Thu, 2007 Oct 11
Rails 2.0
I just read on the ruby on rails weblog the announcement of Rails 2.0 preview release. The thing that initially struck me is that all the changes sound like good ideas to me. Yay! In particular, I’m glad to see the semicolons in resource routes disappear, just because they kept striking me as odd.
Anyway, yay for continued Rails progress. I guess I’ll pick an app in the next couple of weeks and give a shot at migrating to 2.0. The other nice thing is that I feel comfortable with leaving applications at 1.2.3 (or jumping up to 1.2.4), as I have been quite satisfied with that.
To me, the central theme of 2.0 is that of a simple system with many plugins rather than a complex stand-alone. I generally like this because, hey, I rarely use most of the features many applications/libraries offer, and I like the opportunity to control what features I use. It also makes migrations to a new version easier because I know at a glance what features I am using.
Continued good things from the Rails developers and community.
