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Money Makes Your App Go Round

Noel Rappin
September 15, 2016

Money Makes Your App Go Round

Your customers have money, and you’d like them to give it to you. Payment gateways, such as Stripe, Braintree, and Paypal, make it easy to start charging credit cards and get the money flowing. But charging cards is only the beginning. You need to worry that your app responds gracefully to service failures, since charging a customer for a failed transaction is bad. You need to guard against fraud and security breaches. You need administrative tools that are flexible but secure. You want to test against external services. And you’ll run up against the law. Learn from some of my mistakes and build a robust financial application.

Noel Rappin

September 15, 2016
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  1. We Are Experiencing An Introduction Please Stand By Noel Rappin,

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  2. I've made some mistakes Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  3. Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails 2016.

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  4. Once upon a time... Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  5. I got a new client Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  6. They wanted to add complex payment logic to an existing

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  7. The API call already existed I thought the hard part

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  8. (Spoiler Alert) The API call isn't the hard part Noel

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  9. Money Makes Your App Go Round Noel Rappin, Table XI

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  10. Some context Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round,

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  11. token = params[:stripeToken] begin charge = Stripe::Charge.create( amount: 1000, currency:

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  12. The resulting transaction involves at least ! institutions Noel Rappin,

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  13. As many as 1,000,000 per minute Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  14. But then there's this: Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  15. validates :last_4, format: {with: /X{12}\d{4}/} Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  16. There's a really common pattern Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  17. Save some data Charge the card Save the response Noel

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  18. Charge Fails Save Succeeds Angry Manager! Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  19. Charge Succeeds Save Fails Angry Customer! Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  20. Back to validates :last_4, format: {with: /X{12}\d{4}/} Noel Rappin, Money

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  21. Every line of code after the card processes is a

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  22. Is this validation really necessary? Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  23. PragDave: "screw up in favor of the customer" Noel Rappin,

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  24. Mitigating failure Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round,

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  25. Test failure conditions Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  26. Testing for credit card failures is actually pretty easy Noel

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  27. Testing for local failures is trickier Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  28. Foreign key constraints are useful, but irritating Noel Rappin, Money

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  29. Small background jobs are great Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  30. Idempotence is your friend Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  31. It is often easier to see the result of bugs

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  32. An ounce of mitigation can be worth a pound of

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  33. Money is precise Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  34. Money is so precise that it breaks math Noel Rappin,

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  35. Okay, it just breaks floating point numbers Noel Rappin, Money

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  36. Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails 2016.

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  37. Use the Money gem to store money as BigDecimal Noel

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  38. Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails 2016.

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  39. Money requires records Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  40. Handling Fee: $2.00 Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  41. It's a constant HANDLING_FEE: 200 Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  42. Later... Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails

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  43. Change the constant HANDLING_FEE: 250 Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  44. And we're done... Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  45. Except for the past Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  46. Store all your partial results Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  47. You should be able to recreate the entire purchase even

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  48. If there is failure, keep a record of the failure

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  49. Audit changes Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round,

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  50. Check your data Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  51. Money has legal obligations Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App

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  52. Take your administrative users seriously Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  53. Pragmatic's admin code is 2x the size of the main

    app Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails 2016. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  54. Admins can change rules which makes them complicated Noel Rappin,

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  55. Example: Refunds Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round,

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  56. Refunds are a one-line API call Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  57. But: 4 Who can authorize one? 4 Full or partial?

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  58. Take Reporting Seriously (I didn't) Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  59. Reporting is how you make business decisions Noel Rappin, Money

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  60. Taxes security requirements financial system compliance Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  61. Money is Private Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  62. Don't store personal information that you don't need Noel Rappin,

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  63. Don't store credit card info Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your

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  64. Even seemingly boring information can be harmful Noel Rappin, Money

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  65. Takeaways Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails

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  66. The API is the easy part Noel Rappin, Money Makes

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  67. Run in small steps to manage potential failure points Noel

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  68. Store all your work Store as little personal info as

    you can Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go Round, WindyCityRails 2016. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  69. Administration is important Noel Rappin, Money Makes Your App Go

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  70. Noel Rappin (@noelrap) Table XI http://pragprog.com/book/ nrwebpay http://www.noelrappin.com/trdd http://pragprog.com/book/ Noel

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