March 28, 2006

Ruby on Rails 1.1 Released!

Filed under: Announcements — shodson @ 5:29 pm

Ruby on Rails v1.1 is now released.

Some major features include

  1. RJS – Generate Javascript client code with Ruby!
  2. Major upgrades to ActiveRecord such as bottomless eager loading, polymorphic associations, join models, to_xml, calculations, and database adapters for Sybase and OpenBase
  3. New respond_to feature of Action Controller that makes it much easier to launch your application with both Ajax, non-Ajax, and API access through the same actions
  4. 500+ other changes

Scott Raymond has a What’s New in Rails 1.1 page he’s been maintaining.

Go get it! gem install rails --include-dependencies

March 1, 2006

How Good Are You With Ruby? Take the Quiz

Filed under: Tech Tips, Tools, Advice — shodson @ 11:41 am

You can test your Ruby skills with The Ruby Quiz

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