Alexandre's BlogArticles about Ruby, Rails and programming in general.https://alexbarret.com/blog2025-10-16T20:27:00+00:00Blog AuthorWhat's new Alex?https://alexbarret.com/blog/2025/whats-new/2025-10-16T20:27:00+00:00Alexandre BarretA quick update about the blog and where I'm atPerfecting Your Rails Form: Nested Attributeshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2024/perfecting-your-rails-form-part-2/2024-11-09T00:00:00+00:00Alexandre BarretIn this second part of the series, let's explore nested attributes how they work and why they are so complex.Perfecting Your Rails Form: Atribute Accessorshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2024/perfecting-your-rails-form-part-1/2024-10-26T00:00:00+00:00Alexandre BarretIn this first part of a series diving into Rails forms, let's explore Rails conventions used to bridge object accessors with forms.RSpec Testing Levelshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2024/rspec-testing-levels/2024-10-11T21:40:00+00:00Alexandre BarretTesting journey when using RSpec.What is business logic?https://alexbarret.com/blog/2024/what-is-business-logic/2024-01-29T23:39:00+00:00Alexandre BarretWriting code that understands business needsEmpathetic codinghttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2024/empathetic-coding/2024-01-28T05:01:00+00:00Alexandre BarretCode like a leader, not a micromanagerTo Push or Not to Push the Crosswalk Button?https://alexbarret.com/blog/2023/to-press-or-not-to-press/2023-09-30T08:30:00+00:00Alexandre BarretA story about responsibility, mental load, design, empathetic coding and traffic lights.Identify i18n translation keyshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2023/identify-i18n-keys/2023-03-05T03:44:00+00:00Alexandre BarretA simple module to help us identify what translation keys are on any page.On writing better service objectshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2022/on-writing-better-service-objects/2022-11-16T04:28:00+00:00Alexandre BarretLet's write Ruby like we write Rails applications and see how we can improve our use of service objects in the process.Testing Rails Scopeshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2022/testing-rails-scopes/2022-11-06T09:35:00+00:00Alexandre BarretA method to test ActiveRecord model scopes properly.Please show me a Gemfilehttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2022/please-show-me-a-gemfile/2022-10-17T06:28:00+00:00Alexandre BarretOne simple file to learn all about a Ruby application.Service object alternatives: Serializershttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2021/you-might-not-need-service-objects-serializers/2021-06-11T01:28:00+00:00Alexandre BarretHow to improve a specific type of service object and, who knows, get rid of it completely.Skipping existing ActiveRecord validationshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2021/skip-existing-validations-in-rails/2021-05-13T23:48:00+00:00Alexandre BarretHow to skip existing rails validations with validations contexts.Retest - Docker & feature Specshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2021/retest-docker-and-feature-specs/2021-04-20T05:38:00+00:00Alexandre BarretThis article describes the Docker setup used in the end-to-end (2E2) testing of the rubygem retest.Pragmatic refactoringhttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2021/pragmatic-refactoring/2021-03-15T21:55:00+00:00Alexandre Barret99 Bottles of OOP book review and introducing retest, a gem to help you refactor code on the fly.Testing ActiveRecord concernshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2021/testing-model-concerns/2021-01-14T10:00:00+00:00Alexandre BarretHow to test Rails concerns for ActiveRecord models with temporary database tables.Service object alternatives: ActiveModelhttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2020/service-object-alternative/2020-12-05T10:00:00+00:00Alexandre BarretHow to use ActiveModel::Model to substitute service objects encountered in Rails codebases.Reflect on past commitshttps://alexbarret.com/blog/2020/reflect-on-past-commits/2020-08-25T09:33:00+00:00Alexandre BarretCan you understand your old code? A quick way to reflect and give feedback to your past self.