The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Javalobby founder: 'Ruby on Rails is a powerhouse'

    Dave Thomas is turning them into believers by the dozen at the No Fluff Just Stuff symposiums. His one-two of Ruby for Java Programmers and Ruby on Rails talks are...

  • IBM developerWorks introduces Rails with high praise

    The top story on IBM developerWorks is none other than Fast-track your Web apps with Ruby on Rails. It’s a very nice, quick overview by example of why “Ruby on...

  • Ajax on Rails from O'Reilly (and high five from Slashdot!)

    Curt Hibbs just have keeps delivering the good stuff and O’Reilly wisely keeps serving it up. The new article is called Ajax on Rails. It builds upon his two earlier...

  • Happy thoughts on IRC

    Some times you just need an evening smile and IRC can deliver just that. Glancing over at #rubyonrails, I caught this one from matram: Rails is the best! I was...

  • Rails Day ends in triumph with 55 apps!

    Rails Day had a great turnout with 55(!) projects crossing the finish line. That’s a lot of interesting code generated in no time at all. It’s so interesting in fact...

  • FCGI-powered Rails on Windows 2003

    Just because you’re forced to run Windows at work shouldn’t preclude you from getting jiggy with Ruby on Rails. The Windows crowd on the Rails mailing list have been working...

  • Jamis and Jeremy bestowed with commit rights

    While we’ve had restricted parts of the Rails repository available for committing by others than yours truly (Leon on AWS, Sam on prototype), the trunk has been closely guarded until...

  • James Duncan Davidson embraces Rails

    James Duncan Davidson and Mike Clark have been working together on a commercial Rails project for a few weeks now. And while Mike has long been singing the praises of...

  • Appreciating the functional testing in Rails

    Jonathan Nolen and his buddy David has been having a lot of fun practicing eXtreme Programming with Rails over the weekend. He’s most impressed by the support for functional testing:...

  • Sign up for Rails Day

    The signup for Rails Day has opened up. It’s 24 hours to produce a killer Rails application from scratch and a great chance to win lots of cool prizes.