![]() With Sorbet, you get diagnostics (aka editor decorations) for type errors, as well as Go To Definition, Go To References, and hover information like type signatures and documentation. Solargraph is great, but it’s imperfect and misses a lot of methods. There are unofficial adapters for Vim, Sublime, and other editors, although I’ve not used any besides the official VS Code extension.Īfter using TypeScript in VS Code for a while, I really wanted proper IntelliSense support for Ruby. It’s not particularly difficult to get your hands on though, and I’ve had it since around mid-2019. Stripe has an official Sorbet VS Code extension it uses internally, but unfortunately it’s still in an experimental state and hasn’t been released publicly. Sorbet comes with a Language Server (powered by the Language Server Protocol from Microsoft) that makes it easy to integrate into text editors. If you want to try messing around with Sorbet, you can play with it right in your browser by using n! Benefits of adopting Sorbet Editor Integration If you want to learn more about the specifics of Sorbet and how to write signatures with it, the Sorbet Docs are quite good. What is SorbetĪn example of some Ruby code using Sorbet looks like this: But I really do think types make large, complex applications much easier to follow and help teams ship their code with greater confidence. ![]() If you’re opposed to having type signatures entirely, there’s probably not much I can do to convince you. And you get these benefits without sacrificing the malleability of new Ruby code that makes rapid iteration so easy. This makes it easier for others to work with the code later. You can do a first pass on a feature and then add the types once the code has solidified. I agree! But Sorbet is gradual, meaning it can be adopted over time and parts of your code can remain untyped. The main complaint I’ve heard about Sorbet - other than the syntax - is that Ruby ought not be typed, because it’d be restrictive. It came out in June 2019 and I adopted it in my Rails app vglist ( source code) a few weeks later.Įver since I started using it in vglist, I’ve been contributing to Sorbet-adjacent projects (like Sord, Parlour, and sorbet-rails) and advocating it to anyone who’d listen. ![]() It was teased for about a year before release, and after getting enthralled by TypeScript back in early 2019, I eagerly awaited the public release of Sorbet as well. Sorbet is a gradual type checker for Ruby, developed by Stripe. Blog How I write and maintain type signatures in my Rails app with SorbetĪdding type checking to a Rails app while minimizing maintainance burden
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