The Honeybadger Developer Blog

Tutorials, product info, and good advice from the Honeybadger crew.

Writing AWS Lambda Functions in Ruby

AWS Lambda lets you run your code without worrying about the nuts and bolts of server management or scaling. You might even say it's "serverless." In this article, Jeffrey Morhous shows us how to get started writing Lambda functions in Ruby.

Railway Oriented Programming In Rails Using Dry-Monads

It's not every day that you learn a new approach to error handling for Ruby. In this article, Abiodun walks us through a novel error-handling process called Railway Oriented Programming and shows us how to implement it with dry-rb's monads.

Run Your Rails App On Kubernetes: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Kubernetes has become very popular in recent years as a way to deploy applications using containers. In this article, Geshan shows us how to get a Rails app up and running inside a local K8s cluster.

A Guide To Error & Uptime Monitoring In Laravel Using Honeybadger

Every application has errors. It's how you respond to them that makes the difference. In this article, Ashley Allen shows us how to use Honeybadger to make sure your Laravel apps are performing as they should.

A Comprehensive Guide To Error Handling In Node.js

Errors happen in every application. Devs have to decide: do you write code to handle the error? Suppress it? Notify the user? Report it to the team? In this article, Ayo Isaiah walks us through every aspect of the JavaScript error system. He'll show us how to work with errors and discuss appropriate choices for real-world scenarios.

Building, Testing, and Deploying Google Cloud Functions With Ruby

Google's Cloud Functions let developers run their code in production in a scalable way without worrying about the minutiae of server administration. In this article, Subomi shows walks us through building a real-world service using GCF.

Understanding and Implementing OAuth2 In Node.js

OAuth2 is everywhere. From "Login With Facebook" buttons to back-end API authentication. But how does it work? In this article, Diogo Souza will give us a gentle introduction to the big concepts behind OAuth2, then walk us through implementing it in Node.js.

Using DynamoDB in Your Rails App

DynamoDB is a NoSQL database offered by AWS. It can be a great way to avoid adding load to your primary database when you need tens of thousands of reads/writes per second. In this article, Julie Kent walks us through the basics of using DynamoDB with Rails.

ActiveSupport's #descendants Method: A Deep Dive

The #descendants method is part of Rails. It returns all subclasses that inherit from a given class. In this article, Jonathan Miles shows us how to use this method and how it's implemented. It's a great lesson in the ins and outs of Ruby's object model.

Ruby News Brief (Q3 2021)

Rails 7 is officially in Alpha, and it brings some very exciting new answers to how we do JavaScript, an awesome approach to at-work encryption with Active Record, SQL query origin logging, and much more. Don't miss links to some great Hotwire tutorials and this month's other standout articles.
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