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The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • 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,...

  • Ruby 1.8.2 finally sees the light of day

    Ruby 1.8.2 contains a year’s worth of bug fixes, so its release was a very welcome Christmas present from the honorable Matz. Among the many fixes and changes are the...

  • Rails 0.9.2: End of requiring models, models in sessions, lots of fixes

    Thanks to the powers of const_missing, you no longer need to explicitly require models that reside in their own files. They’ll spring to life automatically, which is very helpful for...

  • Rails 0.9.2: End of requiring models, models in sessions, lots of fixes

    Thanks to the powers of const_missing, you no longer need to explicitly require models that reside in their own files. They’ll spring to life automatically, which is very helpful for...

  • Rails 0.9.1: Small, but important bugfix for Action Pack

    Fixed a bug that would cause an Application Controller to require itself three times and hence cause filters to be run three times. Evl tried to tell me before release...