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Cherry Picking with Git

Cherry Picking with Git

Managing feature branches changes that aren't quite ready for a full merge can be a difficult task. Sometimes you don't want to push a whole branch into another, and only need to pick a few specific commits. This process is called cherry-picking.

Debugging with Git

Debugging with Git

When you are working on a huge project, you may discover bugs in the code that prevent you from proceeding any further in your development. How to fix them? Thankfully, Git has multiple tools that can help you hunt for a bug or the culprit when things go wrong.

Git Tags

Tags are a simple aspect of Git, they allow you to identify specific release versions of your code. You can think of a tag as a branch that doesn't change. Once it is created, it loses the ability to change the history of commits.

Git Merge vs Rebase

Git Merge vs Rebase

Git merge and rebase serve the same purpose – they combine multiple branches into one. Although the final goal is the same, those two methods achieve it in different ways. Which method to use?

Git Reset, Revert and Checkout

Git Reset, Revert and Checkout

Git toolbox provides multiple unique tools for fixing up mistakes during your development. Commands such as git reset, git checkout, and git revert allow you to undo erroneous changes in your repository. Because they perform similar operations, it is very easy to mix them up. There are a few guidelines

Git Stash

Imagine that you are working on a part of a project and it starts getting messy. There has been an urgent bug that needs your immediate attention. It is time to save your changes and switch branches. The problem is, you don’t want to do a commit of a

Git Merge

Isolating features into different branches is a crucial practice for any serious developer. By separating each feature, bugfix or working experiment you will avoid a lot of problems and keep your development branches clean. At some point, a piece of code will reach a state where you'll want to integrate

Rake DB Commands

Rake DB Commands

Rake is a utility built into Ruby and Rails, which provides an efficient way for managing database changes. You can easily migrate database changes to servers by only using a command line! You might be asking yourself during your application development: * What happens when using rake database commands? * When should

Rails Capybara Setup

Rails Capybara Setup

Capybara is a web-based automation framework tool for testing Rails apps. It helps you to create functional tests that simulate how users would interact with your application through the browser. It is a fantastic tool for testing your application through the browser! Capybara doesn't interact with the website, it's just

Rails Bundle Install and Gemfile

Rails Bundle Install and Gemfile

Bundler makes sure that Ruby applications always use the exact gems and versions that you need while keeping a consistent environment and gem dependencies satisfied. This is done by ensuring that the gems you need are present in the development, staging and the production. Setting up a Bundler With this

Rails RSpec Setup

Rails RSpec Setup

RSpec is an awesome tool for testing Rails apps. It is a hugely popular BDD-oriented (Behavior Driven Development) testing framework in the Ruby community. It makes writing tests simpler, more expressive and easier to maintain! Getting started First, you'll need to install RSpec but you’ll also need Database Cleaner

Rails Scaffold

Scaffolding in Ruby on Rails refers to the auto-generation of a set of a model, views and a controller usually used for a single database table. For example, you can auto-generate a ready to use controller, model, and views with a full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) web interface for

RSpec Let Vs Before

RSpec Let Vs Before

In RSpec, there are two different ways to write DRY tests, by using before or let. Their purpose is to create variables that are common across tests. In this post, we will explore differences between before and let and explain why let is preferred by the Ruby community. let Let

Creating Rails Modals Using Bootstrap

Creating Rails Modals Using Bootstrap

Instead of writing your own JavaScript code for handling remote modals in your Rails application, it is a much simpler approach to implement it by using Bootstrap. In this tutorial, we will explain how to do it efficiently.