Ruby on Rails News

The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Learning Ruby on Rails with 43things

    Ruby on Rails is already going strong on 43things. Learn Ruby is #2 and Write an application on Rails is #8 according to the 43things Zeitgeist. So if you already...

  • The Robot Co-op takes 43things.com live!

    First things first: The Robot Co-op has launched 43things! Go check it out right now. It’s a portal for ambitions where you track the 43 things you currently want to...

  • "Some amazing web apps appear on Ruby on Rails"

    Luis de la Rosa is predicting the highlights of 2005, which includes plenty of Java goodies, such as Eclipse and Java 1.5 by default on OS X Tiger (that would...

  • Giving up on Java for lack of love

    Kate Rhodes is yet another developer leaving Java behind for the lack of love. As she says: “I’m really good at Java. I know my way around it but I...

  • Setting up EliteJournal on TextDrive without a vhost

    TextDrive is the official host for Ruby on Rails and as such gets all the action for cool integration efforts. We have a bunch in store that’ll turn the current...

  • "Simple design that even my grandma can understand"

    Hamilton Verissimo captures the essence of what Ruby on Rails is about: On the other hand I’ve coded the Castle on Rails, which is based on Action Pack. I have...

  • Escaping Java but not its thinking

    Kevin Dangoor is getting out of J2EE development after four years of legacy mud and fear-driven technology choices. He has picked to start his new businesses on a dynamic language...

  • Rake 0.4.14 includes fix for Ruby 1.8.2

    Jim Weirich has just released Rake 0.4.14 that includes the fix by Dave Halliday to cure test suite runnings with Ruby 1.8.2. You’ll want to grab this right away in...

  • Rails logo remixed by Olivier Hericord

    Despite my initial resistance, Olivier Hericord pressed on and prevailed — against my own odds — to produce a remixed version of the new logo that was greeted by the...

  • Celebrating 219 applied patches since 0.7

    Rails has absorbed ~219 patches since the ticketing went Trac around the release of Rails 0.7. That’s almost three patches applied per day. Quite the barn raising. Seems like we’re...