Improve Rails performance by adding a few gems
Working with Rails for some time you start nitpicking on how to improve it. This is a first in the series of articles regarding on how to improve (even marginally) Rails’s performance. RubyFlow
View ArticleHow do gems work?
Gems might seem magical. But with a little investigation, they’re pretty easy to understand. RubyFlow
View ArticleHow does Rails handle gems?
If you’re not sure how Bundler works, the way gems get pulled into Rails might seem a little too magical. How does adding a line to a Gemfile get code into your app? How do Bundler, Rails, and RubyGems...
View ArticleTesting Neo4j Rails apps and gems
Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on a Sunspot_Neo4j gem, but found it difficult to test that it was working across versions of Neo4j. I ended up creating the Neo4j_Test_Server to do just that...
View Article33 gems for building CLI apps (pdf download)
Automation can help you complete repetitive and time consuming tasks quickly, whether you work at a software company or a development shop. RubyFlow
View ArticleA simple way to check your gems’ memory usage
I just posted a brief intro to the derailed gem, which is a nice collection of profiling tools: http://blog.honeybadger.io/profile-your-gem-memory-usage-with-derailed/ RubyFlow
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