--- title: "All BigBinary Blog Posts" description: "Read articles on Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, React Native, open source, engineering practices, and design insights from BigBinary." canonical_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/all" markdown_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/all.md" --- # All BigBinary Blog Posts Read articles on Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, React Native, open source, engineering practices, and design insights from BigBinary. ## Posts ### Debugging frontend crash and handling circular dependency [Debugging frontend crash and handling circular dependency](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/debugging-frontend-crash-and-handling-circular-dependency) - Author: Joseph Mathew - Published: June 10, 2026 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS Debugging frontend crash and handling circular dependency ### CDN caching issue involving Cloudfront and Cloudflare [CDN caching issue involving Cloudfront and Cloudflare](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/cdn-caching-issue-involving-cloudfront-and-cloudflare) - Author: Unnikrishnan KP - Published: February 2, 2026 - Categories: frontend CDN caching issue involving Cloudfront and Cloudflare ### How to analyze Playwright traces [How to analyze Playwright traces](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-analyze-playwright-traces) - Author: Deepanshu Rajput - Published: January 15, 2026 - Categories: Playwright Learn how to use Playwright's Trace Viewer to debug test failures with DOM snapshots, network requests, console logs, and action timelines. ### DNS basics and how DNS works in Neeto [DNS basics and how DNS works in Neeto](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/dns-basics-and-how-dns-works-in-neeto) - Author: S Varun - Published: January 6, 2026 - Categories: Neeto DNS basics and how DNS works in Neeto ### Debugging a Stack Overflow in Rails 7.2.1.1 [Debugging a Stack Overflow in Rails 7.2.1.1](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/debugging-stack-overflow-in-rails) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: November 25, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Ruby Debugging a Stack Overflow in Rails 7.2.1.1 ### Active Record adds support for deprecating associations [Active Record adds support for deprecating associations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/active-record-deprecated-associations) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: July 3, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Ruby Active Record adds the ability to safely remove associations by first deprecating them ### Active Job Continuations [Active Job Continuations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/active-jobs-continuations) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: June 9, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Sidekiq, Ruby Active job feature that allows us to describe jobs in an interruptible manner ### Understanding Queueing Theory [Understanding Queueing Theory](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-queueing-theory) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: June 3, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Sidekiq, Ruby, Solid Queue ### Understanding Active Record Connection Pooling [Understanding Active Record Connection Pooling](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-active-record-connection-pooling) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: May 13, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Puma, Ruby ### Finding ideal number of threads per process using GVL instrumentation [Finding ideal number of threads per process using GVL instrumentation](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/tuning-puma-max-threads-configuration-with-gvl-instrumentation) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: May 6, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Puma, Ruby ### Amdahl's Law - The Theoretical Relationship Between Speedup and Concurrency [Amdahl's Law - The Theoretical Relationship Between Speedup and Concurrency](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/amdahls-law-the-theoretical-relationship-between-speedup-and-concurrency) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: April 29, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Puma, Ruby ### GVL in Ruby and the impact of GVL in scaling Rails applications [GVL in Ruby and the impact of GVL in scaling Rails applications](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/gvl-in-ruby-and-its-impact-in-scaling-rails-applications) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: April 24, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Puma, Ruby ### Scaling Rails Series [Scaling Rails Series](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/scaling-rails-series) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: April 22, 2025 - Categories: Rails, Puma Scaling Rails ### Migrating to TanStack Query v5 [Migrating to TanStack Query v5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrating-to-tanstack-query-v5) - Author: Gaagul C Gigi - Published: March 11, 2025 - Categories: React Key points and breaking changes to consider when migrating to TanStack Query v5. ### Benchmarking caching in Rails with Redis vs the alternatives [Benchmarking caching in Rails with Redis vs the alternatives](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/caching-in-rails-with-redis-vs-alternatives) - Author: Sandip Mane - Published: February 4, 2025 - Categories: Rails Benchmarking caching in Rails including Redis, Memcached, Valkey, DragonflyDB, SolidCache with PostgreSQL, SolidCache with SQLite3, and LiteCache with SQLite3. ### How to remotely EV code-sign a Windows application using ssl.com [How to remotely EV code-sign a Windows application using ssl.com](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ev-code-sign-windows-application-ssl-com) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: December 17, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS, Electron EV code-sign a Windows application using ssl.com ### Using native modules in Electron [Using native modules in Electron](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/native-modules-electron) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: December 11, 2024 - Categories: Electron Using native modules in Electron ### Requesting camera and microphone permission in an Electron app [Requesting camera and microphone permission in an Electron app](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/request-camera-micophone-permission-electron) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: December 3, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS Requesting camera and microphone permission in an Electron app ### Building deep-links in Electron application [Building deep-links in Electron application](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/deep-link-electron-app) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: November 26, 2024 - Categories: Electron Building deep-links in Electron application ### How to code-sign and notarize an Electron application for macOS [How to code-sign and notarize an Electron application for macOS](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/code-sign-notorize-mac-desktop-app) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: November 19, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS, Electron Code-sign and notarize an Electron application for macOS ### Configuring webpack to handle multiple browser windows in Electron [Configuring webpack to handle multiple browser windows in Electron](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/electron-multiple-browser-windows) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: November 12, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS, Electron How to configure webpack to handle multiple browser windows in Electron ### Improving search experience using Elasticsearch [Improving search experience using Elasticsearch](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/elasticsearch-improvements) - Author: Sayooj Surendran - Published: October 29, 2024 - Categories: Elasticsearch Learn how we improved our search experience in NeetoCourse by tweaking Elasticsearch config. ### Building and publishing an Electron application using electron-builder [Building and publishing an Electron application using electron-builder](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/publish-electron-application) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: October 22, 2024 - Categories: Electron Building and publishing an Electron application using electron-builder. ### Benchmarking Crunchy Data for latency [Benchmarking Crunchy Data for latency](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/crunchy-bridge-vs-digital-ocean) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: October 15, 2024 - Categories: Misc Benchmarking Crunchy Data for latency ### Evaluating JavaScript code in the browser [Evaluating JavaScript code in the browser](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/evaluating-javascript-in-neeto-course) - Author: Sayooj Surendran - Published: October 8, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript Learn how we evaluate JavaScript in NeetoCourse ### Creating a synchronized store between main and renderer process in Electron [Creating a synchronized store between main and renderer process in Electron](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/sync-store-main-renderer-electron) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: October 1, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS, Electron Creating a synchronized store between main and renderer process in Electron ### Standardizing frontend routes and dynamic URL generation in Neeto products [Standardizing frontend routes and dynamic URL generation in Neeto products](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/standardizing-frontend-routes) - Author: Navaneeth D - Published: September 24, 2024 - Categories: React Explore Neeto's best practices for frontend route standardization and dynamic URL generation with the buildUrl function ### Why we switched from Cypress to Playwright [Why we switched from Cypress to Playwright](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/why-we-switched-from-cypress-to-playwright) - Author: S Varun - Published: September 18, 2024 - Categories: Playwright Why we switched from Cypress to Playwright ### Dropping tables, dropping columns and renaming columns in a safe way in Ruby on Rails [Dropping tables, dropping columns and renaming columns in a safe way in