The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • German Rails conference in November

    rails-konferenz.de is a one-day German Rails conference taking place at the NH Hotel in Frankfurt am Main on November 3rd. They have sessions on localization, testing, backgroundrb, and more. If...

  • University of Notre Dame on Rails

    John Nunemaker wrote to tell me that the University of Notre Dame has picked up Ruby on Rails and is using it for their forum site. About the implementation, he...

  • Capistrano mailing list

    After getting all inspired by Kathy Sierra’s keynote at the RailsConf last week, and reflecting on the requests I’ve received for a Capistrano-specific mailing list, I decided it was time...

  • New Ruby site goes online

    After months and months of deliciously teasing screenshots, the real deal is now out for the world to see. The official Ruby language website has been redesigned. And what a...

  • RailsConf Europe: Sold out and almost here

    RailsConf Europe is imminent. Come next Thursday and hundreds of Rails programmers will descend on London for two days of talks, tricks, and perhaps a pony show. Despite an initially...

  • Crazy Egg is crazy cool and on Rails

    Crazy Egg lets you find out which links are popular on your page and presents the information in easy-to-understand heat maps. It’s incredibly well designed and a fantastic idea. At...

  • Sun hires the JRuby team

    Tim Bray has announced that Sun Microsystems has hired Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, the developers behind JRuby. Tim’s announcement has a FAQ that probably answers many of the questions...

  • Adobe announces Rails SDK for Flex

    Adobe’s Mike Potter brings the cherry news that an officially-backed Rails SDK for Flex and the rest of the company’s RIA suite is now available. Derek Wischusen from Flex on...

  • Get the full scoop on sessions

    Chris Wanstrath has a very nice detailed article on how to control and use sessions. Lean how to turn them on and off and which stores are good for what....

  • LiteSpeed Web Server 2.2 Released

    LiteSpeed Web Server is a commercial product that offers a free version for private and commercial use. With release 2.2, LiteSpeed Technologies has embraced the Rails community and provided built-in...