# Making a new project, should I choose rails 2.3.5 or 3.0 .0 beta? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470 "2010-02-15T07:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/1 "2010-02-15T07:44:53Z")
hey, I am making a new project, and I’ve been having trouble deciding between rails and 3.5 and rails 3.0.0 beta one. I realize that rails 3.0.0 should be out of beta sometime mid-summer, which is around the time I expect to launch a project. I try to think ahead, and in many ways it makes sense to program and 3.0 .0. Yet the language is full of bugs still. So should I launch with 2.3.5 instead?I could really use your feedback and appreciate any opinions and comments. Thank you, Ryan ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/2 "2010-02-15T08:05:58Z")
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:43 PM, princezuda [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thank you, > Ryan Ryan, you can start development now using Rails 2.3.5 and Ruby 1.9.1 today. Then when you’re ready to make the leap to Rails 3.0, you can simply make a Rails 3.0 branch of your web application. However, in the meantime, I would recommend following the Rails 3.0 threads, release notes, and blogs posts to remain current. Good luck, -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/3 "2010-02-15T19:41:55Z")
I just had to make a similar decision. In order to get something going quickly I stuck with 2.3.5. Rails 3 seems great, but most of the plugins I tried had issues so I decided to wait. -ben ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/4 "2010-02-15T20:55:40Z")
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM, ben wiseley [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I just had to make a similar decision. In order to get something going > quickly I stuck with 2.3.5. Rails 3 seems great, but most of the plugins I > tried had issues so I decided to wait. > > -ben Ben, did you file tickets against each of the plugins and gems that didn’t work with Rails 3.0? Also, I would recommend updating the following site: [http://www.railsplugins.org](http://www.railsplugins.org) -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/5 "2010-02-15T21:16:45Z")
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, ben wiseley [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > No - I didn’t. I didn’t realize we were supposed to do that but I’ll > start. Sorry about that. I just figured that was a “plugins need to be > updated” issue and not a Rails 3 issue. > > -ben Ben, it’s simply recommendation so that things can get resolved sooner rather than later. -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@princezuda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princezuda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-a-new-project-should-i-choose-rails-2-3-5-or-3-0-0-beta/183470/6 "2010-02-15T21:01:31Z")
No - I didn’t. I didn’t realize we were supposed to do that but I’ll start. Sorry about that. I just figured that was a “plugins need to be updated” issue and not a Rails 3 issue. -ben