TIL, 2017-03-19, after_commit is a thing

• Etymology of Grep: :g/re/p. re is RegEx, p is :print.
• :g//d => 2 slashes means use the past pattern matched.
• Rails sort and Enumerable sort_by. Honestly not really sure whats better.
• Class methods vs. instance methods, the problem with static methods is that if you are going to do 2 operations on one object, then you need to do the static method call again as opposed to chaining commands on the instance methods.
• public_send: public_send calls public methods only. (Also it is more greppable).

Source, Source

• after_create vs. after_commit. The model’s data including its new ID after_create is available from the inside but not from the outside. after_commit is also called after update and destroy. (Use test_after_commit gem.) You can also do after_commit_on_create.

• ORM is sometimes slower.

  # Bad
  Course.all.select { |course| course.created_at < 5.years.ago }.each { |course| course.articles.delete_all }
  
  # Good
  old_courses_ids = Course.where(‘created_at < ?’, 5.years.ago’).pluck(:id)
  Article.where(course_id: old_courses_ids).delete_all
  

• Ruby bang method. Trigger only if a method modifies the object it is called, or it will throw and exception if it doesn’t execute successfully.
• Predicate method: ends with ?.
• Always use constants instead of random numbers to make them declarative.

• Readability aspect over “less code”.

  # Bad
  def some_filter
    return unless user_signed_in?
    return if current_user.customer? || current_user.admin?
  
    redirect_to root_path
  end
  
  # Good
  def some_filter
    return unless user_signed_in? || !(current_user.customer? || current_user.admin?)
  
    redirect_to root_path
  end