Questions tagged [ruby-on-rails]
Ruby on Rails is an open-source web development framework optimized for programmer happiness and maintaining sustainable productivity. Many things are defined by convention, freeing you from having to re-invent things to stay productive.
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How to handle data isolation in one DB when handling SQL queries as user input in Rails
I have a task to develop a website that allows storing of data resources from other APIs and users can analyse and visualize this data. This data is sensitive and data leakage should be minimal.
I ...
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Firebase Auth system with Rails API design
TLDR; How can I utilize Firebase Auth in my iOS application and sync the Firebase ID with a user in my API?
I am in the process of designing an iOS application that reads from a Rails API. When first ...
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rails, how to refactor nest if statements? [duplicate]
I'm working a project where I found another developer wrote a method as you see it below.
How would I clean those IF statements and refactor this method.
Also is it ok ti set a variable to nil ?
def ...
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Reorderable parent/children hierarchy in a relational database
I'm struggling on a design question for my Ruby on Rails website. I'm working on an estimation tool for construction companies for renovation projects.
It orders items this way by default:
Room (ex: ...
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Tracking flakey tests in Ruby on Rails / Rspec - is there a way to do this?
Currently working on a Ruby-on-Rails codebase, testing is done with Rspec. We use BuildKite to run tests.
We are in a situation where sometimes tests will fail, and upon a retry or two, pass. AKA, we ...
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Best way to renew OAuth token before expiry
I am building a simple application built in Rails that allows the client to connect to a third party api to sync customer data.
The customer inputs their username and password and my application ...
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Database dictionary table versus code defined enum
For the following table structure, for the metric_id column, what are the advantages of having a JOIN dictionary table versus an ENUM dictionary defined in the code?
Assuming the metrics dictionary is ...
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Sharing ActiveRecord class between two Rails app with gem
We have several Rails applications using the same ActiveRecord, Book. For simplicity let us assume we have only these two:
BookWarehouseApp (that deals how new book are added, or other inventory ...
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Best RoR pattern for special instances of a subclass
I'm trying to figure out the best way to "partially" use the validates_uniqueness_of validator for a particular case of problem.
Let's say I have a Book class with multiple comments, with the Comment ...
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Rails model inheritance without STI or polymorphism?
I have a Rails app with HighSchoolTeam and ClubTeam models. I'm currently using Single Table Inheritance (STI) with Team. That means I only have a Teams table in my database, no High_School_Teams or ...
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How to efficiently process CPU intensive tasks on the server in the background
I built an audio processing web app using Rails. The user uploads a song to the website. The song is then decomposed into individual elements and then modified and recombined.
I am using a an open ...
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Should feature branches always branch from develop?
I'm a Rails developer and I've always had this doubt, let's say I have to develop things for the user's controller and views (branch feature/users-endpoint) and imagine I end up developing several ...
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Is it better to have a default avatar library on client or server side?
I have a webapp using ReactJS as the frontend and Rails as the backend service.
I have an account manager, where a user can choose multiple avatars from a default library. This library contains ...
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What is less desirable: Inefficient code or maintenance overhead?
In our Ruby on Rails app, we have a set of conditions to define the status of a user. Currently, there is logic that checks if those conditions are true given a user. We are in the process of writing ...
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Ruby on Rails newbie question, regarding general design for models/controllers for feedback app/ my thinking
I am working on a little project which essentially allows me as the administrator to upload new products to the app (each product would be a video explaining product) which would have its own specific ...
