When it comes to working with directories Ruby comes with a class for dealing with directories and paths, here. If you want a quick demo of how to get the names of files in a directory, look no further! Dir.pwd ## Gets the current path of your Ruby script/console Dir.children(Dir.pwd) ## ["array.rb", "of", "files.rb", "and", "folders"] You can also provide an instance a directory(Dir instance or string of file/folder name)

While Stripe may not be available everywhere or may not be everyone’s most cost-efficient card processor, I have found time and time again that their API and Dashboard are well thought out and “just work”. Testing Stripe will be a bit more involved than most another testing you will do…

With Griddler and Mailgun — Another aspect of email within a SaaS application is receiving mail. While this is far less normal or used in comparison to sending, it can be a great way to make end user’s responses to email or action items quicker. At a high level, there are a few different layers…

…and by all.the.timeI mean, I reach for these gems a lot, when they are useful and/or needed. — A few months ago I posted an article/story about the 27 Gems I use in Almost Every SaaS Project. That received a ton of praise, as well as a little bit of negativity around using *so many* gems. Gems. YMMV Rightfully so, blindly installing a whole bunch of gems without worrying about…

Service Objects are becoming a staple in the toolbelt to slim down both Controllers and Models. Welcome to the world of fat services [folder]! A quick refresher to those who may not know what a Service Object… A Service Object is a PORO(Plain old Ruby Object), that is meant to…

Starting in 2014 I began building what would become the first SaaS product I publicly released and attempted to make money. …