Rails 2.1 eBook

When Rails 2.1 was released, Carlos Brando released an e-book documenting all of the new features. You can snag the PDF here. It covers the major new features of Rails 2.1, which include (lifted from the book’s table of contents):

1. Timezone support
2. Dirty tracking (tracking what changes occured to an object)
3. Gem dependencies
4. Named scope
5. UTC-based migrations (migrations prefixed with a timestamp instead of a number)
6. Better caching

Rails 2.1 also includes a whole slew of minor improvements (including a new has_one multiplicity specifier). Why not check out the book and see for yourself?

For those who find the book too long (127 pages?!) or too terse, we’re going through it and adding tutorials based on the new features, albeit with extra explanation and examples. Check the Rails 2.1 tag (below) to see all the articles on the new Rails 2.1 features.

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Further Reading

• Rails 2.1: The First and the Last
• Rails 2.1: Aggregate Expressions
• Learning Resources
• Rails 2.1: Named Scope