#58 Migrate from Webpacker to Esbuild, Add Feature Flags and More πŸŽ‰

Happy Wednesday!

Here is issue #058 of our newsletter, where we collect news and tools that we find interesting for your Rails project.

  1. Migrate from Webpacker to Esbuild: These tools provided a modern alternative to the asset pipeline for bundling and compiling javascript.
  2. Add Feature Flags in Ruby on Rails with Flipper: Dive into the ins and outs of feature flags in Rails, including how to set them up using the Flipper gem.
  3. ASTs in Ruby - Pattern Matching: First post is out on ASTs in Ruby focusing on Pattern Matching and its applications for both matching against and rewriting code.
  4. Containerizing an Existing Rails Application: Containers are popular because they create a reproducible environment that you can deploy to production and run locally in development. However, containerizing a Rails app can be trickyβ€”Jeff Morhous helps us navigate the pitfalls with this article.

We hope you find these links useful. Feel free to forward it to your friends! ;)

Have a nice week!

The FastRuby.io team.

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