Initial Commit - Chris Raethke - BrisRuby 26/09/2017

It’s easy to build another DHH blog post example, but what do the first 10 commits look like when you’re building a ‘real’ application for ‘real’ business needs.

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1. Initial Commit @codesoda chris.raethke@heypinch.com
2. rails new
3. rails new initial_commit -T -d postgresql -B
5. # Gemfile
 # delete all the crap comments
 # sort alphabetically gem ‘bootstrap’ gem 'sass-rails' gem ‘slim-rails’
6. # .gitignore vendor
7. # shell gem install html2slim erb2slim app/views/layouts -d
8. # insert front end wizardry app/views/layout.html.slim app/views/pages/home.html.slim app/assets/stylesheets/application.{,s}css app/assets/stylesheets/pages.scss
9. # run it gem install foreman echo "web: bundle exec puma -C config/ puma.rb" > Procfile foreman start
10. # push gco -b “step-1” gc -m “step 1 completed”
11. watch all the things
12. # lint all the things gem install rubycritic # reek, flay, etc. all come for free rubycritic app config lib
13. winning…
14. # Gemfile
 # catch all the bugs gem ‘bugsnag’ # .env
 # configuration required for foreman BUGSNAG_API_KEY=13d1859356026827…etc # .gitignore .env
15. slackops…
16. # log all the things gem ‘le’
 gem ‘loggly’ # many options # reduce noise gem ‘lograge’ # config/initializers/lograge.rb # optional, level up with tagged logging
17. # development errors gem ‘better_errors’
 gem ‘binding_of_caller’
19. # sexy error pages # 404.html
 # 503.html
 # maintenance.html https://better-error-pages.statuspage.io/
21. move fast &
 break things
22. 
 # get ready for actual functionality
 gem ‘rspec-rails’ # reduce load times by 30-50%
 gem ‘bootsnap’ 

23. # git push production ftw # junit formatting - failed & slow tests
 # custom deployments
 # custom hotfix tasks
 # custom migration tasks circle.yml

26. moar slackops…
27. …build some type
 of actual app
28. 
 # funnel in sign ups # Gemfile
 gem 'devise'
 gem ‘devise-invitable’ # model.rb
 User.invite! {email: ‘chris@codesoda.com'}, current_user 

31. 
 # if it sensitive, encrypt it # Gemfile
 gem 'symmetric-encryption' # model.rb
 attr_encrypted :bank_account_number
 attr_encrypted :values, type: :json 

32. code not in
 production is debt
33. # remove barriers to getting code
 # into production, even if the feature
 # isn’t finished # Gemfile
 gem ‘flipper'
 gem ‘flipper-redis‘
 gem ‘flipper-ui‘ # view.html.slim
 - if $flipper[:new_signup_page].enabled? (current_user)
 = link_to ‘Sign Up’, new_signup_path

35. # control access to certain features # Gemfile
 gem ‘rolify’
 gem ‘pundit’ # view || controller
 - if current_user.has_role?(:admin)
 …
 - if policy(@record).update?
 …
36. make people smile
37. # Gemfile
 gem ‘pretender' # view || controller
 true_user
 current_user # application_controller.rb
 def impersonating?
 true_user != current_user
 end

38. /admin/users
40. BONUS
41. built-in admin tools make it easy for anyone
 to assist customers
 and diagnose issues
42. workers monitor and debug jobs
43. business
 intelligence graphs, alerts, integrity checks
44. database
 performance check postgres
 right from in your app
45. Questions..? @codesoda chris.raethke@heypinch.com