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I keep hearing the phrase "building shovels" in the software product world.

I may be butchering the real meaning but in my mind, a "shovel" means a useful tool that e...

Building the new job form preview page

In part 14, I continue our long journey with a dynamic form built with Vue.js on the front-end and Ruby on Rails on the bac...

If you've ever wanted an accordion-like user interface without all the fuss of custom JavaScript, CSS, and HTML look no further than the <detail> and <summary> tags ...

Welcome to my first beginner crash course. We're starting with the basics here and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is one of those languages that make the internet po...

Enhancing state of the Vue.js app

In part 13 I take a step back at our very rough Vue.js application to start to consider state management. There are a few rout...

This is a very quick walk-through of a few free tools you can use to analyze your Webpack build in real time.

Webpack is becoming an indust...

Ruby on Rails ships with default error pages for more popular requests you might encounter including 404, 500, and 422. Each request has an associated static `HTML...

Meet Nova, Panic's newest code editor.

I have been a long time fan of Panic software since the original Coda code editor was released. Having sw...

While creating a new Rails app is already easy enough, customizing just how that app is created can get tedious as the number of options grows inside the Ruby on Rails C...

In part 12 I continue rounding out our new job form using Vue.js. Since this is a multi-step form I wanted to create some visual cues giving the end user an idea of wher...

Learning to code is a different experience for everyone. I found some patterns in my attempts in learning that worked for me. I want to share those with you in hopes tha...

In part 11 of my Let's build for Ruby and Rails developers series I begin adding company d...