Ruby on Rails 2.0 Released
After two successful release candidate releases, Ruby on Rails™, a popular Ruby-based Web application development framework in a similar vein to Merb or Nitro, has successfully made it to the final release of version 2.0. Previously called an "evolutionary rather than revolutionary" step, Rails™ 2.0 nonetheless packs a whole ton of new features that make it a worthwhile upgrade from 1.x. Unsurprisingly, David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, has the best writeup in the official launch announcement.
Also bound to be of interest to Rails 2.0 users:
Rails 2 Upgrade Notes - Some notes from Ben Smith covering the process of upgrading an application from using Ruby 1.2.6 to Rails 2.0. It includes a particularly useful Rake task to check your code for certain deprecated features.
iPhone on Rails - Ben Smith continues with a great demonstration of how to easily build iPhone-targeted applications using Rails 2.0.
Summary of Major Rails 2 Features - Ryan Daigle wraps up a stunning collection of "Edge Rails" blog posts demonstrating Rails 2.0 features many months in advance with a mega link post.
December 8, 2007 at 12:02 pm
I love your style man! Good on ya! :)
December 8, 2007 at 2:56 pm
It's cool to hear rails described as "in the same veign as merb" instead of the other way around.
December 8, 2007 at 7:02 pm
This post just made my day! ;-) It's also kinda ironic that the weblog seems to veeery slow right now (it's powered by rails itself)
December 8, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I'll second Justin, it's hilarious that Rails is 'just a framework similar to Merb and Nitro, the more established players in the field.' (Paraphrased to illustrate intent.)
December 9, 2007 at 12:33 am
Cpt: That wasn't the intent :) The intent was to demonstrate that Rails is just one of many Web frameworks available to Ruby developers.
It's important to stress that Rails is a part of the Ruby ecosystem, not the other way around as many people tend to assume.
December 9, 2007 at 2:22 am
My eyes never left the intro graphic. Hahahaha.
What graphics are used when Browser beginning with F (um Ice Weasel) is released?
December 10, 2007 at 8:37 pm
"This post was sponsored by the letter 'R' and the number '2'."
December 10, 2007 at 9:01 pm
I invite everybody to take a look at a screencast I've compiled yesterday. This is the classic Blog app built using Rails 2.0. I think it is the First Rails 2.0 full featured screencast around.
See it "here":http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/10/the-first-rails-2-0-screencast-english