The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Securing your Rails: Keep it secret, keep it safe

    Andreas Schwarz has long been one of the most vocal speakers for making sure Rails could be keep the data of its applications secret and safe. So what could be...

  • Collaboa and EliteJournal joins the Trac

    Reading code written by veterans has always been one of the best ways to learn the way of the arts. And of course, so is it with Rails, which is...

  • Playing Active Records on MS SQLServer and DB2

    The work originally started by Joey Gibson on the MS SQLServer adapter around RubyConf is now finally nearing completion. The adapters have been charged with adding the LIMIT-condition and that...

  • Extracting missing content from wiki backups

    The Rails wiki has taken a few beatings, but now it’s running in high class with proper rollback protection, so we should now have a stable host to fill with...

  • Reacting to customer requests in real time

    Collaboraid recently had a visit with their client on that major intranet project for the still concealed client. Here they learned just how much of a difference it makes to...

  • Open sourcing the Rails logo

    While the core shape, expression, and approach of the new Rails logo has been decided, there’s still room for hunting devils in details. So if you feel that the current...

  • Rails: Technology of the Year #1

    In 2004 Computing In Review, Justin Williams proclaims Ruby on Rails to be his Technology of the Year #1: “Without a doubt, the most fun I have had programming in...

  • 43 things makes The Seattle Times

    The seven robots at the co-op just had their upcoming Rails application 43things featured in The Seattle Times. Perhaps the characterization of the application isn’t as spot on as could...

  • 5.gets David Heinemeier Hansson

    Yours truly have been through the warped universe known as why the lucky stiff and came out on the other side having answered five questions on the present and future...

  • Ruby on Rails has its web presence overhauled

    Welcome to the bling-spanking new web presence for Ruby on Rails. We’ve gathered all the fledging properties under one design and bound them all in slickness. In the same breath,...