Ruby on Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-deleting-tables-columns-using-rubocop) - Author: Abhay V Ashokan - Published: September 17, 2024 - Categories: Rails Dropping tables and columns in a safe way in Ruby on Rails ### Upgrade Ruby using dual boot [Upgrade Ruby using dual boot](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-upgrade-using-dual-boot) - Author: Vijay Vinod - Published: September 4, 2024 - Categories: Ruby, Rails Upgrade Ruby using dual boot ### Simplifying code with standardized pagination, sorting, and search [Simplifying code with standardized pagination, sorting, and search](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/standardize-pagination-keywords) - Author: Abilash Sajeev - Published: August 27, 2024 - Categories: ReactJS, Rails Explore the power of standardized naming practices in creating a unified and scalable codebase. ### Rails 7.2 brings SQL queries count to template rendering logs [Rails 7.2 brings SQL queries count to template rendering logs](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-adds-sql-queries-count-to-template-rendering-logs) - Author: Navaneeth D - Published: August 20, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7.2 Rails 7.2 simplifies debugging database queries by adding query count information to the application logs. ### Rails 8 introduces a basic authentication generator [Rails 8 introduces a basic authentication generator](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-introduces-a-basic-authentication-generator) - Author: Jaimy Simon - Published: August 9, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Rails 8 Rails 8.0 adds a generator that streamlines the process of adding basic authentication to Rails applications ### Building custom extensions in Tiptap [Building custom extensions in Tiptap](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/building-custom-extensions-in-tiptap) - Author: Gaagul C Gigi - Published: August 6, 2024 - Categories: React, JavaScript A comprehensive guide on building custom extensions in Tiptap. ### Exploring management of templates across Neeto products using neeto-templates-nano [Exploring management of templates across Neeto products using neeto-templates-nano](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-build-neeto-templates-nano) - Author: Sooraj Bhaskaran - Published: July 30, 2024 - Categories: Rails, React A deep dive into the architecture and implementation of neeto-templates-nano, a highly customizable and extensible template builder for neeto. ### Configuring the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler to scale based on custom metrics from Prometheus [Configuring the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler to scale based on custom metrics from Prometheus](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/prometheus-adapter) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: July 23, 2024 - Categories: Kubernetes, Devops How we built autoscaling based on custom Prometheus metrics for NeetoDeploy ### Rails 7.2 makes counter_cache integration safer and easier [Rails 7.2 makes counter_cache integration safer and easier](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-adds-ability-to-ignore-counter_cache-column-while-backfilling) - Author: Navaneeth D - Published: July 16, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7.2 Rails 7.2 adds ability to ignore counter_cache column whilst the data is getting backfilled ### How we fixed app downtime issue in NeetoDeploy [How we fixed app downtime issue in NeetoDeploy](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-we-fixed-app-down-time-in-neeto-deploy) - Author: Abhishek T - Published: July 9, 2024 - Categories: NeetoDeploy, Kubernetes, DevOps How we fixed app downtime issue in NeetoDeploy ### Widget state synchronisation across tabs [Widget state synchronisation across tabs](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/widget-synchronisation) - Author: Labeeb Latheef - Published: July 2, 2024 - Categories: React, JavaScript How we implemented widget state synchronisation in NeetoChat widget. ### How we build, release and maintain frontend packages [How we build, release and maintain frontend packages](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/build-release-frontend-packages) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: June 11, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS, npm How we build, release and maintain frontend packages ### How we fixed the Cypress "Out of memory" error for Chromium browsers [How we fixed the Cypress "Out of memory" error for Chromium browsers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-we-fixed-the-cypress-out-of-memory-error-in-chromium-browsers) - Author: S Varun - Published: May 21, 2024 - Categories: Cypress How we solved the Cypress “Out of memory” error for Chromium browsers ### Grafana Loki and Kubernetes Event exporter [Grafana Loki and Kubernetes Event exporter](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/k8s-event-exporter-and-grafana-loki-integration) - Author: Vishal Yadav - Published: May 7, 2024 - Categories: NeetoCI, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes In this blog, we'll explore how to integrate the Kubernetes Event exporter & Grafana Loki into your Kubernetes Cluster using a helm chart. ### Automatically sentence-case i18next translations [Automatically sentence-case i18next translations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/lowercase-translations) - Author: Farhan CK - Published: April 9, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS Automatically sentence-case i18next translations ### Implementation of a universal timer [Implementation of a universal timer](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/universal-timer) - Author: Labeeb Latheef - Published: March 26, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript, ReactJS Control multiple UI components with a single timer. ### Universal playback and streaming support using MP4 and Range request headers [Universal playback and streaming support using MP4 and Range request headers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/mp4_transmuxing_and_streaming_support-loom-alternative-part-3) - Author: Unnikrishnan KP - Published: March 17, 2024 - Categories: NeetoRecord, web-apis How to convert WEBM video generated by the browser efficiently to MP4 and provide streaming support ### Efficient uploading and persistent storage of NeetoRecord videos using AWS S3 [Efficient uploading and persistent storage of NeetoRecord videos using AWS S3](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/persistant-storage-for-recordings-in-s3-loom-alternative-part-2) - Author: Unnikrishnan KP - Published: March 16, 2024 - Categories: NeetoRecord, s3 How to split a large recording file into parts and uploaded them independently to AWS S3 for persistent storage ### Building a web-based screen recorder [Building a web-based screen recorder](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/build-web-based-screen-recorder-loom-alternative-part-1) - Author: Unnikrishnan KP - Published: March 15, 2024 - Categories: NeetoRecord, web-apis Building a web based screen recorder using browser's MediaStream Recording API ### Automating Case Conversion in Axios for Seamless Frontend-Backend Integration [Automating Case Conversion in Axios for Seamless Frontend-Backend Integration](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/axios-case-conversion) - Author: Ajmal Noushad - Published: March 12, 2024 - Categories: neeto, React, Javascript Learn why we decided to automatically case convert request and response data and how we did it. ### How we migrated from Sidekiq to Solid Queue [How we migrated from Sidekiq to Solid Queue](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrating-to-solid-queue-from-sidekiq) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 5, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Solid Queue How we migrated to Solid Queue from Sidekiq ### Streamlining translation resource loading in React apps with babel-plugin-preval [Streamlining translation resource loading in React apps with babel-plugin-preval](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/simplifying-loading-translation-resources-using-babel-plugin-preval) - Author: Mohit Harshan - Published: February 27, 2024 - Categories: React.js Streamlining translation resource loading in React apps with babel-plugin-preval ### Introducing neetoUI v6 [Introducing neetoUI v6](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/introducing-neeto-ui-v6) - Author: Goutham Subramanyam - Published: February 22, 2024 - Categories: UI Let's explore the exciting features and enhancements of neetoUI v6. ### Debugging memory issues in ReactJS applications [Debugging memory issues in ReactJS applications](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/debugging-memory-issues-in-react-applications) - Author: Calvin Chiramal - Published: February 20, 2024 - Categories: ReactJS Debugging memory issues in ReactJS applications ### Rails 8 introduces a built-in rate limiting API [Rails 8 introduces a built-in rate limiting API](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-rate-limiting-api) - Author: Yedhin Kizhakkethara - Published: February 13, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Rails 8 Rails 8.0 adds rate limiting to ActionController which uses Active Support cache by default ### Embracing Type Definitions and JSDoc Comments in JS packages [Embracing Type Definitions and JSDoc Comments in JS packages](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jsdoc-generation) - Author: Ajmal Noushad - Published: February 8, 2024 - Categories: Javascript Read why we added Type Definitions and JSDoc Comments to our packages. ### Using globalProps to make it easier to share data in React.js applications [Using globalProps to make it easier to share data in React.js applications](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/global-props) - Author: Deepak Jose - Published: February 6, 2024 - Categories: React, Rails Using globalProps to make it easier to share data in React.js applications ### Tackling Flaky Tests With Cypress and Playwright through Network Synchronization [Tackling Flaky Tests With Cypress and Playwright through Network Synchronization](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/tackling-flaky-tests-in-cypress-and-playwright) - Author: Shreya Kurian - Published: January 31, 2024 - Categories: Cypress, Playwright Tackling Flaky Tests With Cypress and Playwright through Network Synchronization ### Bundle Splitting [Bundle Splitting](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/bundle-splitting) - Author: Labeeb Latheef - Published: January 30, 2024 - Categories: JavaScript Optimize JavaScript assets loading. ### Setting up Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm [Setting up Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/prometheus-and-grafana-integration) - Author: Vishal Yadav - Published: January 25, 2024 - Categories: NeetoCI, Kubernetes Setting up Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm ### Solid Queue & understanding UPDATE SKIP LOCKED [Solid Queue & understanding UPDATE SKIP LOCKED](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/solid-queue) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: January 23, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Solid Queue Introduction to solid queue ### How we added sleep when idle feature to NeetoDeploy and reduced cost [How we added sleep when idle feature to NeetoDeploy and reduced cost](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/cost-reduction-in-neeto-deploy-by-turning-off-inactive-apps) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: January 19, 2024 - Categories: NeetoDeploy, Kubernetes, Devops How we added sleep when idle feature to NeetoDeploy and reduced cost ### Rails 7.1 allows subscribing to Active Record transaction events for instrumentation [Rails 7.1 allows subscribing to Active Record transaction events for instrumentation](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-7-1-allows-subscribing-to-active-record-transaction-events) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: January 16, 2024 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7 Rails 7.1 allows subscribing to Active Record transaction events for instrumentation. ### Building the metrics dashboard in NeetoDeploy with Prometheus [Building the metrics dashboard in NeetoDeploy with Prometheus](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-prometheus-in-neeto-deploy) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: January 9, 2024 - Categories: NeetoDeploy, Kubernetes, DevOps Building the metrics dashboard in NeetoDeploy with Prometheus ### Upgrading React state management with zustand [Upgrading React state management with zustand](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/upgrading-react-state-management-with-zustand) - Author: Mohit Harshan - Published: January 2, 2024 - Categories: React A blog on zustand integration and performance enhancements ### Building NeetoDeploy CLI [Building NeetoDeploy CLI](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/building-neeto-deploy-cli) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: December 26, 2023 - Categories: NeetoDeploy How we built the CLI for NeetoDeploy ### Using Cloudflare as CDN for Rails applications [Using Cloudflare as CDN for Rails applications](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-cloudflare-as-cdn-for-rails-applications) - Author: Abhijith Sheheer - Published: December 19, 2023 - Categories: Cloudflare, Rails How we used Cloudflare to cache assets for Rails applications to improve website performance ### Honeybadger frontend integration in Neeto apps [Honeybadger frontend integration in Neeto apps](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/honeybadger-frontend-integration-in-neeto-apps) - Author: Calvin Chiramal - Published: December 12, 2023 - Categories: Misc Honeybadger frontend integration in web apps ### Using TableWrapper to avoid dynamic height calculations [Using TableWrapper to avoid dynamic height calculations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-tablewrapper-to-avoid-dynamic-height-calculation) - Author: Philson Philip - Published: December 7, 2023 - Categories: UI Using TableWrapper to avoid dynamic height calculations ### Serving assets and images in Next.js from a CDN without Vercel [Serving assets and images in Next.js from a CDN without Vercel](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/serving-nextjs-assets-images-cdn) - Author: Akash Srivastava - Published: November 28, 2023 - Categories: Next.js Serve assets and public images in Next.js app from a CDN without deploying on Vercel ### Perfecting mobile responsiveness on NeetoSite using RFS [Perfecting mobile responsiveness on NeetoSite using RFS](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/perfecting-mobile-responsiveness-on-neetosite-using-rfs) - Author: Praveen Murali - Published: November 23, 2023 - Categories: UI Perfecting mobile responsiveness on NeetoSite using RFS ### Deep Dive into Redis Data Types [Deep Dive into Redis Data Types](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/redis-data-types-deep-dive) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: November 14, 2023 - Categories: Misc Deep Dive into Redis Data Types ### Rails 7.1 adds new option path_params for url_for helper method [Rails 7.1 adds new option path_params for url_for helper method](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/url-for-path-params-options) - Author: Neenu Chacko - Published: November 7, 2023 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7 Rails 7.1 adds new option path_params for url_for helper method ### Rails 7.1 comes with an optimized default SQLite3 adapter connection configuration [Rails 7.1 comes with an optimized default SQLite3 adapter connection configuration](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-7-1-comes-with-an-optimized-default-sqlite3-adapter-connection-configuration) - Author: Vishnu M - Published: October 31, 2023 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7 Rails 7.1 comes with an optimized default SQLite3 adapter connection configuration ### Profiling your zsh setup with zprof [Profiling your zsh setup with zprof](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/zsh-profiling) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: October 12, 2023 - Categories: Misc Profiling your zsh setup with zprof ### Optimizing NeetoDeploy's Cluster Autoscaler [Optimizing NeetoDeploy's Cluster Autoscaler](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/optimizing-neeto-deploy-autoscaler) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: October 10, 2023 - Categories: NeetoDeploy Optimizing NeetoDeploy's Cluster Autoscaler using overprovisioning deployments. ### Rails 7.1 adds support for multi-column ordering in ActiveRecord::Batches [Rails 7.1 adds support for multi-column ordering in ActiveRecord::Batches](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-7-1-adds-support-for-multi-column-ordering-in-activerecord-batches) - Author: Navaneeth D - Published: October 3, 2023 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7 Rails 7.1 adds support for multi-column ordering in ActiveRecord::Batches. ### Rails 7.1 adds \*\_deliver callbacks to Action Mailer [Rails 7.1 adds \*\_deliver callbacks to Action Mailer](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-7-1-adds-_-deliver-callbacks-to-action-mailer) - Author: Calvin Chiramal - Published: September 26, 2023 - Categories: Rails, Rails 7 Rails 7.1 adds \*\_deliver callbacks to Action Mailer ### Handling domain redirection while maintaining different google crawl attributes using Cloudflare [Handling domain redirection while maintaining different google crawl attributes using Cloudflare](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/domain-redirection-using-cloudflare) - Author: Ghouse Mohamed - Published: August 31, 2023 - Categories: Misc Handling domain redirection while maintaining different google crawl attributes using Cloudflare ### Solving scaling challenges in NeetoDeploy using Cluster Autoscaler [Solving scaling challenges in NeetoDeploy using Cluster Autoscaler](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/solving-scalability-in-neeto-deploy) - Author: Sreeram Venkitesh - Published: August 29, 2023 - Categories: NeetoDeploy At NeetoDeploy we solved the scaling problem using Cluster Autoscaler ### Why did we build a custom ESLint plugin? [Why did we build a custom ESLint plugin?](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/eslint-plugin-neeto) - Author: Amaljith K - Published: August 22, 2023 - Categories: JavaScript The story behind eslint-plugin-neeto ### Understanding the automatic minimum size of flex items [Understanding the automatic minimum size of flex items](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-the-automatic-minimum-size-of-flex-items) - Author: Praveen Murali - Published: August 17, 2023 - Categories: UI Understanding the automatic minimum size of flex items ### Upgrading to TLS 1.2 using Cloudflare [Upgrading to TLS 1.2 using Cloudflare](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/upgrading-tls-using-cloudflare) - Author: Ghouse Mohamed - Published: August 3, 2023 - Categories: Misc Upgrading to TLS 1.2 using Cloudflare ### Continuous backup of PostgreSQL in NeetoDeploy [Continuous backup of PostgreSQL in NeetoDeploy](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/postgresql-continuos-rollback-feature) - Author: Abhishek T - Published: August 1, 2023 - Categories: NeetoDeploy Continuous backup of PostgreSQL in NeetoDeploy ### React localization with i18next and react-i18next libraries [React localization with i18next and react-i18next libraries](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/react-localization) - Author: Joseph Mathew - Published: July 27, 2023 - Categories: ReactJS Learn how to implement localization in your React applications using the i18next and react-i18next libraries. ### Enhance code quality and performance with ESLint [Enhance code quality and performance with ESLint](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/enhance-code-quality-and-performance-with-eslint) - Author: Krishnapriya S - Published: July 25, 2023 - Categories: JavaScript Explains what ESLint is, how to build custom rules and plugins, and other terminologies associated with it. ### Accidentally deleting all staging applications and building automatic database backup [Accidentally deleting all staging applications and building automatic database backup](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/routine-db-exports-neetodeploy) - 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Categories: Rails 6, Rails Rails 6 adds email_address_with_name to ActionMailer to properly escape email addresses with names. ### Rails 6 raises ArgumentError if param contains colon [Rails 6 raises ArgumentError if param contains colon](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-raises-argumenterror-if-custom-param-contains-a-colon) - Author: Amit Choudhary - Published: October 15, 2019 - Categories: Rails 6, Rails Rails 6 raises ArgumentError if custom param contains a colon ### Rails 6 introduces new code loader called Zeitwerk [Rails 6 introduces new code loader called