Risa articles - 16 total
4 Design Challenges as an Indie App Developer and Helpful Tools: Color Schemes, App Screenshots, etc.
I recently released an iOS/Android app called Warikani. It's an intuitive, simple-to-use expense...
How to set up ESLint with StandardJS for a new React Native/TypeScript project
If you have a situation like below, this walkthrough is for you! ✔ You have a React Native project ✔...
Setting up Storybook for React Native/TypeScript (server, loader, iOS, Android)
I recently set up Storybook for a React Native/TypeScript project. It wasn't so different from using...
The Basics of Rails I18n - Translate errors, models, and attributes
Header photo by @joaosilas This post has also been translated into Spanish by Ibidem Group....
Running RuboCop only on modified files, in a project with no RuboCop
I like using RuboCop. I think using a linter is a good idea, especially for team projects. However,...
Why I recommend Harvard's CS50x online course to every self-taught developer
CS50's Introduction to Computer Science is a free online course based on one of the most popular...
How to use MySQL on Docker for Rails local development (switching MySQL versions made easy!)
Header image by Noah Boyer on Unsplash Recently, I joined a Rails project that requires MySQL 5.6....
Get DynamoDB Local up and running in 3 minutes with Docker
dynamodb, aws, nosql
Evaluate all values in an array in Javascript
This post summarizes a neat solution to a problem I ran into recently. Hope you find this...
Beginner’s guide to OAuth: Understanding access tokens and authorization codes using Google API
As a user, it’s easy and convenient to use your Google account (or Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to sign...
SSH Key Authentication for Absolute Beginners (in Plain English!)
There are so many articles on SSH online, but when I was learning it felt like very few were...
Rails Seeds Made Simple with Seed-Fu: A Step-by-Step Guide
I was seeding some default data in a Rails app, but finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the...
Stripe - Upgrading a subscription synchronously (immediately charge for a proration without webhooks)
I was doing some research on how upgrading subscriptions works on Stripe. Stripe's default system is...
Tips for testing: Authentication with devise_token_auth in Rails API
Previously, I wrote a blog post on how to create an authentication system for Rails API with the...
Guide to devise_token_auth: Simple Authentication in Rails API
I wanted to create an authentication system for my Rails API, but one thing about APIs (with no clien...
Cron jobs in Rails: A simple guide to ACTUALLY using the Whenever gem (now with tasks!)
I had the chance to use whenever to schedule a task in Rails, and I'm writing this post for future...