Leigh Halliday

Leigh is a developer at theScore. He writes about Ruby, Rails, and software development on his personal site.

Ruby
Leigh HallidaySeptember 14th, 2017
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GraphQL and Performance in Rails
We looked previously at getting set up with GraphQL on Rails. We defined some queries, some mutations, and had a…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayAugust 25th, 2017
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How to Implement a GraphQL API in Rails
GraphQL came out of Facebook a number of years ago as a way to solve a few different issues that…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayJuly 20th, 2017
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Realtime with React and Rails
When I was thinking about creating something to showcase using ActionCable (websockets) in a Rails app with React, I first…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayJune 30th, 2017
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Server Rendering React on Rails
React apps give us incredible power in the browser, and with the react_on_rails gem from the folks at ShakaCode, we…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayJune 1st, 2017
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Using React Inside Your Rails Apps
I have never felt as productive as I do in Rails. Yet, with front-end seemingly moving further away from server-rendered…
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Web Dev
Leigh HallidayApril 12th, 2017
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Linking, Monitoring, and Supervising in Elixir
One of the benefits of microservices is that part of the system can go down without bringing the entire system…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayMarch 9th, 2017
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Concurrency Abstractions in Elixir
Elixir gives you the tools to easily write concurrent code. In an earlier post, I introduced concurrency in Elixir by…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayDecember 15th, 2016
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Replacing Sinatra with Rack in Sidekiq
Sidekiq is one of the first gems that I install when doing a significant Rails project. If you plan to…
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Ruby
Leigh HallidayNovember 11th, 2016
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Microservice Communication with Queues
Microservices are small programs that handle one task. A microservice that is never used is useless though — it’s the…
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