Zeitwerk](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-introduces-new-code-loader-called-zeitwerk) - Author: Midhun Krishna - Published: October 8, 2019 - Categories: Rails 6, Rails Rails 6 introduces new code loader named Zeitwerk with better Ruby semantics and threadsafety ### Rails 6 adds ActiveSupport::ActionableError [Rails 6 adds ActiveSupport::ActionableError](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-6-adds-active-support-actionable-error) - 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Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: May 23, 2017 - Categories: Rails 5.1, Rails Rails 5.1 can now limit the number of records fetched for batch processing. ### Rails 5.1 doesn't share thread_mattr_accessor variable [Rails 5.1 doesn't share thread_mattr_accessor variable](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-1-does-not-share-thread-mattr-accessor-variable-with-sub-class) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: May 16, 2017 - Categories: Rails 5.1, Rails Rails 5.1 now does not share the variable defined by thread_mattr_accessor with subclass. ### Rails 5.1 introduced assert_changes and assert_no_changes [Rails 5.1 introduced assert_changes and assert_no_changes](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-1-introduced-assert_changes-and-assert_no_changes) - Author: Narendra Rajput - Published: May 9, 2017 - Categories: Rails 5.1, Rails The BigBinary team's lesson on introduced assert_changes and assert_no_changes in Rails 5.1 ### Forward ActiveRecord::Relation#count to Enumerable#count [Forward ActiveRecord::Relation#count to Enumerable#count](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/forwarding-active-record-relation-count-to-enumerable-count) - 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Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 7, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby IO methods now have an optional chomp flag to remove newline return characters ### open-uri in Ruby 2.4 allows http to https redirection [open-uri in Ruby 2.4 allows http to https redirection](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/open-uri-in-ruby-2-4-allows-http-to-https-redirection) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: March 2, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby open-uri now allows http to https redirection in Ruby 2.4 ### Ruby 2.4 now has Dir.empty? and File.empty? methods [Ruby 2.4 now has Dir.empty? and File.empty? methods](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/dir-emtpy-included-in-ruby-2-4) - Author: Ratnadeep Deshmane - Published: February 28, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby No more platform specific code to check empty directories ### Ruby 2.4 Integer#digits extract digits in place-value [Ruby 2.4 Integer#digits extract digits in place-value](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-implements-integer-digits-for-extracting-digits-in-place-value-notation) - 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Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: April 18, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 introduces accessed_fields method to determine all the fields that were accessed on a model while performing some operation ### Rails 5 Warning when fetching with Active Record [Rails 5 Warning when fetching with Active Record](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-adds-option-to-log-warning-when-fetching-big-result-sets) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: April 13, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can now log warning when Active Record tries to fetch the result set greater than configured limit ### Rails 5 Sending STDOUT via environment variable [Rails 5 Sending STDOUT via environment variable](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-allows-to-send-log-to-stdout-via-environment-variable) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: April 12, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 has introduced an environment variable, with the help of which logs can now be directed to STDOUT in production environment. ### Validate multiple contexts together in Rails 5 [Validate multiple contexts together in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/validate-multiple-contexts-in-rails-5) - Author: Vijay Kumar Agrawal - Published: April 8, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 enhancement to validate a model on multiple contexts at once ### Rails 5 changes protect_from_forgery execution order [Rails 5 changes protect_from_forgery execution order](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-default-protect-from-forgery-prepend-false) - Author: Vijay Kumar Agrawal - Published: April 6, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails The default order of protect_from_forgery is changed from prepend to call order. ### Rails 5 provides config to use UUID as primary key [Rails 5 provides config to use UUID as primary key](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-provides-application-config-to-use-UUID-as-primary-key) - Author: Vijay Kumar Agrawal - Published: April 4, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails can use UUID as primary key for all the migrations by setting config. ### Rails 5 changed Active Job default adapter to Async [Rails 5 changed Active Job default adapter to Async](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-changed-default-active-job-adapter-to-async) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: March 29, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails The default Active Job adapter has been changed to Async from Inline in Rails 5. ### Support for left outer join in Rails 5 [Support for left outer join in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/support-for-left-outer-joins-in-rails-5) - Author: Ratnadeep Deshmane - Published: March 24, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails No need of writing SQL in your code every time there is need to do left outer join ### has_secure_token for unique random token in Rails 5 [has_secure_token for unique random token in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/has-secure-token-to-generate-unique-random-token-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: March 23, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Use has_secure_token to handle creation and regeneration unique random alphanumeric token ### Suppress save events in Rails 5 [Suppress save events in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/suppress-save-events-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: March 11, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 introduces way to suppress save events on a model ### Rails 5 improves rendering partial from cache [Rails 5 improves rendering partial from cache](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-makes-partial-redering-from-cache-substantially-faster) - Author: Ratnadeep Deshmane - Published: March 9, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails With the inclusion of multi_fetch_fragments gem in Rails core, Rails 5 improves page load speeds substantially. ### Rails 5 switches from strong etags to weak etags [Rails 5 switches from strong etags to weak etags](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-switches-from-strong-etags-to-weak-tags) - Author: Prajakta Tambe - Published: March 8, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 switches from strong etags to weak etags ### Parameter filtering enhancement in Rails 5 [Parameter filtering enhancement in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/parameter-filtering-enhacement-rails-5) - Author: Vijay Kumar Agrawal - Published: March 7, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 enhances parameter filtering of sensitive data appearing in the logs ### Rails 5 adds http_cache_forever [Rails 5 adds http_cache_forever](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-adds-http-cache-forever) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: March 4, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 introduces way to cache response forever by adding http_cache_forever ### Better exception responses in Rails 5 API apps [Better exception responses in Rails 5 API apps](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/better-exception-responses-in-rails-5-api-apps) - Author: Akshay Mohite - Published: March 3, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 responds with proper responses to exceptions even for API apps with introduction of new configuration debug_exception_format. ### Use file_fixture to access test files in Rails 5 [Use file_fixture to access test files in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/use-file_fixture-to-access-test-files-rails-5) - 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Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can configure queue name for mailers with Rails 5 ### Rails 5 handles DateTime with better precision [Rails 5 handles DateTime with better precision](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-handles-datetime-with-better-precision) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 23, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails MYSQL 5.6 and above version have started rounding of the milliseconds and it's impact and fix with Rails 5. ### Active Support Improvements in Rails 5 [Active Support Improvements in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/active-support-improvements-in-Rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 17, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 introduces number of new methods in Rails 5 ### Rails 5 improves route search with advanced options [Rails 5 improves route search with advanced options](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-options-for-rake-routes) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 16, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 brings additional options for rake routes task to display specific routes. ### Rails 5 makes belongs_to association required by default [Rails 5 makes belongs_to association required by default](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-makes-belong-to-association-required-by-default) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 15, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 makes it necessary to have belongs_to association record by default. ### Rails 5 doesn't halt callback chain if false is returned [Rails 5 doesn't halt callback chain if false is returned](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-does-not-halt-callback-chain-when-false-is-returned) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 13, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Preferred way of halting callback chain in Rails 5 is now using throw(:abort) instead of returning false. ### Configuring bundler using bundle config [Configuring bundler using bundle config](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/configuring-bundler-using-bundle-config) - Author: Prajakta Tambe - Published: February 9, 2016 - Categories: Rails Set bundler configuration options via bundle config. ### Using D3 JS with React JS [Using D3 JS with React JS](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-d3-js-with-react-js) - Author: Akshay Mohite - Published: February 4, 2016 - Categories: ReactJS Using D3JS with ReactJS - an example to plot Line Chart visualization. ### Caching result sets and collection in Rails 5 [Caching result sets and collection in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/activerecord-relation-cache-key) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: February 2, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 provides cache_key for ActiveRecord::Relation that can help in caching result of a collection of records. ### Caching in development environment in Rails 5 [Caching in development environment in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/caching-in-development-environment-in-rails5) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: January 25, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 has added ability to enable cache in development environment without changing environment.rb file. This blog post discusses the feature. ### Configure PostgreSQL to allow remote connection [Configure PostgreSQL to allow remote connection](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/configure-postgresql-to-allow-remote-connection) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 23, 2016 - Categories: Misc Sometimes we need PostgreSQL to allow remote connection. This blog describes how to get that done. ### Rails 5 wraps all rake commands using rails [Rails 5 wraps all rake commands using rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-supports-rake-commands-using-rails) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: January 14, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails In Rails 4 some commands use rake and some commands use rails. Rails 5 brings consistency by having rails command to do everything. ### Each form gets its own CSRF token in Rails 5 [Each form gets its own CSRF token in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/per-form-csrf-token-in-rails-5) - Author: Prajakta Tambe - Published: January 11, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 allows each form to have its own CSRF token to prevent hacking of the site. ### Rendering views outside of controllers in Rails 5 [Rendering views outside of controllers in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rendering-views-outside-of-controllers-in-rails-5) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: January 8, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 allows rendering views outside of controllers. It has many benefits like now views can be used in Mailers and other places. ### Not using https might be breaking file uploads [Not using https might be breaking file uploads](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/not-using-https-might-be-breaking-file-uploads) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: January 7, 2016 - Categories: Rails Using http instead of https might be breaking your file uploads. This blog explains how and why it happens. ### Year in review 2015 [Year in review 2015](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/year-in-review-2015) - Author: Vipul - Published: January 4, 2016 - Categories: Misc Activities of the BigBinary Team in 2015. ### Test runner in Rails 5 [Test runner in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/test-runner-in-rails-5) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: January 3, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Running tests got much easier in Rails 5. Now failing tests point to line number and makes it easier to re run a failing test. There are many more goodies. ### ApplicationRecord in Rails 5 [ApplicationRecord in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/application-record-in-rails-5) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: December 28, 2015 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails If we want to add a functionality to all models we no longer need to pollute whole ActiveRecord::Base. Just add that feature to ApplicationRecord. ### Explicitly ssh into vagrant machine [Explicitly ssh into vagrant machine](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/explicitly-ssh-into-vagrant-machine) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: December 27, 2015 - Categories: Misc Sometimes one need to explicitly ssh into vagrant machines. This blog discusses how to get that done. ### How constant lookup and resolution works in Ruby on Rails [How constant lookup and resolution works in Ruby on Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-constant-lookup-happens-in-rails) - Author: Mohit Natoo - Published: November 5, 2015 - Categories: Rails Rails has its own way of maintaining constants and looking for it when it is not found. This blog discusses all that and much more. ### Using Stripe API in React Native with fetch [Using Stripe API in React Native with fetch](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-stripe-api-in-react-native-with-fetch) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: November 3, 2015 - Categories: React Native Use Stripe API in React Native using fetch ### Rails 5 allows setting custom HTTP Headers for assets [Rails 5 allows setting custom HTTP Headers for assets](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-allows-setting-custom-http-headers-for-assets) - Author: Vipul - Published: October 31, 2015 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Ability to set custom HTTP header is needed to have better control over the delivery of assets. In this blog we'll see how that can be done. ### Migrating Rails app from postgresql to sql server [Migrating Rails app from postgresql to sql server](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrating-from-postgresql-to-sqlserver) - Author: Rohit Kumar - Published: October 13, 2015 - Categories: Rails Migrating rails app from postgresql to sql server ### Configuring Pycharm IDE to run a Robot Framework test [Configuring Pycharm IDE to run a Robot Framework test](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/configuring-pycharm-to-run-tests) - Author: Prabhakar Battula - Published: October 11, 2015 - Categories: Misc How to configure Pycharm IDE to run a Robot Framework test suite or a single test script ### Optimize JavaScript code using BabelJS [Optimize JavaScript code using BabelJS](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/code-optimize-javascript-code-using-babeljs) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: August 26, 2015 - Categories: JavaScript Use BabelJS to optimize JavaScript code. In reality you might not use it to optimize code but this blog will show you tricks BabelJS is capable of. ### How to test React Native App on a real iPhone [How to test React Native App on a real iPhone](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-test-react-native-app-on-real-iphone) - Author: Chirag Shah - Published: August 25, 2015 - Categories: React Native Simulators are great but one needs to test on real mobile devices to get a real feel for how the app will behave on real phones. In this blog we are going to show how to test React Native app on a real iPhone. ### Using ReactJS with Rails Action Cable [Using ReactJS with Rails Action Cable](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/using-reactjs-with-rails-actioncable) - Author: Vipul - Published: July 19, 2015 - Categories: Rails Using ReactJS with Rails Action Cable for real-time applications. ### Verifying PubSub Services from Rails using Redis [Verifying PubSub Services from Rails using Redis](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/verifying-pubsub-services-from-rails-redis) - Author: Vipul - Published: May 9, 2015 - Categories: Rails Verifying PubSub Services from Rails with example based on Redis ### Voice based phone verification using twilio [Voice based phone verification using twilio](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/voice-based-phone-verification-using-twilio) - Author: Santosh Wadghule - Published: March 18, 2015 - Categories: Rails In this blog we discuss how to do voice based phone verification using Twilio. ### Gotcha with after_commit callback in Rails [Gotcha with after_commit callback in Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/gotcha-with-after_commit-callback-in-rails) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: March 1, 2015 - Categories: Rails Gotcha with after_commit callback in Rails ### Blue border around JWPLAYER video [Blue border around JWPLAYER video](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/blue-border-around-jwplayer-video) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: February 21, 2015 - Categories: Misc How to remove blue border around JWPlayer ### Phone verification using SMS via Twilio [Phone verification using SMS via Twilio](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/phone-verification-using-twilio) - Author: Santosh Wadghule - Published: January 12, 2015 - Categories: Rails These days it is a common need to verify Phone using SMS. In this blog we will show you how to do that using Twilio. ### Author information in jekyll blog [Author information in jekyll blog](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/author-information-in-jekyll-blog) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 9, 2015 - Categories: Ruby Author information in jekyll blog ### Obtain current timezone in Selenium IDE using JS [Obtain current timezone in Selenium IDE using JS](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-obtain-current-time-from-a-different-timezone-in-selenium-ide-using-javascript) - Author: Prabhakar Battula - Published: January 8, 2015 - Categories: JavaScript Obtaining current time from a different timezone using javascript in selenium IDE ### 2014 - Year in Community Engagement [2014 - Year in Community Engagement](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/2014-year-in-community-engagement) - Author: Vipul - Published: January 1, 2015 - Categories: Misc 2014 - Year in Community Engagement ### Migrating existing session cookies while upgrading [Migrating existing session cookies while