Category Archives: Code Examples

Saturday MP Show #6: Adding Unit Tests for the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo Bug Fix

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Chris C

I add a unit test for the Standard Ruby linter bug fix done in the last episode. When adding the unit test I find out someone has improved the todo generation logic. Thank you. I also find a remove a … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show 2: Struggling to get the RubyMine Debugger Working

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Chris C

Chris fights to get the debugger working in RubyMine and does not make any progress on Standard. It was frustrating but overall Chris enjoys working with RubyMine so thank you JetBrains for creating it. If you have any questions you … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #1: Creating a Docker Development Environment for Standard (Ruby Linter)

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Chris C

Chris creates a Docker environment for Standard which is a Ruby linter. Thank you to Test Double for creating Standard. If you have any questions you would like answered or constructive feedback please send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com. You can … Continue reading →

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Rate Limiting Using Nginx and Fail2Ban – BSides Edmonton 2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Chris C

I’m honored to be presenting at BSides Edmonton on November 25, 2022. I’ll be demoing rate limiting using nginx and Fail2Ban. You can find the demo here in-case you want to follow along during the demo or you want a preview/spoiler. While I’m … Continue reading →

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A Ruby-Type Talk featuring Sorbet

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Chris C

Last Saturday at the Edmonton Ruby Meetup (YEGRB) I discussed type checking, Sorbet, and integrating Sorbet into an existing Rails application. Feedback and questions are most welcome. Thanks you to YEGRB for hosting and for everyone that participated in the … Continue reading →

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Generate a Todo List in Standard (Rubocop)

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Chris C

The older I get the more I appreciate code linters. Something that can detect and often correct my formatting errors? Great! One less thing I have to worry about. Then I can spend my time on more important tasks such … Continue reading →

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A Pleasant Development Environment featuring Docker and Rails

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Chris C

With the current virus issues I forgot to publicize that my presentation about creating pleasant development environments was posted along with an example of Dockerizing an existing Rails application. You can find the slides for the talk here. Finally you … Continue reading →

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Introduction to ORMs for DBAs: Part 7 – Create GamePlayers Table

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Chris C

I gave the Introduction to ORMs for DBAs presentation at SQL Saturday 710 but it didn’t go as well as I would have liked (i.e. I had trouble getting my demo working).  Since the demo didn’t work live I thought I would show you … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Create a React-Rails App

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Chris C

A working example can be found here in the Saturday MP Examples GitHub. First thing you need to do is create a basic Rails app as outlined in my previous post.  My setup is the same as creating Rails app: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned how to Generate a ERD for Rails Application

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Chris C

Back in the day Rails apps didn’t add foreign keys to database tables.  Believe it or not this was a feature not a bug.  The idea was that you shouldn’t “repeat” the relationship between you models in the code and … Continue reading →

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