Rails 2.1 eBook

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Ashiq Alibhai

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.

About Ashiq Alibhai

Ashiq Alibhai, PMP, has been a Rails aficionado since 2007, and developed web applications since early 2003, where he learned PHP in one summer. As the driving-force behind RailsRocket and the Launchpad project, he seeks to share the ease of development with Rails far and wide.
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One Response to Rails 2.1 eBook

  1. Tim says:
    November 16, 2009 at 3:42 am

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