The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • 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...

  • RailsConf Europe 2007 in Berlin

    Registration for RailsConf Europe 2007 has opened up. It’s all going down in Berlin, Germany from September 17th through 19th. There’s a ton of great speakers lined up, so we’ll...

  • #rails-contrib and rubyonrails-stacks

    RailsConf gave birth to a number of new outlets for sub-communities within the Rails family: </p><p> #rails-contrib is a new IRC channel on freenode for contributors to Rails. The Rails...

  • Taking expirations out of caching

    It’s been said that the two last hard problems in programming are naming things and expiring caches. The first is going to be hard to sidestep entirely, but what if...

  • Hi, I'm Ruby on Rails...

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  • Capistrano 2.0 Preview 2

    The upcoming Capistrano 2.0 release continues to evolve! Remote administration of single servers and server clusters has never been easier. With Capistrano, you can: Deploy web applications with a single...