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This week, we’re going to cover several Rails plugins that demonstrate some of the new features in Rails 3. In the screencast, we will show you how to use them. In the post, we’ll go into more detail about how they work internally. Responders Github Repository | Blog posts Rails...

You say, “No, not another Rails upgrade!”. While it can be daunting and frustrating to see a new release of software, as it usually means more learning or changing the workflow for what you’ve just grown accustomed to. Unlike what you might think, Rails 3 is a different beast, it’s...

In this week’s post, we’ll be looking at the new Routing API in Rails 3. Other than handling all the basic routes efficiently, the new DSL also has some nice advanced features baked in that every developer will sure appreciate. I have written about basic routing in Rails 3 over...

In this week’s post, we’ll be looking at the new Routing API in Rails 3. Other than handling all the basic routes efficiently, the new DSL also has some nice advanced features baked in that every developer will sure appreciate. I have written about basic routing in Rails 3 over...

ActiveRecord 3.0’s big new feature is a brand new finder API that is backed by ActiveRelation, or Arel for short. Arel is a Ruby implementation of relational algebra. This week’s screencast will be a hands-on demonstration of the new ActiveRecord finder API and an article that will cover the topic...

In this week’s screencast, I take you through a tour of the new ActionMailer features in the context of a live application. Read on after the screencast for more in-depth information on the topics covered in the screencast. Behind the Scenes The biggest change (and in fact the change that...

Rails 3 revolutionizes gem dependency management by including a new library called Bundler. This new system supersedes the old config.gem system that was built in to Rails 2. It provides all of the functionality of that system and a lot more — now you can be confident that the gems...

In this our first Rails Dispatch content push, we’ve got two great pieces of content for you: Rails 3 introduces a series of brand new features that will make your Rails applications better and your experience more pleasant. In today’s post, I’m going to cover some of the most important...