Pete Hawkins articles - 17 total
Creating your first VIEW_COMPONENT with Rails and Hotwire
In the following video I'll show you how easy it is to start using view_component with your Rails...
6 Tips for Recording Screencasts Like a Pro
When I decided to start making screencasts I couldn't find great information on how to go about it...
Screencast: Testing GraphQL with Rails and RSpec
In this video we start writing some automated tests using RSpec to cover the GraphQL mutations and...
Screencast: Setting up a GraphQL server in Rails
In this video I'm going to walk you through setting up a GraphQL server in Ruby on Rails. We will...
Why I open sourced my startup
Happi is now open-source. The entire codebase is freely available for anyone to self-host, contribute...
Apple M1 Pro for Ruby development
I was lucky enough to get my 14" M1 Pro MacBook this week. Prior to ordering, I had some concerns...
7 Ruby Standard libraries you should get to grips with
Ruby has a lot of useful things in its Standard Library. Learning what’s included and how to use it...
Hotwire: best practices for stimulus
From my experience building several production apps with Hotwire, Turbo frames and Turbo streams...
RSpec: request specs vs feature specs
In this screencast I introduce a rather small feature to Happi, setting the reply-to address for new...
Password-less auth in Rails
One of the weakest points in your system can easily be end users credentials. It’s easy to forget...
Screencast: Add welcome emails to Happi
This is the first video in a series where I build happi.team in public, literally, by screencasting...
10 things I add to every Rails app
I end up creating a lot of Rails apps, and each time I get started I often find myself wanting to add...
Flash messages with Hotwire
I’ll show you how to add flash messages to Rails, using a simple stimulus controller to auto dismiss...
Modals in Hotwire, with zero JavaScript
A quick run through of how to create modals in Rails using Hotwire. I didn’t need to write any...
The best way to run Tailwind CSS on Rails
Each time I go to startup a new Rails app for a side project I can’t remember how to set tailwind up...
Update: typescript backend is in the bin.
It’s been almost a year since I last wrote about Nines tech choices. I wanted to give a brief update...
Nine tech choices
You might think this is one of those buzzword ‘list of nine things’ style posts, don’t switch-off...