10 Ruby on Rails Best Practices

Ruby on Rails is a web application framework, we all know that. Rails makes us more productive and let's us focus on the task at hand rather than the technology. But sticking to best practices in Rails, especially when starting out, is very important. In this post, we're going to look at some of the best practices in Ruby on Rails.

The Road to Ruin

If you neglect the best practices of a web application framework, you're running the risk of drifting out of the framework without even knowing it. In the worst cases, your applications starts to become a nightmare for you to handle, making it difficult to develop new features, maintain the project, or bring in new developers. Trust me, stick to the best practices to remain effective and efficient, rather than having people (i.e., your team) pulling their hair out.
 

The Path to Glory

The name says it all: Best practices. They are the best and most widely used for a reason. Here's some benefits:

1. Maintainability
2. Readability
3. Elegance
4. Faster development
5. DRY code

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