Using Chokidar with Esbuild To Rebuild On Change

This month I was migrating from Webpacker to ESBuild [https://esbuild.github.io/] using JSBundling [https://github.com/rails/jsbundling-rails] in a client's Ruby on Rails project, since, they were using Stimulus & a couple of Javascript dependencies in the project, the migration went smoothly. However, I realised

Generating PDFs In Rails Application Using DocRaptor

This post is sponsored by DocRaptor.com One of the most common & requested feature I come across when building applications is supporting export data in popular formats like pdf and excel. In the past, I have used multiple libraries to generate these format but the no. of dependencies required

Using ActionCable with ActiveJob In Rails 6

Finally I got around recording a screencast to demonstrate how we can use ActionCable with ActiveJob. In this video I built Commander - A visual command runner which executes operating system commands in the background and streams its results to the browser. You can follow me at @bilalbudhani or subscribe

Why you should learn Ruby regardless of what they say

> Learn a language which actually loves you back – Siddharth Sharma Over the years I have learned multiple programming languages. At the start of my career I learned FoxPro, then PHP, then old school way of writing Javascript, then some point of time I got introduced to Ruby and even

Currency Input Masking with Cleave.js and Money gem in Ruby On Rails

Relying on the user's input is a crucial part of building a robust application. That's why I try to apply strong validations on the incoming data on forms or otherwise. One of the important input which needs to be captured very precisely is –– Amount. Thou Rails