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In part 10 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series I begin adding new job details fields on our new job form.

Much of the work in this part is foundati...

I'm extremely excited to introduce my new side project called lancer.to. lancer.to or "Lancer" for short is a freelance-only job board.

W...

Front-end JavaScript validation is a godsend when you don't want to perform countless validations on the back-end portion of a given web application or website. This g...

In part 9 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series I break ground on our new job form and leverage Vue.js to do so.

A big goal of the Vue.js component...

This article is a look at some behind the scenes work I've decided to hit pause on for a SaaS app called Compose. It's a team communication tool that's focused on creati...

In part 8 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series I continue designing the individual job detail view using Tailwind CSS and Ruby on Rails.

Much of th...

In part 7 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series I begin styling parts of the app relative to specific job listings.

If you're reading this, thanks fo...

An Initial pass at the job form UI

Welcome to part 6 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series. This part will focus on getting started with the us...

I'm often asked about my VS Code setup so today I'm sharing a quick walk-through of my VS code setup for 2020.

A lot of developers depend on their code editor like a...

Setting up constants and seeded data

Welcome to part 5 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series. This part will focus on getting our app set up for ...

Creating the core data models

Welcome to part 4 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series. This part will focus on generating our core model layer in...

Configuration and Initial App Setup

Welcome back to part 3 of my series titled "Let's build for Ruby on Rails developers" where I'll begin creating a new Ruby on ...