Discover the latest Rails news, version releases, community updates, and feature announcements.
August 1, 2006
It’s interesting to see that we have not one but two upcoming system management/surveillance solutions coming off Rails. There’s Spiceworks and FiveRuns. Now get out of beta and Get Real!...
August 1, 2006
David committed the simply_restful plugin to the rails this afternoon, ensuring its inclusion with the next release of Rails. Beware, there are a few API changes from the plugin, and...
July 30, 2006
As Mongrel continues to bubble to the top of the preferred production stack, we’ve started to evaluate web servers on their proxy rather than their FCGI support. The lighttpd crew...
July 30, 2006
If you have trouble wrapping your head around assert_tag and its options, you might want to give CSS selectors a chance instead. There are currently two plugins for handling that:...
July 30, 2006
Dr Nic Williams has charged one of the major strongholds of legacy database compatibility with Rails, composite primary keys support. By installing his nimble plugin, you get a very natural...
July 29, 2006
I’m only a week behind on the release of Typo 4. Typo is one of the oldest and most visible of Rails open source projects, so it’s always nice to...
July 26, 2006
It seemed to have slipped all of our minds, but yesterday, the 25th of July marks the 2 year anniversary of Rails’ release. Here’s David’s announcement email to the ruby-talk...
July 21, 2006
Jay Zimmerman just wrote to say that next Wednesday, July 26th, the presentation media for RailsConf 2006 will go on sale to the general public. So if you didn’t get...
July 20, 2006
Gonzo Rails developer Scott Raymond has written an analysis of how he refactored IconBuffet.com using RESTful routes. It’s the most cogent and compelling description of the benefits of a CRUDdy/RESTful...
July 18, 2006
For the procrastinators out there, don’t forget that the talk proposal deadline for the European RailsConf is coming this Friday, July 21. If you missed RailsConf, this is your chance...