#ruby (10 articles)

Building a Rack Web Server in Ruby

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Managing sockets, handling HTTP parsing and generation, and integrating with Rack to build a simple web server from scratch.

The Enigma Machine using Ruby

Saturday, January 3, 2015

The Enigma machine explained in Ruby

Advanced Eager Loading in Rails

Saturday, December 20, 2014

How to load 'N' records per parent record efficiently in Ruby on Rails

Rails Concerns for URL and Path Helpers

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Concerns offer a reusable way of sharing common code. This can be used to extract URL helpers.

Setup Free(ish) SSL/TLS on Heroku for Ruby on Rails (or Any Other Framework)

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Configure SSL/TLS On Heroku Using a CDN

Setting Up Mac OS X Mavericks for Development

Saturday, October 5, 2013

A short guide on how to configure Mac OS X Mavericks with Rails, Node and More.

Faster Testing in Rails with Guard for Zeus, RSpec, and Cucumber

Friday, March 9, 2012

Two awesome tools for speeding up testing are Zeus and Guard. Setting them up allows for automatic execution of tests while coding.

Deploying Rails with JRuby to Heroku

Friday, November 16, 2012

Deploying JRuby on Heroku used to require custom build packs. Not any more. This guide will get any JRuby app up and running in no time.

Setting Up Mac OS X For Development

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Configuring a new Mac for development can be tricky. These steps will get any machine setup with Ruby, Node, Postgres and lots more.

Must Have Services for Rails

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Rails is amazing and can be even better when paired with great web services. Heroku, Amazon, Zencoder, Twilio, Tropo and New Relic all fit the bill.