The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Reusing parts of database.yml with YAML trick

    The RedHanded _why features a neat YAML trick today that lets you reuse parts of the database.yml configuration file. So instead of specifying the same login over in all three...

  • Blinksale: Do your Rails invoices in a Rails app

    Now that you’ve made it out of the ghetto and joined the hundreds of professional Rails programmers making a living enjoying your work life, you’ll need an invoice system to...

  • Recho looking for help in San Diego, CA

    Recho “…is a new way to discover and recommend music, movies, and other media” and the team behind are looking for Ruby on Rails developers to help them build it....

  • Rails book captures #23xx in sales rank on Amazon!

    Despite the book being available in PDF form and as a bundle from the publisher directly, Amazon is still ringing up a bunch of orders for the forthcoming Agile Web...

  • Deliver better and enjoy more for the same amount

    Spin Technologies traded in their ASP.NET/C# tools for a fresh set of Ruby on Rails to develop part of their Tasting Australia site. They liked the experience: Well, in the...

  • Happy birthday, Rails!

    Rails was released one year ago. Can you imagine than its been that long? Or that short, really, considering how far we’ve come. What do you think it’ll look like...

  • Buy the language and framework, get practices for free!

    John Nunemaker was already “happy” developing application in Cold Fusion and PHP, so why bother learning a new language like Ruby? Or so went his thinking, until he saw the...

  • Less infrastructure, more business logic

    David from Canada is working on “…a web application to support restaurant/pub/bar managers in their efforts to schedule staff efficiently” using Ruby on Rails. He recounts his experience: Rails, and...

  • Moving from Cold Fusion to Ruby on Rails

    Greg from Social Twister wants to hire Ruby on Rails developers to help the company move various Cold Fusion applications to their new platform. Greg writes about CF vs RoR:...

  • Naviance seeks Ruby on Rails developer in Denver

    Naviance is building a “school technology platform …primarily in Ruby on Rails” and is thus looking for a senior Ruby on Rails developer to help them lead the effort. The...