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authorImg Alkesh Ghorpade
authorImg Alkesh Ghorpade

I am a seasoned developer with over 9 years of experience in Ruby on Rails and Golang. My passion lies in tackling complex data structures and algorithm problems, always pushing myself to learn and grow. In my downtime, I find solace in the pages of books and the soothing sounds of a guitar. But I'm not just a one-trick pony! I love to stay active and challenge myself in other ways too. Whether it's on the football pitch, cricket field, table tennis table, or badminton court, I'm always up for some fun activities.

Rails 6.1 Role Switching and Sharding

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

Rails 6.1 Background Dependent Destruction

Rails 6.1 adds dependent: :destroy_async to delete associated records in background jobs.
authorImg Romil Mehta
authorImg Romil Mehta

Romil is a Ruby on Rails Developer who enjoys putting together the technical pieces making sure everything runs smoothly.

Rails 6.1 Configurable Attribute Defaults

With Rails 6.1, we can set attribute's default value by keeping the type same
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Ruby 3.0 adds `Hash#except` and `ENV.except`

Ruby 3.0 adds `Hash#except` to return a new hash that includes everything from the original hash except the given keys. `ENV` also gets support for `except`.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Rails Deprecates db:structure Tasks

Rails deprecates db:structure:load and db:structure:dump tasks in favor of db:schema tasks with schema_format config.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Rails Allows Prepending Concerns

This blog post discusses the concept of prepending in Ruby and prepending concerns with the help of Active Support in Rails.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Ruby Adds Leading Arguments with Forwarding

... operator was limited to forwarding arguments. With Ruby 3.0, it can forward the arguments along with the leading arguments.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Rails Adds Default Value to Rich Text Area

Rails has added support for adding a default value to the form field of type rich text area.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Ruby 3.0 Adds Symbol#name Method

Ruby has added `Symbol#name`, which returns the name of the symbol if it is named. The returned string can not be modified.
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh
authorImg Vamsi Pavan Mahesh

Vamsi is a Senior Software Developer dedicated to creating seamless user experiences. With deep expertise in both Ruby on Rails and ReactJS

Rails db:migrate:name Behavior Changes

Rails now dumps schema and resets ActiveRecord::Base connection when running db:migrate:name.