upgrading](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrating-existing-session-cookies-while-upgrading-to-rails-4-1-and-above) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: December 23, 2014 - Categories: Rails Safely upgrade to Rails 4.1 and migrate existing session cookies without forcing users to login again. ### Rails Girls Pune 2014 [Rails Girls Pune 2014](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-girls-pune-2014) - Author: Vipul - Published: December 14, 2014 - Categories: Rails RailsGirls Pune 2014 ### DRYing up Rails Views with View Carriers and Services [DRYing up Rails Views with View Carriers and Services](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/drying-up-rails-views-with-view-carriers-and-services) - Author: Vipul - Published: December 2, 2014 - Categories: Rails Rails views can get complicated with all sorts of business logic. In this blog we are going to show how we made Rails views simpler by using Carriers. ### Make Outbound calls to a phone using Twilio and Rails [Make Outbound calls to a phone using Twilio and Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/twilio-rails-calling-from-browser-to-a-phone) - Author: Vipul - Published: September 29, 2014 - Categories: Rails Make Outbound Calls From the Browser to Phone using Twilio and Rails ### Tricks and Tips for using Fixtures effectively in Rails [Tricks and Tips for using Fixtures effectively in Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/tricks-and-tips-for-using-fixtures-in-rails) - Author: Prathamesh Sonpatki - Published: September 21, 2014 - Categories: Rails Tricks and Tips for using Fixtures effectively in Rails ### Selenium IDE - Reducing time from 58 min to 15 min [Selenium IDE - Reducing time from 58 min to 15 min](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-i-reduced-selenium-test-run-time-from-58-minutes-to-15-minutes) - Author: Prabhakar Battula - Published: September 8, 2014 - Categories: Misc This post is about hastening the execution of selenium tests. ### DeccanRubyConf 2014. Hou De! [DeccanRubyConf 2014. 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But sometimes it can show duplicate records. This blog discusses how to show random records without showing duplicate records. ### Active Record is still magical [Active Record is still magical](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/active-record-is-still-magical) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 30, 2013 - Categories: Rails Slides and video of my presentation at Wicked Good Ruby Conferenece. ### Getting arguments passed to command [Getting arguments passed to command](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/getting-arguments-passed-to-command) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 22, 2013 - Categories: Ruby Investigative work of finding what argeuments where passed to the command after the fact. ### What is ppid [What is ppid](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/what-is-ppid) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 21, 2013 - Categories: Ruby A look at how process ids are linked up and maintain the hierarchy. ### Do not allow force push to master [Do not allow force push to master](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/do-not-allow-force-push-to-master) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 19, 2013 - Categories: Misc Force push is dangerous. But it is needed sometimes. And sometimes one can force push to master by mistake. A look at how to avoid that. ### How to keep your fork up-to-date [How to keep your fork up-to-date](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-keep-your-fork-uptodate) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 13, 2013 - Categories: Misc Keeping the fork up-to-date is no easy task. This blog can help. ### How to setup Pinch to Zoom for an image in RubyMotion [How to setup Pinch to Zoom for an image in RubyMotion](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/pinch-to-zoom-for-an-image-in-rubymotion) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 27, 2013 - Categories: Ruby Pinching and then zooming is a common user interaction in ios apps. This blog details how to build that feature. ### Fix image orientation issue in RubyMotion [Fix image orientation issue in RubyMotion](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rubymotion-image-orientation) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 4, 2013 - Categories: Ruby Sometimes images appear in different orientation. This blog discusses how to fix that issue in RubyMotion apps. ### Visitor pattern and double dispatch in ruby [Visitor pattern and double dispatch in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/visitor-pattern-and-double-dispatch) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 7, 2013 - Categories: Rails Visitor pattern is a common pattern to traverse a tree. This blog discusses what visitor pattern is and how to write code for that in ruby. ### Preload, Eagerload, Includes and Joins [Preload, Eagerload, Includes and Joins](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/preload-vs-eager-load-vs-joins-vs-includes) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 1, 2013 - Categories: Rails ActiveRecord does a lot of magical stuff. This blog discusses how it pulls of Preload, Eagerload, Includes and Joins. ### Background/header for Formotion forms in RubyMotion [Background/header for Formotion forms in RubyMotion](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/set-formotion-background-and-header) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 8, 2013 - Categories: Ruby See this blog to understand how to set background and header in a form developed using Formotion in a RubyMotion application ### Cookies on Rails [Cookies on Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/cookies-on-rails) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 19, 2013 - Categories: Rails A deep dive into how Rails handles cookies. How Rails keeps cookies encrypted and how to protect your data. ### Understanding instance exec in ruby [Understanding instance exec in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-instance-exec-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 12, 2013 - Categories: Rails instance_exec is a usefull tool in Ruby. But the usage of it could be a bit confusing. See this blog to gain better understanding. ### Rex, Rexical and Rails routing [Rex, Rexical and Rails routing](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rex-rexical-and-rails-routing) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 1, 2013 - Categories: Rails Rails routing uses its own grammar. To better understand how grammar works we will look at Rex and Rexical. ### Rails Routing -- a comprehensive look at routing [Rails Routing -- a comprehensive look at routing](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/journey-into-rails-routing) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 29, 2013 - Categories: Rails A deep dive into how Rails handles routing. ### Life of save in ActiveRecord [Life of save in ActiveRecord](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/live-of-save-in-activerecord) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 15, 2013 - Categories: Rails ActiveRecord saves record by going through saving process in layers. This blog takes a deep dive into how ActiveRecord saves a record. ### Handling money in ruby [Handling money in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/handling-money-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 14, 2013 - Categories: Ruby Float in ruby is not good for calculations. That makes it difficult to use float for money in a ruby based application. See this blog for a solution. ### Executing shell commands in ruby [Executing shell commands in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/backtick-system-exec-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 18, 2012 - Categories: Ruby Ruby allows many different ways to execute a command or a sub-process. In this article we are going to see backtick, system, exec, sh, popen3, popen2e and spawn. ### Redirect to www for heroku with SSL [Redirect to www for heroku with SSL](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/redirect-to-www-heroku-ssl) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 12, 2012 - Categories: Rails How to redirect to https version of the url. ### Solr, Sunspot, Websolr and Delayed job [Solr, Sunspot, Websolr and Delayed job](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/solr-sunspot-websolr-delayed-job) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 11, 2012 - Categories: Rails Handling Solr with Delayed job has a few gotchas which we are going to look into in this blog. ### Data-behavior is for JavaScript developers [Data-behavior is for JavaScript developers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/data-behavior) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 10, 2012 - Categories: Rails JavaScript operations should not be based on class of the element. A better solution would be to use data-behavior. ### Test factories first [Test factories first](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/test-factories-first) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 10, 2012 - Categories: Rails Before running any tests make sure that all factories are running ok. ### emberjs mixin [emberjs mixin](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/emberjs-mixin) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 27, 2012 - Categories: JavaScript How to properly use EmberJS mixin. ### extend self in ruby [extend self in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/extend-self-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 28, 2012 - Categories: Ruby It is not very clear what happens when a module extends itself. This blog takes a look a that in detail. ### to_str in ruby [to_str in ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/to_str-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 26, 2012 - Categories: Ruby to_str has a special meaning in ruby. This blog discusses that in detail and contrats it with to_s. ### jquery-ujs and jquery trigger [jquery-ujs and jquery trigger](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-ujs-and-jquery-trigger) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 11, 2012 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how to make AJAX calls using jquery-ujs. Also discusses why event object is needed which is often the cause of error with lot of code. ### CSRF and Rails [CSRF and Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/csrf-and-rails) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 10, 2012 - Categories: Rails Cross site request forgery attacks are common. Rails has mechanisms to protect applications