What are you #Rails devs using for apps that use subdomains locally? *.localhost is simple but doesn’t work in Safari and I can’t get lvh.me or nip.io to work locally (🤷‍♂️). What’s “best practice”? In tests I just use the default example.com and set host! accordingly. Using localhost for Capybara tho - ThreadSky

olly.world • 5 days ago

What are you #Rails devs using for apps that use subdomains locally? *.localhost is simple but doesn’t work in Safari and I can’t get https://lvh.me or https://nip.io to work locally (🤷‍♂️). What’s “best practice”?

In tests I just use the default https://example.com and set host! accordingly. Using localhost for Capybara tho

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edi.bike•5 days ago

Is ddev a potential option for rails apps? I was really impressed with it recently

olly.world•5 days ago

puma-dev is a very good rails solution but I’m trying to find a dependency-free solution. localhost is “good enough” tbh, just not safari support

eirvandelden.vandelden.family•5 days ago

Puma-dev! Still my go to tool!

olly.world•5 days ago

Yep! I have used this but I was hoping to find a solution without dependencies. I think I’m there with localhost, only downside is Safari support but you can hack /etc/hosts for that (or use puma dev)

eirvandelden.vandelden.family•5 days ago

For dependency free, I would just change /etc/hosts, I think you can even use wild cards.
You’ll have to manually type ports in your URL though *shudders*

olly.world•5 days ago

Hehe, for sure. I don’t mind running puma dev but since it’s an open source project I want it to be as simple as poss for people to try it out iyswim

adrianthedev.com•5 days ago

We just published this
https://avohq.io/blog/custom-domains-ssl-in-rails-development

olly.world•5 days ago

Cheers. I’m using https://lvh.me and it just works.

mediafinger.com•5 days ago

Have you tested your .local approach under macOS? It might come with a hefty performance penalty due to 'Bonjour' using this domain for lookups.

One of the reasons why .test is recommended nowadays.

erozas.bsky.social•4 days ago

Andreas, Exequiel over here, the article's author. I did actually test the '.local' domain on macOS but didn't have any issue. However, after your comment I researched on the topic and found what you meant, then changed the example to use '.test' instead. Thank you for pointing that out!

mediafinger.com•4 days ago

Nice! 😊

adrianthedev.com•5 days ago

Not really.
I'll give it a go and refresh the article.
Thanks!

olly.world•5 days ago

After a couple of hours of Unifi home network and Virgin Media wrangling, I've got https://lvh.me working. As you were. I've still learned a bunch of things that I'll write up though.

olly.world•5 days ago

When I get it all working satisfactorily I’ll blog about it, but it still feels messy right now. Keen to learn what y’all experts are doing!

jamie.schembri.me•5 days ago

Used dnsmasq in the past. /etc/hosts if I'm lazy.

olly.world•5 days ago

Thanks. Hoping for a solution that doesn’t require hacking. Localhost works just fine for chrome/firefox - annoying that Safari doesn’t support it. Also puma dev but that’s a chunky dependency.

jamie.schembri.me•5 days ago

Given that we have kamal now, which goes well beyond what Rails' responsibilities might have been in the past, perhaps it's time we had an official solution.

mediafinger.com•5 days ago

I setup https://github.com/puma/puma-dev with the .test domain (and subdomains) and it just worked fine (when you follow all setup steps).

A colleague never got it working satisfactory (likely due to conflicting existing configuration).

olly.world•5 days ago

Thanks. I’ve found https://lvh.me is the path of least resistance

mediafinger.com•5 days ago

As I also work from the road, I need an offline solution, so I never really considered setting up local development with external dependencies.

olly.world•5 days ago

Fair. In that case I’d use puma-dev :)

olly.world•5 days ago

Or just hack hosts file when offline

michaelhebblethwaite.com•5 days ago

puma-dev is pretty good for this if you are already using puma as your server.

https://github.com/puma/puma-dev

olly.world•5 days ago

Yes! I have tried this and it’s very good but I prefer a solution that requires no additional dependencies. Certainly the most robust solution though.

michaelhebblethwaite.com•4 days ago

I know what you mean. The latest project I am working on is using import maps. It feels real nice to be rid of a JS build step.

olly.world•4 days ago

Yes! Pagecord uses import maps too, very nice.

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