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Discover the latest Rails news, version releases, community updates, and feature announcements.

  • Haml 1.7

    The Haml team recently announced the release of Haml 1.7, which is an alternative markup system that you can use in Rails, instead of the default ERb-based markup. Version 1.7...

  • Subversion Browser on Rails

    ActiveReload has just released Warehouse, a simple subversion browser written using Rails. It sports a beautiful UI and can handle the mundane task of user and permission management for you....

  • Research on why and how adopts Rails

    Michel Barbosa has completed his bachelor thesis Delivery of the Key Adoption Factors and Key Characteristics of Companies Using Ruby on Rails. It presents research he has done and conclusions...

  • Rails to Italy in Pisa in October

    Rails to Italy is gathering the Italian Rails community in Pisa from October 26th through 27th. They’re open for registration and are still looking for speakers. The price to participate...

  • PhD study on innovation with open source

    Zilia Iskoujina is a PhD student from the UK who’s doing research on Knowledge management and innovation in virtual organisations. As part of that, a questionaire for people working in...

  • 1 million yen with Award on Rails

    A million yen ($8,300) is the first price for a new application competition called Award on Rails that starts tomorrow. The competition is sponsored by DRECOM and will run from...

  • Capistrano 2.0 Preview 4

    I am such a chicken. I very much wanted the next release of Capistrano to be the official “Capistrano 2.0” release. But as I watched the changelog grow, I started...

  • Bratwurst on Rails at RailsConf Europe

    The Berlin Ruby User Group is throwing a pre-RailsConf party under the banner of Bratwurst on Rails. The Ruby User Group Berlin is one of the biggest in Germany and...

  • Capistrano 2.0 Preview 3

    Alright, we’re nearing the finish line! Capistrano 2.0 Preview Release #3 is now available. Capistrano is a utility for automating the execution of tasks on one or more remote machines....

  • The Summer of Hack, 2007

    The hackfest is back! In sleek new form, the ’fest runs monthly, starting now. Without further ado: it’s on. Two weeks to go. Sprint! Thanks to Working With Rails for...