Viktor Gamov also contributed to this post. In recent decades it’s become common for communication between backend services to employ HTTP APIs with JSON payloads. Many HTTP APIs adhere (or at least aspire) to REST Principles, though many fall into a category we’ll call "REST-like".
Views in Rails don't do much besides showcasing what we want. Sure, they might render slightly different results depending on who's watching (an admin or a logged-in user has a different experience than a guest user, for example), but they don't do much processing on what they're given. Or at least they shouldn't. Often though, Rails projects wind up with a lot of logic in their views. In this post, we'll explore how to use Rails helpers to keep our views clean and readable.
The Node ecosystem comes with a wide variety of tools that have continued to evolve over the years. These tools are delivered via NPM packages and run in the command line, making them accessible to any developer (you do not need a fancy IDE to get the job done). In this take, we will explore 5 Node tools to learn this year: TypeScript, ES modules, ESLint, the ESLint SpellCheck plugin, and Mocha. These all run via the command line and can help boost your productivity when working on Node projects.
In PHP, try-catch-finally blocks are used to handle exceptions, which are runtime errors that occur during the execution of a script. Using try-catch-finally blocks can help write more robust and reliable code by allowing developers to handle exceptions in a controlled manner.
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in Ruby is an error that occurs when an application is unable to find a record in the database that corresponds to the provided parameters. ActiveRecord is a Ruby gem that is used to interact with databases in a Rails application. It provides an object-relational mapping (ORM) layer that allows us to work with database records as if they were Ruby objects.
In-camera VFX (ICVFX) and LED wall virtual production methods — sometimes also referred to as on-set virtual production — are being used to create some of the most cutting-edge media today. Global creative studio Final Pixel has been using in-camera VFX and LED walls since 2020. Read on to learn more about their execution of these virtual production methods from their CEO and Co-Founder, Michael McKenna. First, let’s cover some basics.
Brain Reed from NowSecure explains the core ideas of the Mobile DevSecOps Framework: Learn how to quickly release high-quality mobile apps while simultaneously building in the necessary security and privacy.
In this article, Julie Kent discusses using associations in Rails when the underlying data model spans multiple databases. We didn't even know Rails could do this!
With the evolution of technology, the way users interact with websites has drastically evolved. Functionalities such as filling out a form and login now take just a few clicks instead of manual efforts from the user’s end making interaction with websites and web applications more rapid, reliable, and interactive.
