Chris Oliver - Powerful Rails Features You Might Not Know - Rails World 2023

Rails

Discover powerful yet lesser-known features in Rails, including template strict locals, Turbo streams, and more, to take your Ruby on Rails development to the next level.

Key takeaways

Template strict locals are handy for cleaning up views.
Turbo streams can be used to generate files and email them out.
The truncate method can be used to shorten text to a certain length.
The number_to_phone method can be used to format phone numbers.
The html_escape method can be used to escape HTML characters in text.
The number_to_currency method can be used to format currency.
The distance_of_time_in_words method can be used to format time differences.
The pluralize method can be used to add -s or -es to the end of a word to make it plural.
The time_ago_in_words method can be used to format time from now in words.
Active Support includes a lot of other helpful methods for strings, such as singularize, camelize, tableize, and more.
with_options can be used to set the precision in numbers to one decimal place.
railties can be used to create custom generators for Rails.
action_text can be used to create custom content for Rails.
active_storage can be used to store and serve files in Rails.
devise can be used to implement password challenges and more.
mongo_mapper can be used to map MongoDB data to Ruby objects.
mutable_string can be used to create a string that can be modified.
number_to_human can be used to format numbers with a unit.
time_ago_in_words can be used to format time differences from now in words.
active_support_core_extensions can be used to add custom functionality to Rails.
rails_helper can be used to test Rails applications.
runner can be used to run scripts in Rails.
spring can be used to start and stop Rails applications in development mode.
foreman can be used to manage and run Rails applications in production mode.
viagra can be used to create custom views for Rails.
nested_form can be used to create custom forms for Rails.
remote_form_for can be used to create custom forms for Rails that can be submitted remotely.

Chris Oliver - Powerful Rails Features You Might Not Know - Rails World 2023

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