course I am foodie by heart.

Rails 7.1 adds include_seconds option to datetime_field.

Rails now allows to omit seconds part in the input field by adding the include_seconds option to datetime_field