When we start programming with Ruby, one of the first niceties we learn about are the Ruby blocks. In the beginning it’s easy to get tricked by the two existing forms of blocks and when to use each: %w(a b c).each { |char| puts char } %w(a b c).each do |char| puts char end The … »

This year’s RailsConf was held in Chicago, from April 22 to 25, and Plataformatec was there, as in previous years, and this time it was represented by George Guimarães, Lucas Mazza, Rafael França, and myself included. Even though I’ve attended the last 5 RubyConf / Rails Summit here in Brazil, this was my first time … »

Devise 3.0 rc version with Rails 4 compatibility and new 2.2.4 stable version. Simple Form, Responders, Show For and Mail Form versions with Rails 4 compatibility.

One of the recent topics in our discussions at Plataformatec was about whether we should use scopes or class methods throughout the project to be consistent. It’s also not hard to find discussions about it all over the internet. This is an attempt to show the differences between scopes and class methods, to help you understanding what scopes can give you for free and deciding what makes you feel more comfortable when writing your code.

A Plataformatec esteve presente na RubyConf Brasil 2012 com palestras e lightning talks. O evento teve mais de 750 participantes e mais de 500 pessoas assistindo online. As palestras foram: Vamos falar sobre Concorrência, por José Valim; Escrevendo Aplicações Melhores com Active Model, por Carlos Antonio; e Conhecendo as Entranhas do Rails, por Rafael França. E os lightning talks foram: Contribuindo para o Rails, por Carlos Galdino; I18nAlchemy, por Lucas Mazza; e Copyright, Licenças Open Source e você!, por George Guimarães.

When creating an Active Record object, either by using `new` or `create`/`create!`, or even through a `belongs_to` or `has_many` association, you can give a block straight to the method call instead of relying on `tap`. It is possible to avoid doing manual work, sometimes simple stuff such as using `tap` with methods like these, or sometimes more complicated things, by getting to know what a framework like Rails can give us for free.