from such attacks. This blog discusses how Rails provides those mechansisms. ### XSS and Rails [XSS and Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/xss-and-rails) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 10, 2012 - Categories: Rails Cross site scripting attacks are common. Rails has mechanisms to protect applications from such attacks. This blog discusses how Rails provides those mechansisms. ### tsort in ruby and rails initializers [tsort in ruby and rails initializers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/tsort-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 16, 2012 - Categories: Rails This blog discusses what tsort is and how Rails initializers uses it. ### alias vs alias_method [alias vs alias_method](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/alias-vs-alias-method) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 8, 2012 - Categories: Ruby This blog discusses the differences between alias and alias_method in ruby. ### Understanding bind and bindAll in Backbone.js [Understanding bind and bindAll in Backbone.js](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-bind-and-bindall-in-backbone) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 18, 2011 - Categories: JavaScript Backbone.js makes extensive use of bind and bindAll. Internally these methods use some clever techniques. This blog deep dives into those methods to see how they work. ### Ruby pack unpack [Ruby pack unpack](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-pack-unpack) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 20, 2011 - Categories: Ruby Ruby allows to manipulate bits and bytes using pack and unpack methods. This blog deep dives into it to see how pack and unpack methods can be used. ### Infinite hash and default_proc [Infinite hash and default_proc](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/default_proc_in_infinite_hash) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: December 31, 2010 - Categories: Ruby This blog discusses how we can build infinite nested hash in ruby using deafult_proc feature. ### Mime type resolution in Rails [Mime type resolution in Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/mime-type-resolution-in-rails) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 23, 2010 - Categories: Rails Resolving mime types is complicated. Different vendors have mad the situation worse by not properly adhering to the standard. This blog take a closer look at how mime type resolution works in Rails. ### Variable declaration at the top is not just pretty thing [Variable declaration at the top is not just pretty thing](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/variable-hoisting-is-not-just-pretty-thing) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 22, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript In JavaScript code we declare variables at the top. It is not just to make the code look better. This blog discusses why it is done. ### An inline confirmation utility powered by jQuery [An inline confirmation utility powered by jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/iconfirm-an-inline-confirmation-jquery-plugin) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses an inline confirmation utility developed using jQuery. ### Return false has changed in jquery 1.4.3 [Return false has changed in jquery 1.4.3](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/return-false-in-jquery-1.4.3) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 25, 2010 - Categories: jQuery The behavior of return false has changed in jQuery 1.4.3. This blog discusses what changed. ### instance_exec, changing self and params [instance_exec, changing self and params](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/instance-exec-changing-self-and-parameters-to-proc) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 28, 2010 - Categories: Ruby instance_exec could be confusing. It can be used to change self. This blog discusses how to use instance_exec. ### $LOADED_FEATURES and require, load, require_dependency [$LOADED_FEATURES and require, load, require_dependency](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/require-load-loaded_features) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: May 12, 2010 - Categories: Ruby This blog discusses LOADED_FEATURES, require, load and require_dependency in ruby. ### I am not seeing hoptoad messages. Now I know why. [I am not seeing hoptoad messages. Now I know why.](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/I-am-not-seeing-hoptoad-messages) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: April 23, 2010 - Categories: Rails consider_all_request_local determnies if exception should be sent to the hoptoad server or not. See this blog to understand more about it. ### List of only the elements that contains [List of only the elements that contains](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/list-of-only-the-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: April 12, 2010 - Categories: jQuery How to effectively search for a string in DOM elements. This blog discusses jQuery technique. ### Singleton function in JavaScript [Singleton function in JavaScript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/singleton-function-in-javascript) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: April 11, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript Creating a singleton function in JavaScript could be tricky. This blog discusses how to do it and when it should be done. ### Regular expression in JavaScript [Regular expression in JavaScript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/regular-expressions-in-JavaScript) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 31, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript Regular expression in JavaScript could be confusing. This blog discusses a few basic techniqutes. ### Get started with nodejs in steps [Get started with nodejs in steps](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/getting-started-with-nodejs-in-steps) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 25, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript Sometimes the hardest thing is getting started with something. This blog will help you get started with nodejs. ### Lessons learned from JavaScript quizzes [Lessons learned from JavaScript quizzes](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/lessons-learned-from-javascript-quizzes) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 15, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript Recently I tried to answer some JavaScript quizzes and in the process learned a bit. This blog discusses things that I learned. ### Two ways of declaring functions [Two ways of declaring functions](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/two-ways-of-declaring-functions) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 15, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript There are many ways of declaring a function. In this blog we will discuss two of those techniques. ### Practical example of need for prototypal inheritance [Practical example of need for prototypal inheritance](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/pratical-example-of-need-for-prototypal-inheritance) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 12, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript The BigBinary team's lesson on practical examples of need for Prototypal Inheritance ### Prototypal inheritance in JavaScript [Prototypal inheritance in JavaScript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/prototypal-inheritance-in-javascript) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 11, 2010 - Categories: JavaScript The BigBinary team's lesson on prototypal inheritance in JavaScript ### return false considered harmful in live [return false considered harmful in live](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/return-false-considered-harmful-in-live-jquery) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 10, 2010 - Categories: jQuery If you return false in live operation of jQuery a few unexpected things can happen. See this blog for details. ### Simplest jQuery slideshow code explanation [Simplest jQuery slideshow code explanation](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/simplest-jquery-slideshow-code-explanation) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 18, 2010 - Categories: jQuery Building slideshow using jQuery could take a bit of code. This is probably the simplest jQuery slideshow code you would see in action. ### How jQuery selects elements using Sizzle [How jQuery selects elements using Sizzle](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-jquery-selects-elements-using-sizzle) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 15, 2010 - Categories: jQuery jQuery uses Sizzle to selects elements. But how exactly it works. How jQuery gets the elements I want. This blog deep dives into jQuer internals to see how jQuery selects the elements based on provided selectors. ### jQuery edge delegate method has arrived [jQuery edge delegate method has arrived](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-edge-delegate-method-has-arrived) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery jQuery delegate method can be used instead of live. In many cases it is desirable to use delegate over live. This blog discusses how delegate works and why it is preferred over live. ### Understanding jQuery effects queue [Understanding jQuery effects queue](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-jquery-effects-queue) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 2, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how jQuery effects queue works. ### jQuery fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements [jQuery fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-fadeto-method-fades-even-the-hidden-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 29, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses how jQuery's fadeTo method fades even the hidden elements and the impact of it. ### jQuery show method edge case [jQuery show method edge case](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-show-method-edge-case) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 29, 2010 - Categories: jQuery This blog discusses an edge case with jQuery's show method. ### How animate really works in jQuery [How animate really works in jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-animate-really-works-in-jquery-simple-animation-case-discussed) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 25, 2010 - Categories: jQuery A deep dive into how jQuery pulls of animation tricks. ### Order of format matters