Ruby on Rails News

The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Rails 1.2: Release Candidate 2

    This is it. We’re a mere two shakes of a lamb’s tail from releasing the final version of Rails 1.2. But before we light the fireworks and pop the champagne,...

  • RailsBench available as gem

    Stefan Kaes’ RailsBench benchmarking suite is now available as a gem. This makes it even easier to get started benchmarking your application and find bottlenecks. Yay for ease of installation....

  • Using custom mime types

    So, you’ve started using Rails’ new mime type support with responds_to, but you were wondering how to add your own custom types? Luckily, Geoffrey Grosenbach (aka topfunky) is there to...

  • Rubyisms with a flavor of Active Support

    Err the Blog has a great Rails-flavored version of the Ruby Inside Advent Calendar. Instead of just focusing on vanilla Ruby, Chris gives you the lowdown on all those lovely...

  • Ruby on Rails with Oracle FAQ

    Oracle continues blow loving kisses at Rails. This time they’ve posted a new FAQ on how to get Rails and Oracle out on the first date. Initial installation and a...

  • A brief introduction to Active Resource

    Rick Olson is getting jiggy with Active Resource these days and decided to spread the love with a brief introduction to the newest member of the Rails framework family. He...

  • Working with Rails? Tell the world

    Working With Rails is an attempt to index all the developers around the world working with Rails. It offers a few ways to browse the index and while the authority...

  • Show your Rails application to the world

    Happycodr is a new place for you to showcase your Ruby on Rails application. It features self-service submissions and you end up in the portfolio within 48 hours. It’s a...

  • Trying to break free from .NET?

    Luckymonk escaped their .NET entanglement and found Ruby on Rails, but they still have to live in a Windows world. Now they’re putting on a workshop teaching you how to...

  • Amazon goes Ruby on Rails

    Never thought you’d hear that, eh? But that’s exactly what unspun.amazon.com is. A Rails application sitting on the Amazon.com domain. Adam Selipsky from Amazon Web Services introduces the site with...