Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
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Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
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Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#2I really like that the Rails team is pretty good at doing regular releases. One noticeable thing though is that ActiveRecord, almost, always has more fixes than the other Action* gems combined, understandable since its the most complicated piece, but I can't help to think of Ernie Millers ActiveRecord talk a few years back. https://youtu.be/yuh9COzp5voA
(A few of the things that he talks about are since then fixed..)
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#3Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#4Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
Yes
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#5Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
Yes
Thank you, so Rails would be a front runner choice for you when developing a new web application?
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#6Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
Absolutely! We're using Rails at Precision Nutrition. We use it to serve up a JSON API, and in a more traditional sense with ERb templates.
We're finding it to be incredibly productive, and more than performant for our needs — especially when you couple it with Postgresql.
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#7I really like that the Rails team is pretty good at doing regular releases. One noticeable thing though is that ActiveRecord, almost, always has more fixes than the other Action* gems combined, understandable since its the most complicated piece, but I can't help to think of Ernie Millers ActiveRecord talk a few years back. https://youtu.be/yuh9COzp5voA (A few of the things that he talks about are since then fixed..)
Wow, this is a really great talk for anyone using rails. Ernie Miller manages to dissect a few gnarly parts of ActiveRecord while keeping it positive and constructive.
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#8Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
Sure it's still a relevant option. You can integrate the current popular frontend frameworks easily if you want. It provides a relatively painless and speedy development experience.
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#9Is Rails relevant today in the world of rich front end frameworks other than for legacy applications? I used to be a big fan of Rails but there is a steep learning curve and looks like there are better alternatives now.
> and looks like there are better alternatives now.
...such as? It'd help to know what you consider to be "better alternatives" because it gives scope to what your priorities are. I've seen discussions in which people say, "Well now there's Sinatra"...which is fine, but that's more of an opinion about "Lightweight projects and systems are nicer" rather than "Sinatra is better than Rails". I used to use Rails all the time but now I do most data projects in Middleman...but that's because I prioritize static builds and front-end engineering and most importantly, simplified my data infrastructure so that it can be represented as a spreadsheet or plaintext YAML...but that's not something applicable to all projects.
One of the most valuable parts of Rails is its opinionated infrastructure...and I think that's helped it be a little more nimble from version to version.
Re: Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes
Thank you, so Rails would be a front runner choice for you when developing a new web application?
Rails continues to include things that most developers need when building a web application or api.
While most people are arguing about web framework speeds Rails has been putting in features that are useful, like mail previews, strong params, async emailing, Russian doll fragment caching(nice if your still doing traditional templates, can be used with JSON rendering too). The community also has very nice and mature libraries for doing authentication, authorization, audit trail, and uploading.
Not to mention, testing is in out of the box.