How to keep up with Rails?

Rails
1

Hello,

I have a issue with Rails and the constant new versions that are coming
out such as Rails 2.1. It seems that commands such as below seem to
change as new versions are being released.

For example the controller below does not work anymore at least with

class MyTestController < ApplicationController
def Index
render :text => “Hello, World!”
end
end

Any ideas on how to keep up with the changes?

Thanks

2

A few options for you:

  1. Become an avid learner… and soak in things as they go into edge
    so you’re ahead of the curve. A good resource for this is:
    http://www.ryandaigle.com

  2. Freeze whatever version of rails you’re comfortable with into your
    vendor folder. A quick google search for “freeze rails” will give you
    lots of good resources including this one:
    Freezing Rails | Tiger Technologies Support

  3. Use a platform that changes less. PHP or Java come to mind but I’m
    not too familiar with either. I highly discourage this route :smiley:

On Jun 10, 5:00 pm, Brian S. [email protected]

3

Hey Brian -

On 10-Jun-08, at 8:29 PM, mel ram wrote:

change as new versions are being released.
Any ideas on how to keep up with the changes?

Thanks

In addition I suggest improving your test coverage - then when you’re
ready to ‘test’ out a new release your tests will provide you with all
known issues to resolve.

Jodi

4

The Rails Envy podcast (www.railsenvy.com) is a great way to keep up.
The show notes are useful even if you don’t listen to the podcast.

At BuildingWebApps (www.BuildingWebApps.com/topic/5) we post links to
singificant new blog posts and such as we find them.

Michael
www.BuildingWebApps.com
www.LearningRails.com

On Jun 10, 5:00 pm, Brian S. [email protected]