Rails

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JWT Authentication with Rails + Ember Part I: Rails Knock

This is a two-part post on building a JWT authentication system in a Rails API + Ember front-end application. Part I will discuss implementing JWT auth from Rails, and Part II [https://www.thegreatcodeadventure.com/jwt-authentication-with-rails-ember-part-ii-custom-ember-simple-auth/] will illustrate one approach to implementing JWT auth in Ember, by customizing the Ember Simple…

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Rails Refactoring Adventure: Javascript Assets

One of the things that has made Rails so popular is the ease and speed with which small teams can use it to spin up full-stack applications. Unfortunately, I take this for granted and often prioritize that "ease and speed" over writing clean code (although of course I…