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Save the date: Rails World 2024 will take place Sept 26 & 27 in Toronto. More details soon!

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  2. Agenda
  3. 5th October 2023
  4. Session: Xavier Noria

Zeitwerk Internals

Zeitwerk is the Ruby gem responsible for autoloading code in modern Rails applications.

After attending this talk you’ll have a good understanding of how Zeitwerk works. Going from a conceptual overview of the main ideas, down to implementation details and interface design.

While this is an advanced talk, you only need to know what is a constant in Ruby. We’ll introduce the necessary preliminary concepts to make it accessible. This is geared towards both seasoned Ruby developers looking to have a deep understanding of Zeitwerk, as well as Rails beginners curious to know how this aspect of Rails works.

  • 15:00 - 15:30
  • 5th October 2023
  • Track 2

Session Speaker


Xavier Noria

Rails Core, Independent Consultant


Everlasting student · Zeitwerk · Rails Core · Fukuoka Ruby Award · Rails SaaS Conference Award · Ruby Hero Award · Freelance · Life lover


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