[Saint-P RubyConf 2021] Rails X

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2. Vova on Rails, since 2014
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3. YEARS AGO
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   The grass was greener, the light was brighter
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4. Bozhidar is challenging Matz and Ruby Core team (RubyConfBY 2017)
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5. If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last
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6. NOW
   The idea has been on a shelf fo(u)r years
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7. I didn't expect anyone to vote for this topic 🙀
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8. Have I been trying to accomplish the quest for an ideal Rails X all these years 🤔
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9. Rails X == Rails 🤔
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10. Rails X == Hanami 😸
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11. MY RAILS X
    Reconsidering the past, designing the future (and some bikeshedding)
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12. RECONSIDER
    rails new --skip-sprockets --skip-actiontext --skip-turbolinks --skip-actionmailbox --skip-wtf
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13. EXTRACTION CURSE
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    A combination of extractions is not a framework, it's a Frankenstein 🧟
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14. Rails codebase is mostly an extraction (Basecamp
    with Shopify & GitHub sprinkles)
    Extractions are often too host-specific
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    The Extraction Curse
    

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15. Non-extractions
    Rails API
    Zeitwerk
    Active Record internals refactoring by @sgrif
    Action Cable Testing 🙂
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17. EXTRACTIONS FEATURES
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18. OMAKASE CURSE
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    Shut up and eat what's on the table!
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19. Rails is bloating from the features most users
    don't need
    More code 㱺 more maintenance burden 㱺 less
    time for improvements
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20. Dead weight detected ☠
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21. SEPARATE ECOSYSTEM
    FROM FRAMEWORK
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    ⚠ Uwaga! PHP is on the next slide!
    

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    The student has surpassed the teacher (
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24. Tender age in bloom 🌸
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25. DUAL STACK CURSE
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    Two heads are better worse than one
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    "The first thing we do is tell them to do a bunch of configuration."-Steve Klabnik
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    rails new --test-with=rspec
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28. IMAGINARY FUTURE
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    It's time to turn imagination mode on!
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    # app/services/purchaser.rb
    class Purchaser < ActiveService ::Base
    needs :payment_transaction
    needs :order_mailer
    def purchase!(customer:, card:, order:)
    transaction = payment_transaction.new(card,order.amount)
    if transaction.success?
    order_mailer.receipt_email(customer,order).deliver_later
    else
    order_mailer.card_failed(customer,order,transaction).deliver_later
    end
    end
    end
    # config/initializers/braintree.rb
    service :payment_transaction do
    Braintree ::Transaction.new(api_key: ENV["BRAINTREE_API_KEY"])
    end
    

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32. My Rails X
    Unbundled & Separated
    Environment-friendly
    More abstractions, less implementations
    (More) Developer happiness
    Scalable codebase
    For the web and beyond
    Modern
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33. UNBUNDLED
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    Pieces of the puzzle must fit
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34. Unbundled
    Upgrade individual parts
    Use sub-frameworks independently
    Avoid unneeded dependencies
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    >= 5.1
    -> nokogiri ( >= 1.6)
    actionpack (6.1.3.1)
    actionview (= 6.1.3.1)
    activesupport (= 6.1.3.1)
    rack ( ~> 2.0, >= 2.0.9)
    rack-test ( >= 0.6.3)
    rails-dom-testing ( ~> 2.0)
    rails-html-sanitizer ( ~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
    "actiondispatch"
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36. ActionPack
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    Router
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    🤔
    

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38. ENVIRONMENT
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    Stop polluting the environment
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39. stop_core_ext_everywhere
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40. ABSTRACTIONS VS.
    IMPLEMENTATIONS
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    Replace leaking implementations with non-leaking abstractions
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41. Rails 3-4: Sprockets
    Rails 5: Sprockets + Webpacker
    Rails 6: Webpacker + Sprockets
    Rails 7: ???
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42. If you can’t decide, ship with
    zero options instead of two!
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    Interfaces not implementations for the outside world dependencies
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    actiontrix
    