in respond_to block [Order of format matters in respond_to block](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/order-of-format-matters-in-respond_to-block) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 25, 2010 - Categories: Rails In Rails we use respond_to to respond to different types of requests. The order in which different formats are handled matters. This blog takes a look at that issue. ### JSON parsing natively in jQuery 1.4 and updates [JSON parsing natively in jQuery 1.4 and updates](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/handling-json-parsing-natively-in-jquery-1-4-and-what-changed-from-jquery-1-3) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 15, 2010 - Categories: jQuery Starting with jQuery 1.4 JSON will be parsed natively. This blog looks at the impact it will have. ### How jQuery 1.4 fixed rest of live methods [How jQuery 1.4 fixed rest of live methods](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-jquery-1-4-fixed-rest-of-live-methods) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 14, 2010 - Categories: jQuery When jQuery live was introduced it did not support all elements. Support for those elements came in jQuery 1.4. This blog looks at how jQuery 1.4 provided support for the remaining elements. ### Calling a method on a jQuery collection [Calling a method on a jQuery collection](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/hidden-feature-of-jquery-calling-a-method-on-a-jquery-collection) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 12, 2010 - Categories: jQuery How do you invoke a method on a jQuery collection. ### Use end more often in jQuery while building DOM elements [Use end more often in jQuery while building DOM elements](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/use-end-more-often-in-jquery-while-building-dom-elements) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: November 11, 2009 - Categories: jQuery In jQuery we chain operations but we can also use end to backtrack a bit. This allows us to chain even more. ### JavaScript Basics Quiz [JavaScript Basics Quiz](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/javascript-basics-quiz) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 29, 2009 - Categories: JavaScript A basic quiz about JavaScript. ### livequery in jQuery [livequery in jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-live-method-works-in-jquery-why-it-does-not-work-in-some-cases-when-to-use-livequery) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 14, 2009 - Categories: jQuery jQuery's live method is amazing. But how it does really work internally. This blog looks at how jQuery pulls off this magic. ### Encapsulation in JavaScript [Encapsulation in JavaScript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/encapsulation-in-javascript) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 12, 2009 - Categories: JavaScript JavaScript does not allow you to define a method as public or private. This is a limitation users need to get around to, because in real life you don't want to expose all methods as public method. ### Integrating JavaScriptLint with mvim [Integrating JavaScriptLint with mvim](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/integrating-javascriptlint-with-mvim-and-getting-rid-of-annoying-warnings) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 8, 2009 - Categories: JavaScript Use JavaScriptLin in mac vim. ### Wrapping functions with self invoking jQuery [Wrapping functions with self invoking jQuery](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/wrap-your-function-with-self-invoking-jquery-instead-of-performing-find-replace) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: September 3, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Wrap your function with self invoking jQuery instead of performing find/replace. ### Understanding this in Javascript object literal [Understanding this in Javascript object literal](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-this-in-javascript-object-literal) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: August 6, 2009 - Categories: jQuery this is an important concept in JavaScript and meaning of this could be hard to understand in some cases. This blog take a look at what this is. ### jQuery custom events [jQuery custom events](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-custom-events) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 31, 2009 - Categories: jQuery What are jQuery custom events. How to build them. How to use them. This blog discusses all that and much more. ### jQuery base code to create a jQuery plugin [jQuery base code to create a jQuery plugin](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-base-code-to-create-a-jquery-plugin) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 24, 2009 - Categories: jQuery If you are creating a jQuery plugin then this base code will get you started. ### Inspecting jQuery internals and storing information [Inspecting jQuery internals and storing information](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/jquery-data-for-inspecting-jquery-internals-and-for-storing-information) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 23, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Use jQuery.Data for inspecting jQuery internals and for storing information. ### Event propagation and peventDefault [Event propagation and peventDefault](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/event-propagation-and-peventdefault) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 20, 2009 - Categories: jQuery DOM propagates events and JavaScript can intercept those events and can act on it. Concepts like preventDefault in jQuery could be confusing. This blog discusses that. ### What is JSONP? [What is JSONP?](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/what-is-jsonp) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 16, 2009 - Categories: JavaScript Browsers do not allow cross domain AJAX request. JSONP can be used to get around this issue. This blog discusses what JSONP is and how to use it. ### $stdout.sync = true to flush output immediately [$stdout.sync = true to flush output immediately](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/stdout-sync-true-to-flush-output-immediately) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: July 4, 2009 - Categories: Ruby Since IO operations are expensive IO results are not flushed immediately. See the technique presented here to flush output immediately. ### Functional scope in Javascript [Functional scope in Javascript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/functional-scope-in-javascript-and-how-javascript-continues-to-surprise-me) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 30, 2009 - Categories: jQuery What is functional scope. This blog discusses that in the context of JavaScript. ### JS tip - Avoiding polluting the global namespace [JS tip - Avoiding polluting the global namespace](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/javascript-tip-do-not-pollute-global-namespace-with-utility-functions) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 18, 2009 - Categories: jQuery Polluting global namespace is not good. This blog presents a better technique. ### Determining if commits are executed in a transaction [Determining if commits are executed in a transaction](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/how-to-find-if-my-commits-are-executed-in-a-transaction-or-not) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 13, 2009 - Categories: Rails How to find if my commits are executed in a transaction or not ### jQuery Plugin Pattern & self-invoking javascript function [jQuery Plugin Pattern & self-invoking javascript function](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/understanding-jquery-plugin-pattern-and-self-invoking-javascript-function) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 13, 2009 - Categories: jQuery I am learning jQuery and one of things I was struggling with is the plugin pattern. In jQuery world it is very common to wrap the major functionality of the application inside a plugin. This blog discusses how to write a good modular plugin. ### Usage of Closure in Javascript [Usage of Closure in Javascript](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/usage-of-closure-in-javascript) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: March 13, 2009 - Categories: JavaScript In this article you are going to see what you can do with the power of Closure in Javascript. This not an article about what Closure is. This is an article about what Closure can do. I see a lot of people asking the question what's the big deal with Closure. They want more real world cases where Closure will make sense. ### Restful architecture does not mean one to one mapping [Restful architecture does not mean one to one mapping](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/restful-architecture-does-not-mean-one-to-one-mapping-with-model) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 17, 2009 - Categories: Rails REST style does not mean that we need to have a controller for every model. We can mix and match. ### Configure local_request [Configure local_request](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rescue_action_in_public-local_request-and-how-to-configure-local_request) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: February 5, 2009 - Categories: Rails How does Rails handle exceptions? Rails exception handling depends on two factors and we are going to discuss both of them here. ### Override automatic updated_at in ActiveRecord/Rails [Override automatic updated_at in ActiveRecord/Rails](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/override-automatic-timestamp-in-activerecord-rails) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: January 21, 2009 - Categories: Rails Rails automatically updates updated_at. But it can be overcome. ### Under the hood how named_scope works [Under the hood how named_scope works](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/under-the-hood-how-named-scope-works) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: October 17, 2008 - Categories: Rails named_scope is awesome. But how does it work. How does it pull off all those tricks which seem magical. This blog takes a deep dive and looks into code to see how named_scope really works. ### Why the id of nil is 4 in Ruby [Why the id of nil is 4 in Ruby](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/why-the-id-of-nil-is-4-in-ruby) - Author: Neeraj Singh - Published: June 23, 2008 - Categories: Ruby Discusses why the id of nil is 4 in Ruby. Why 4. Why not 3 or 5. ## Links - [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/all)