Ruby Central Courses

An Imposter's Guide to Growth in Engineering

Explore imposter syndrome in mid to upper-level engineers, learn how it can lead to growth, and discover practical steps to overcome it when facing new challenges.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Hacking Your Emotional API

Explore how emotions impact teamwork and code quality. Learn practical tools for handling emotions, improving cognition, memory, and communication in software development.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The End of Legacy Code

Explore the concept of Eternal Onboarding to transform your perspective on legacy code, eliminating fear and frustration while embracing curiosity and documentation.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Accessible by Default

Learn strategies for making large, existing Rails applications accessible through automated scanning, custom forms, and preview-driven development.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Rails as a Piece of Birthday Cake

Discover how to structure Rails applications using a layered approach for better maintainability, drawing parallels with birthday cakes to illustrate effective strategies for scaling and organizing your codebase.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Rails on Ruby - How Ruby Makes Rails Great

Explore how Ruby's flexibility and metaprogramming empower Rails, enhancing its API and developer experience. Learn to leverage these features in your own Rails applications for increased functionality and efficiency.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Exploring the Power of Turbo Streams and ActionCable

Explore real-time web development with Turbo Streams and ActionCable by building a tic-tac-toe game, suitable for both beginners and advanced coders interested in Hotwire's Turbo.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Teaching Capybara Testing - An Illustrated Adventure

Illustrated adventure exploring end-to-end testing with Capybara, covering basics and enlightening developers on the importance of comprehensive testing beyond unit tests.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Custom Design Pattern for Building Dynamic ActiveRecord Queries

Explore a custom design pattern for creating efficient, flexible, and readable ActiveRecord queries in Rails applications using query objects and builders.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Zero Downtime Rails Upgrades

Learn strategies for seamless Rails upgrades, enabling continuous feature development and predictable results. Discover techniques to minimize downtime and uncertainty in the upgrade process.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building Workplaces for Caregivers - Supporting Parents in Tech

Supporting parents in tech: strategies for creating inclusive workplaces, retaining talent, and fostering a better environment for families and businesses.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Hotwiring My React Brain

Transitioning from React to Rails' Hotwire: A journey of rediscovering server-side rendering for rich, responsive UIs with minimal JavaScript and maximum efficiency.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Beyond CRUD - The PostgreSQL Techniques Your Rails App Is Missing

Discover advanced PostgreSQL techniques for Rails, including locking mechanisms and mutex, to enhance scalability and reliability. Learn from real production outages and improve your app's performance.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Picture Is Worth a 1000 Lines of Code

Discover how to transform abstract coding concepts into visual representations, enhancing communication and understanding in tech education and workplace settings.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Terms of Deployment - The Process of Evaluating Hatchbox, Fly, and Render for Developers

Explore the evaluation process for modern Rails deployment platforms, comparing Hatchbox, Fly, and Render as alternatives to Heroku, with insights on decision-making for future projects.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk