Inline SVGs with Rails and Vite
Here’s one way to add Vite support to the popular inline_svg gem, plus a way to implement your own helper and skip the gem dependency altogether.
Generate your next Rails app interactively! This template includes production-ready recommendations for testing, security, developer productivity, and modern frontends. Plus optional Vite support! ...
Here’s one way to add Vite support to the popular inline_svg gem, plus a way to implement your own helper and skip the gem dependency altogether.
Autoprefixer, rollup-plugin-gzip, and vite-plugin-full-reload, plus some honorable mentions
Thor is a great way to write simple CLIs like one-off Rails scripts, but it does have its own gotchas. Here’s how to use Thor in practice.
Turn off autoBuild.
I recently discovered that Rake has the ability to run tasks in parallel. For Rails projects with many test and linting tasks, this can be a huge time-saver.
How to use a Ruby-friendly syntax alternative to esoteric CSS and xpath expressions. Plus, a trick for making Capybara automatically aware of data-testid attributes.
Rails 7.2 uses the foreman gem for process management, which has serious limitations when it comes to interactive debugging. The run-pty Node package is an excellent alternative.