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So we've finally taken the plunge and carried out our first Action Text implementation. It was used to power a blog. But we ran into an issue. Problem Here are the symptoms We were on Rails 6 We had Active Storage setup…
Before jumping into the syllabus, my course instructor for UX/UI Design gave us a grave warning that went something like this: You will never be able to look at a website the same way again. If you’re someone who enjoys…
I recently discovered something I have been using fairly regularly. I am probably late to the party here but I learned Google has a date filter for your searches. As all developers know, you can have 2 days or 20 years…
So one of the gems we use a lot in our Ruby on Rails applications is Resque. For those who don't know, it's a library that allows you to run background tasks that are separate from the main web thread. This gets…
So we use Trello - a lot. We use it to manage our Scrum Express process and it's become an integral part of our software development. However, one thing we noticed is that our Trello boards are getting BIG. Like super…
Everyone loves laughing with others about their mistakes. Let’s laugh at me for a second here. I test my Rails applications with RSpec. While editing the users factory for 2 new user types, I copied lines 19-23 in the…
Ruby on Rails is an amazing framework. At BiteSite, we started using it back in 2011 and haven’t stopped since. It’s combination of technical ability and software philosophy has kept it our framework of choice when it…
When you're creating a corporate video or working with an external video production company, you'll have a lot of choice when it comes to format. You could go live-action, animated, unscripted, scripted and more. One…
So we've been using Carrierwave for a while. It's an amazing solution for Ruby on Rails apps that need to store files. We use it mainly with Amazon AWS S3 as our storage. However, recently when trying to use it for a…