| Apart from keeping track, a related problem I'm facing is making sure that I am able to re-implement what I'm doing. So what I do is the following: 1. I break down what I've learned into steps or checklists 2. I then put these into Scrivener 3. Each topic that I've learned has it's own page Here's a small example from my notes around PDF generation + attachments in Rails. This is just the overall picture -- each bullet point expands to another bunch of notes which has actual code details. * build a mailer with mail(to:, from: content:) * build a controller what delivers that content * the controller should render a notice that says that the post has been successfully created <via a respond_to method> * make sure that you configure the SMTP settings * build a pdf creator (PrawnPDF::Base)
=> this initializes a PDF w/ some view_context * configure a MIME type within config/initializers * configure a controller that triggers a respond_to for this * add a button that links to think Printable receipt * save the PDF into some foldere * insert a paperclip file type into the migration * add this intot he user model * go back to the PDF / order controller and then add a custom path to save the PDF (pdf.render file…) * then save that file inside teh database & set it to the certificate |