Kubernetes 101
Created by Google this open-sourced system helps manage containerized applications within cluster environments. It gives developers a better way to deal with related and distributed components as well as services in infrastructure.
Pessimistic Locking In Rails
The Ruby on Rails framework is powerful in many ways. One of its strong points is that Ruby on Rails is being shipped with ActiveRecord - an Object Relational Mapping system. ActiveRecord comes up with its own DSL, which lets you write Ruby code, which in turn is translated to SQL, allowing you to use database native features, including “locking”.
Szymon Lach
Apr 15, 2019
GraphQL with Ruby On Rails: Queries in Multiple Files
Today we are going to add specs (again, we will focus only on the happy paths) for GraphQL queries. But there is one thing about the current implementation of the queries that I don’t like. We have everything defined in one file: `app/graphql/types/query_type.rb`
Ireneusz Skrobiś
Apr 4, 2019
Testing GraphQL Mutations In Ruby On Rails With RSpec
In the last article we added a few GraphQL mutations to our test application. It is time to create automated tests for each of them. But first things first, we need to set up `RSpec` in order to write better specs.
Ireneusz Skrobiś
Mar 21, 2019
GraphQL Mutations In Ruby On Rails
In this article, I would like to focus on adding GraphQL mutations. We will be working on the test application we created previously in this article. It might be helpful for you to know the structure, models, and types we are using so I encourage you to take a look.
Ireneusz Skrobiś
Mar 14, 2019
SVG Icons - From Sketch to React
The inlined SVG icons are currently the best way to use icons on the web. If you’re not familiar with that approach or still need convincing, check out this great article on CSS Tricks. But how should we prepare and use the inline SVG icons?
Arkadiusz Janik
Mar 11, 2019
My Personal Growth As An Ember.js Developer
In 2018 Ember was updated 65 times - 1.2 releases per week. There were 66 Ember Meetups held all around the world. But what about my personal growth as a software developer? In this article, I will share with you some tricks that I have discovered and you can make use of in your daily job.
Robert Harężlak
Mar 6, 2019
How I Stay On The Cutting Edge Of Technology
For most developers, the biggest goal in their careers is to be a multi-lingual specialist and to be up to date with every possible tool or framework. After spending months of making their goal, they finally lose their battle due to burnout, because they cannot maintain the work-life balance properly.
Robert Harężlak
Feb 26, 2019
Behind The Scenes Of A Mature Ember.js Project
This article aims to tell the story of mature Ember.js projects, take you behind the scenes, possibly help you to deal with long-term projects with the team. As a background to the main story, let me use a classic movie from the 70s - ‘Alien’ - directed by Ridley Scott.
Dawid Pośliński
Feb 26, 2019
How To Setup A Project With Ruby On Rails, PostgreSQL And GraphQL
GraphQL is an open source query language created by Facebook. It is a powerful tool that you can use for building your API. It is not a silver bullet but it can definitely help you solve some challenges like getting many resources in a single request.
Ireneusz Skrobiś
Feb 13, 2019
Infrastructure As A Code
Managing servers and infrastructures manually is not a very complicated task, but when you start working with multiple servers, manual configuration is getting more complex and almost unachievable. This is where the notion of Infrastructure as a Code comes in.
Bartłomiej Wójtowicz
Feb 5, 2019