--- title: "Blogs by Abhishek Jain" description: "Read BigBinary blog posts by Abhishek Jain." canonical_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/abhishek" markdown_url: "https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/abhishek.md" --- # Blogs by Abhishek Jain Read BigBinary blog posts by Abhishek Jain. ## Posts ### New arguments support for float & integer modifiers [New arguments support for float & integer modifiers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/new-ndigits-arguments-supported-for-float-modifiers-in-ruby-2-4) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: March 28, 2017 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Optional argument ndigits added to ceil, floor, truncate ### Ruby 2.4 adds infinite? and finite? methods to Numeric [Ruby 2.4 adds infinite? and finite? methods to Numeric](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-adds-infinite-method-to-numeric) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: December 19, 2016 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Fixnum#infinite?/Bignum#infinite? and Numeric#finite?/Bignum#finite? methods are now consistent with Float#infinite?/BigDecimal#infinite? ### Ruby 2.4 adds Comparable#clamp method [Ruby 2.4 adds Comparable#clamp method](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/ruby-2-4-adds-comparable-clamp-method) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: December 13, 2016 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Comparable#clamp method is added to Ruby 2.4 to limit the object to a specific range of values ### Enumerable#chunk not mandatory in Ruby 2.4 [Enumerable#chunk not mandatory in Ruby 2.4](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/passing-block-with-enumerable-chunk-is-not-mandatory-in-ruby-2-4) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: November 21, 2016 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Enumerable#chunk does not require a block to be passed along with it in Ruby 2.4 ### String#concat, Array#concat & String#prepend Ruby 2.4 [String#concat, Array#concat & String#prepend Ruby 2.4](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/string-array-concat-and-string-prepend-take-multiple-arguments-in-ruby-2-4) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: October 28, 2016 - Categories: Ruby 2.4, Ruby Ruby 2.4 now allows concat and prepend methods to take multiple arguments ### Rails 5 Create module and class level variables [Rails 5 Create module and class level variables](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-adds-ability-to-create-module-and-class-level-variables-on-per-thread-basis) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: September 5, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails In Rails 5, we can create specific class and module variables that live for the lifetime of a thread ### Rails 5 Discard some flash messages to trim storage [Rails 5 Discard some flash messages to trim storage](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-trims-session-storage-by-discarding-some-flash-messages) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: August 23, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 trims down session storage by removing discarded flash messages before persisting into the session ### Rails 5 Wildcard for specifying template dependencies [Rails 5 Wildcard for specifying template dependencies](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-allows-wildcard-for-specifying-template-dependencies) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: August 17, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can now use wildcard for adding all template dependencies from a directory rather than adding files one by one for cache digests ### Rails 5 solves ambiguous column issue [Rails 5 solves ambiguous column issue](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-fixes-ambiguous-cloumn-name-for-projected-fields-in-group-by-query) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: July 21, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We now don't have to provide a table name in quoted string for fetching fields which are present in join table as well when used with group by clause ### Skip mailers while generating Rails 5 app [Skip mailers while generating Rails 5 app](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/skip-mailers-while-generating-rails-5-app) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: July 8, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can skip adding mailers and its configuration when generating Rails 5 app ### Errors can be indexed with nested attributes in Rails 5 [Errors can be indexed with nested attributes in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/errors-can-be-indexed-with-nested-attrbutes-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: July 7, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can now opt to index errors on nested attributes in Rails 5 ### Specific mime types in controller tests in Rails 5 [Specific mime types in controller tests in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/use-as-option-to-encode-request-with-specific-mime-type-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: July 5, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can provide a specific mime type to a request using \`as\` option in Rails 5 ### Default response with 204 No Content in Rails 5 [Default response with 204 No Content in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/controller-actions-default-no-content-in-rails-5-if-template-is-missing) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: July 3, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Controller actions will now render 204 No Content when we don't tell Rails how to generate response ### Rails 5 makes sql statements even more colorful [Rails 5 makes sql statements even more colorful](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-makes-sql-statements-even-more-colorful) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: June 27, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails This new coloration approach makes it easier to scan the rails console for specific types of SQL activity ### Rails 5 adds helpers method in controllers for ease [Rails 5 adds helpers method in controllers for ease](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-add-helpers-method-to-ease-usage-of-helper-modules-in-controllers) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: June 26, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can now use helpers method to call helper methods in controller ### Rails 5 adds OR support in Active Record [Rails 5 adds OR support in Active Record](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-adds-or-support-in-active-record) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: May 30, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We will now be able to perform OR operation in Active Record without having to write custom SQL. ### Rails 5 supports bi-directional destroy dependency [Rails 5 supports bi-directional destroy dependency](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/Rails-5-supports-bi-directional-destroy-dependency) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: May 12, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can now add bi-directional destroy dependency on Rails associations ### Rails 5 Updating a record without updating timestamps [Rails 5 Updating a record without updating timestamps](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-allows-updating-without-updating-timestamps) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: May 9, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails We can save a record without updating timestamps in Rails 5 ### Rails 5 Retrieving info of failed validations [Rails 5 Retrieving info of failed validations](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-adds-a-way-to-get-information-about-types-of-failed-validations) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: May 3, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 makes it possible to return information about failed validator types instead of just returning translated error messages as before ### Changes to test controllers in Rails 5 [Changes to test controllers in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/changes-to-test-controllers-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: April 19, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Deprecation of assigns and assert_template in controller tests and usage of keyword arguments in HTTP methods ### accessed_fields to find active fields in application [accessed_fields to find active fields in application](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/accesssed-fields-to-find-actually-used-fileds-in-Rails-5) - 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 ### 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 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 ### Migrations are versioned in Rails 5 [Migrations are versioned in Rails 5](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/migrations-are-versioned-in-rails-5) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: March 1, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Migrations are versioned from Rails 5 onwards. ### Rails 5 improves redirect_to:back method [Rails 5 improves redirect_to:back method](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-improves-redirect_to_back-with-redirect-back) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 29, 2016 - Categories: Rails 5, Rails Rails 5 introduces redirect_back method with fallback_location instead of using redirect_to:back ### Rails 5 allows configuring queue name for mailers [Rails 5 allows configuring queue name for mailers](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-5-allows-configuring-queue-name-for-mailers) - Author: Abhishek Jain - Published: February 26, 2016 - 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. ## Links - [Human page](https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/authors/abhishek)