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45. DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE
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    Supporting tools are becoming more and more important than the language itself.–Matz
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46. My typical Rails journey starts like this
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47. DX
    Plug-n-play development environment
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49. Shall we sail, too?
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50. DX
    Plug-n-play development environment
    Quick setup for new projects
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    open https: //railsnew.io
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52. Oh, it's aiready a year old!
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53. DX
    Plug-n-play development environment
    Quick setup for new projects
    Project-specific generators
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54. Generators
    Generator could only be useful if it fits your
    project needs
    Make a generator a part of the project
    Generate the generators!
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55. DX
    Plug-n-play development environment
    Quick setup for new projects
    Project-specific generators
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56. DX
    Plug-n-play development environment
    Quick setup for new projects
    Project-specific generators
    Deployment-ready
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    ActiveHeroku, ActionKubernetes, ActuallyCapistranoIsStillAlive ...
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58. github.com/lewagon/seatrain
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    Under the sea, under the sea, darling, it's better, down where it's wetter
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59. SCALABLE CODEBASE
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    Rails scales, and you?
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    The promise of the new bright future
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61. MAJESTIC MONOLITH
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    We all want to build majestic monoliths and citadels ...
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62. SHIT-ESTIC MONOLITH
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    But usually that turns out as ...
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    Cutting the application in slices 🔪
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64. Modular architecture
    Engines should become an official way to extract
    components
    Engines must be supported by all sub-frameworks
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66. Modular architecture
    Engines should become an official way to extract
    components
    Engines must be supported by all sub-frameworks
    Engines should just work!
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    github.com/palkan/engems
    One can dare to use engines today
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68. Modular architecture
    Cross-component communication out-of-the-box
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    Did I show you enough reasons to choose PHP for the next project? 😄
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70. engines/
    core/
    app/
    events/
    core/
    users/
    registered.rb
    chat/
    app/
    subscribers/
    core/
    users/
    on_registered/
    create_chat_account.rb
    github.com/palkan/active_event_store
    Event store the Rails way
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71. BEYOND WEB
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    Can Rails break out of the Web world?
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    Server is a terrible abstraction (Daniel Azuma, RailsConf 2021)
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73. Beyond Web 🚀
    HTTP server should be just one of the possible
    entry-points (e.g., gRPC, cables, serverless)
    Both request-response and events (streaming)
    based communication supported
    AbstractController should be really abstract!
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74. MODERN
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    Is it 2021 or what?
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75. Modern
    Ractor-ready
    Async-ready
    RBS-ready
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    github.com/pocke/rbs_rails
    Shouldn't Rails itself generate RBS for Rails 🤔
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77. And a lot more...
    Improved instrumentation
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    Good company always worth the time
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79. And a lot more...
    Improved instrumentation
    Improved testing tools (benchmarks, property-
    based, factories along with fixtures)
    Improved views
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80. Views X
    Isolated (no instance vars leaking)
    Components-first (view_component)
    UI kits or alike
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81. Improved instrumentation
    Improved testing tools (benchmarks, property-
    based, factories along with fixtures)
    Improved views
    Improved configuration (anyway_config)
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82. And a lot more...
    Improved instrumentation
    Improved testing tools (benchmarks, property-
    based, factories along with fixtures)
    Improved views
    Improved configuration (anyway_config)
    Improved Rails commands
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83. Full-features CLI instead of Rake
    Fast start time (no application loading)
    First-class support for custom commands
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    Rails Commands X
    

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84. INVARIANTS
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    Some things should never change
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85. SIMPLE STAY SIMPLE
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    Blog in 5 minutes without DI, algebraic effects and monads ⏱
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86. SAFETY FIRST
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    Make it hard to shoot yourself in the foot
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87. AM I A DREAMER?
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88. discuss.rubyonrails.org
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    Your journey starts here!
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89. We are hiring. We are hiring. I am hiring. I am herring 🐟
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    evl.ms/jobs
    

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90. THANKS!
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    Exclusively for Saint-P Ruby Conf 2021 by Vladimir Dementyev, Evil Martians
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91. DISCUSSION TIME
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    What do YOU want to fix in Rails?
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