Akshay Khot

I run an independent software studio/agency specializing in Ruby on Rails. This blog is my attempt to spread the joy of programming in Ruby and building web apps in Rails with the world.

Victoria, BC

202 Articles

How to Get an Object's Class Name in Rails

This post explores a few different ways in which you can get an object's class name in both Ruby and Rails.

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A Deep Dive Into Database Migrations in Rails

Like source code, database schema changes and evolves over time. Migrations are a feature of Active Record that allows you to manage the database schema

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Attributes API in Rails

Sometimes, you want to set default values on your ActiveRecord objects and convert them to a different type. Rails provides a handy attribute method that

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How to Get the Current Absolute URL in Rails

Every Rails controller includes two accessor methods pointing to the request and the response objects associated with the current HTTP request cycle. The request method

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How to Rename a Database Column in Rails

Solution 1: Undo Last Migration If it is a simple typo in the last migration, use the db:rollback command to undo the last change.

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The ActionController::Base class is the great-grandfather of all Rails controllers, but doesn't get much attention. In this post, we will examine this Metal class and how it works. We'll also trace the path of an incoming HTTP request to Rails controllers.

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Active Job: How Does It Work?

In this article, I explain the journey of a background job, from its creation to execution. We will learn how it’s configured and enqueued, and how an adapter invokes it. We will also see the different ways to configure a job.

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