Ruby on Rails News

The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • 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...

  • Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition

    How fitting. Just as we’re wrapping up Rails 1.2, the book that covers it all has gone into print. I’m talking about Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition, of...

  • Rails 1.2 RC1: New in Active Support

    The following are some of the smaller, but notable features added to Rails 1.2 ActiveSupport since the Rails 1.1 release. (compiled by Joshua Sierles). Module#unloadable marks constants that require unloading...