jellyjen blog

Using Rails Credentials

An overview of using the Rails built in encrypted credentials storing system, instead of dotenv gem and a .env file.


Project Deployment: Easier than it sounds!

A quick overview of how to deploy a Rails or React application on Heroku. This isn’t a step-by-step guide, but rather a post to show that deploying is not as scary or difficult as it looks. A lot of things happen when an app is built and deployed, but there’s plenty of room for stumbling forward and learning.


Ruby Cli Gem - Live Version

Most of the projects completed through Flatiron’s Full Stack course are web applications using Sinatra or Rails which can be hosted on sites like heroku or netlify. To show a live version of the Ruby CLI project, I decided to publish my app as a gem and then demonstrate its use with a repl.it project.


Python Web Scraping

A quick post on Python3 web scraping script using the BeautifulSoup4 Python library.


Flask Blueprints and Large App Structure

I was curious about how larger Flask applications were structured, so I checked out the section on A Better Application Structure.