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Rails Revisited

I have been using various JavaScript frameworks for my site, bigmachine.io, since 2017. That changed in March of 2024, when I threw it all out and rewrote my site using Ruby on Rails.

A collection of 34 posts

Tests and Tools
Rails Revisited

Tests and Tools

Rails gives you a ton of utility, but I like doing things my own way. In this video, we'll set up Make, our scripts directory (which we'll use later), and a .env file for our secrets

· Rob Conery

How Tailwind CSS Works with Rails
Rails Revisited

How Tailwind CSS Works with Rails

Tailwind CSS comes with its own compiler, and scans your template files for the Tailwind classes you're using. It does this for efficiency, but wow it can be confusing!

· Rob Conery

Rails Revisited

Baby Steps: Homepage

Reviewing the basics is always a good thing! Let's setup a home page and review how routing works with Rails.

· Rob Conery

Introduction
Rails Revisited

Introduction

We'll take a look at my site, bigmachine.io, and I'll discuss some of the reasons why I chose to use Rails.

· Rob Conery