April 4 – April 17, 2009
Just in case you missed the news: edge Rails is waking up, with Rails 3 changes starting to show up in the master branch at Github. So there’s a lot to discuss this week. If you want some more of the technical story on the Rails 3 rearchitecting to date, check out the detailed blog postings from Yehuda Katz.
Which Branch Should I Use?
The Rails 3.0 work is being done on the master branch in the Rails repository on Github. If you want to keep up with all the latest changes, this is the branch to track – with the caveat that this is currently alpha code. It’s entirely possible to build a working Rails application using the master branch. The Rails core team is committed to keeping the master branch passing all tests, and in fact improving our test coverage and continuous integration policies are both on tap as Rails 3 improvements. But it’s important to realize that the changes to Rails will result in many plugins needing a rewrite before they will work with Rails 3 (of course, some plugins will need more updating than others). This will make Rails 3 difficult to use for full-scale production deployments for some time to come.