The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Rails 2.3 RC2: Final stop before release

    The past month has seen a flurry of activity getting Rails 2.3 solid. We think we’ve ironed out all the major kinks now, but just to be sure, we’re running...

  • XSS and CSRF Vulnerabilities in the in_place_editing plugin

    We have been advised of several vulnerabilities in the in_place_editing plugin which was created prior to the 2.0.0 release of Ruby on Rails. The actions generated by in_place_edit_for perform no...

  • This Week in Edge Rails

    February 14, 2009 – February 27, 2009 The sharp-eyed will notice that This Week covers two weeks this week. As Rails 2.3 approaches release, the core team is getting pickier...

  • 2009 Ruby Hero Awards

    There are many people in the Ruby community who contribute to our blossoming ecosystem. Some do this by producing educational content and others by contributing to open source libraries or...

  • This Week in Edge Rails

    February 7, 2009 – February 13, 2009 It’s been a fairly busy week on the edge, but there are not a lot of new features to point at. That’s good:...

  • The State of the Wiki

    The new and revitalized Rails Wiki launched about two weeks ago, so it’s time for a progress report back to the Rails community. The short answer: things are going well....

  • This Week in Edge Rails

    January 31, 2009 – February 6, 2009 The big news in edge Rails this week, of course, is the release of Rails 2.3.0 RC1. There’s been a fair amount of...

  • This Week in Rails 3.0

    Now that Rails 2.3 has hit the release candidate phase, some of the development effort is turning to Rails 3.0. With that activity heating up, it’s time to start keeping...

  • Rails Guides Gets a Facelift

    There’s a brand new version of Rails coming, as you already know. What better time for a new version of some of the Rails documentation? So the Rails Guides team...

  • Calling All Rails-Savvy Designers

    One thing that has been a continuing challenge for many Rails developers is finding a good designer to work with. There are certainly plenty of fantastic designers out there, but...