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A pragmatic guide for adding React to an existing Rails application (and still use Hotwire)

For a long time, I thought that using React with Rails was an “all-or-nothing” proposition. I’m now realizing that the two can be integrated on a spectrum.
Steve Polito
June 28, 2024
- Rails
- React
- Web
- Hotwire
Writing Quality Method Docs

Things I think about when putting together effective method-level documentation.
Joël Quenneville
May 31, 2024
- Web
- Development
Get your codebase ready for React 19

Is your app ready for what’s coming up in React 19’s release? Get prepared with what is going to change ahead of its release date.
Elyse Hadid
April 19, 2024
- JavaScript
- React
- NextJS
- Remix
- Web
- Development
Enum validations and database constraints in Rails 7.1

How to add model validation for a column using a PostgreSQL enum type in Rails 7.1.
Sally Hall
April 16, 2024
- Web
- Rails
- Active Record
- Databases
- Validation
- Enum
Introducing form_props: The power of Rails forms now available for React!

We’ve built form_props, a powerful Rails form helper to use with React.
Johny Ho
April 10, 2024
- Ruby
- Web
- Ruby On Rails
- JSON
- Superglue
- Jbuilder
Configure GitHub Actions to work with rspec-rails

The next release of Rails will ship with a CI template that will “work out of the box”… unless you’re using RSpec.
Steve Polito
March 25, 2024
- RSpec
- Web
- CI
- GitHub Actions
- Ruby On Rails
Why Am I Interested in Remix?

Let’s talk about a few reasons I find the Remix JS framework so exciting.
Jimmy Thigpen
March 19, 2024
- JavaScript
- React
- Remix
- Web
- Development
Use Inline Email Attachments for Images

In outgoing email messages, include images as inline attachments instead of as external images for privacy, resilience, and security.
Summer ☀️
March 14, 2024
- Action Mailer
- Rails
- Email
- Images
- Web
- Privacy
- Security
How to approach a reduce problem

Code written with reduce can be intimidating. This 2-step approach can help.
Joël Quenneville
March 13, 2024
Introducing props_template: A Jbuilder alternative

We’ve built props_template, a faster Jbuilder that supports layouts, digging, and more!.
Johny Ho
March 8, 2024
- Ruby
- Web
- Ruby On Rails
- JSON
- Superglue
- Jbuilder
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