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authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Ruby Data Class for Immutable Objects

The Data class helps define simple classes for value-alike objects that can be extended with custom methods.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails 7 Fixes tsrange Timezone Bug

Earlier the tsrange/tstzrange column would throw a TypeError if a timezone was set in the application config.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails 7.1 Job Generator --parent

Similar to the working of the model generator, the job generator now accepts the --parent option.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails Adds SQLite :strict Option

SQLite can be configured to be strict to circumvent some of its quirks. Rails can now specify this in the default database.yml file.
authorImg Prasad Walvekar
authorImg Prasad Walvekar

Prasad is a Frontend Developer with over five years of experience, specializing in building high-performing and visually engaging web platforms.

CSS overflow:clip and overflow-clip-margin

overflow: clip and overflow: hidden both do the same job of hiding content that overflows. However, overflow: clip also disables programmatic scrolling.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails Validates Migration Options

Previously erroneous options were silently ignored in migration functions such as "create_table" or "add_column", now they raise an error.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails assert_redirected_to Status Code

The assertion statement previous was only able to assert that the request was redirected, but not the status code.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails ErrorReporting source Attribute

Subscribers can now filter error reports based on source, making it easier to ignore internal errors or focus on specific errors.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails Requires active_storage.service

Developers are no longer presented vague errors when config.active_storage.service is not set. Instead a clear exception is raised.
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla
authorImg Swaathi Kakarla

Swaathi Kakarla is a Ruby on Rails Developer specializing in building super-fast and secure web applications.

Rails Infinite Range in LengthValidators

Models that need to be validated for length can use infinite ranges in :in / :within options