Backend resources - Ruby, Rails, SQL

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Useful Ruby links:

• Official website: https://www.ruby-lang.org
• Getting started in 20 minutes: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/
• Core Api (2.7.1 - latest): https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.7.1/
• Ebook: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (3rd Edition - covers Ruby 2.5): https://livebook.manning.com/book/the-well-grounded-rubyist-third-edition/about-this-book/
• Style guide: https://rubystyle.guide/
• Security Checklist: https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.7.1/doc/security_rdoc.html

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Useful links for Rails

• Official website: https://rubyonrails.org
• Official guide (complete): https://guides.rubyonrails.org
• Api (6.0.3.2 - latest): https://api.rubyonrails.org
• Make your rails app live on Heroku: https://github.com/heroku/ruby-getting-started
• Book: https://www.learnenough.com/ruby-on-rails-6th-edition-tutorial
• Courses
  • https://www.edx.org/course/agile-development-using-ruby-on-rails-the-basics
  • https://www.edx.org/course/agile-development-using-ruby-on-rails-advanced
  • The ODIN Project: https://www.theodinproject.com/tracks/full-stack-ruby-on-rails
• Blogs
  • Nate Berkopec on Rails Performance: https://www.speedshop.co/
• Security: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html
• Miscellaneous articles:
  • REST api tutorial: https://www.nopio.com/blog/rails-api-active-model-serializers/

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Gems (libraries) available to use in any Ruby project: https://rubygems.org/

Gem categories:

• https://awesome-ruby.com
• https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/

Semantic Versioning (semver) - the way how gems/packages are versioned:

• https://semver.org/
• how versions are used in Gemfile : https://bundler.io/gemfile.html#gemfiles
• interactive app: https://semver.npmjs.com/ (though its for javascript/npm/yarn, but similar concept applies for ruby/bundler too)

real-world example of semver usage in rspec-rails, a ruby gem: https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-rails/v/4-0/docs/upgrade

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• https://rubyweekly.com/
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Strike the right balance between the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself, a.k.a. Abstraction) principle VS duplication:

https://jesseduffield.com/beginners-guide-to-abstraction/

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SQL basics: https://hunter-ducharme.gitbook.io/sql-basics/