Decouple Your Models with Form Objects

Published over 7 years ago

Talk given by Andrew Markle.

Form Object

Definition

An object that can be passed into a form.

Typically added to a new directory called app/forms.

Benefits:

• Not limited to ActiveRecord objects
• Model agnostic

Challenges with Multi Page Forms

Working with Nested Attributes, managing data... Continue reading

ActionCable + Amazon Alexa

Published over 7 years ago

Talk given by Julian Cheal and Jonan Scheffler.

Intent schema

The intent schema allows you to setup a mapping for tasks that you want it to run. Example: deploying an application to heroku

This Interaction Model is a co... Continue reading

Observing Change: A Gold Master Test in Practice - Jake Worth

Published over 7 years ago

Jake Worth discusses how developing legacy code is inevitable. Every production application will, at some point, become a legacy application.

In order to properly work on legacy applications, tests are a prerequisite.

• Unit tests
• API tests
• UI tests

Unit tests get the closest to specifying application behavior, but can still fall short.

Gold Master Test

Genesis of idea: Wor... Continue reading

JSON Web Tokens - Lance Ivy

Published over 7 years ago

Lance discussed the concept of JWT (JSON Web Tokens), starting with the example of how to share authentication between multiple applications (a mobile and a Rails web application).

What is Logging in?

1. User logs in from browser.
2. Browser is sent back a cookie from the server. Follows the request/response lifecycle.
3. Cookies are headers in HTTP request/responses.

What are cookies?

Analogy: session cookies are not like choco... Continue reading

Keynote: David Heinemeier Hansson

Published over 7 years ago

To kick off Rails Conf, the founder of the Ruby on Rails framework (along with 37signals, Basecamp, etc), David Heinemeier Hansson, discussed a number of topics:

• Picking the right tool for the job from an application development perspective.
• Understanding that it's not possible to know everything in the development community (aka a new JS framework each week, every SQL command, etc.).
• Embracing the Rails community,... Continue reading