Introducing the Rails Attribute API

Officially public starting in 5.0, the Rails attribute API gives you an easy way to extend ActiveRecord behavior.

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1. Adam Lassek @alassek Introducing The Rails Attributes API
2. Adam Lassek @alassek https://speakerdeck.com/erniemiller/curmudgeon-an-opinionated-look-at-an-opinionated-framework
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6. Adam Lassek @alassek Company.where(name: 'Agape Red') companies = Arel::Table.new(:companies) companies.project(companies[Arel.star]) .where(companies[:name].eq("Agape Red"))
7. Adam Lassek @alassek Use Case #1 default values
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10. Adam Lassek @alassek Use Case #2 encrypted fields
11. Adam Lassek @alassek Use Case #3 custom types
12. Adam Lassek @alassek module AttributesApiExample class Application < Rails::Application config.active_record.schema_format = :sql end end $ rails db:structure:dump
13. Adam Lassek @alassek CREATE TYPE address AS ( street text, city text, state varchar(2), zipcode varchar(9) )
14. Adam Lassek @alassek From Database '("1209 Harney St.",Omaha,NE,68102)' From Controller { "company": { "hq": { "street": "1209 Harney St.", "city": "Omaha", "state": "NE", "zipcode": "68102" } } }
15. Adam Lassek @alassek Thanks! https://speakerdeck.com/alassek/introducing-the-rails-attribute-api https://github.com/alassek/attribute-api-example