Ruby News Desk

New Relic has announced that its RPM Rails Performance Management tool successfully manages web applications running on the recently released Rails 2.2 version. "Ruby on Rails is always evolving and has over the past five years gone through some fifty-plus public releases," said... (more)

"It has been a long time coming and includes a lot of new features and polish," said Chris Wiiliams, who runs the RadRails project. "We're especially proud of the progress we've made here at Aptana since we took over the project. RadRails 0.7.2 users will definitely want to check... (more)

ELC Technologies and FiveRuns have announced a strategic partnership to provide business-critical, enterprise-class Ruby on Rails applications for global companies. Working together, ELC and FiveRuns will enable organizations to develop robust enterprise applications, monitor app... (more)

FiveRuns and Brightbox announced a strategic partnership to provide an exclusive, bundled offering including FiveRuns RM-Manage Rails application monitoring software with Brightbox’s virtualized server solutions for Rails applications. Under the terms of the agreement, cust... (more)

You've just finished writing your Ruby on Rails application, your test suite tests your models and controllers in depth, but you still can't tell from your tests if your RJS responses are functioning properly, or if a Javascript error is happening in the browser, which means that... (more)

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Microsoft has sent out pre-alpha code of IronRuby, its version of the Ruby language that will let developers write .NET programs in, well, Ruby and suggestively IE and the Safari browser programs using the soon-to-be Adobe Flash-like Silverlight 1.1. IronRuby will go to the RubyF... (more)

Ruby on Gears will exhibit at the Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo on June 25-27, 2007 in New York City. Ruby on Gears is a content plus framework built in 100% Ruby on top of the popular Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Gears provides a turn-key user & administration environment s... (more)

As the web continues to gain a well-deserved recognition for being the most prudent choice for a de facto computing platform, the issue of its API is becoming very critical. In this presentation, Alex Bunardzic will argue that Ruby on Rails might be the most optimal API for progr... (more)

According to its founding light David Heinemeier Hansson (pictured), Ruby on Rails (RoR) is about "taking the pain away and making you happy." Hansson, who was a speaker at SYS-CON Events' inaugural "Real-World AJAX" One-Day Seminar earlier this year, says he knowingly advises peop... (more)

The two person programmer team behind the Unobtrusive JavaScript plugin for Ruby on Rails announced a new version of their product. The plugin is intended to help web developers using Ruby on Rails to create JavaScript and AJAX applications more easily. This includes the ability ... (more)

Web hosting provider CyberHive Web Hosting has announced it is now hosting Web sites created using Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails is an open-source framework that enables developers to easily assemble rich and dynamic Web sites, and has set a new standard for ease of development an... (more)

Managed hosting provider MosaicGlobe announced on Thursday it has launched its hosted Web 2.0 content management system.  The creative publishing system was built using Ruby on Rails, and enables users to run multiple pages, syndicated Web logs, content tagging, image galleries a... (more)

DomainRightNow, one of the fastest growing domain registrars and hosting providers, has announced that it now supports Web sites created using "Ruby on Rails". “Ruby on Rails” is an open-source framework which lets developers easily assemble rich and dynamic Web sites. Programmin... (more)

Application development framework Rails went live with version 1.1 , adding more than 500 fixes and new features to the popular system for developing Web applications with the lightweight Ruby scripting language. The star addition to Rails 1.1 is RJS, which enables JavaScript calls... (more)

GoDaddy.com,  registrar of domain names worldwide  now supports Web sites created using Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails is an open-source framework which lets developers easily assemble rich and dynamic Web sites. Programming with Rails allows a Web designer to wrap applications eas... (more)

If Java is a steady freight train, then Ruby on Rails is one of the sleek, super-fast Acela trains that whoosh travelers along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Java has come under pressure as being unfit for the Web tier because of its complexity, while scripting or dynamic languages... (more)

Ruby on Rails has arrived at the big 1.0, according to Copenhagen-based developer David Heinemeier Hanson. Taiwan-based Quanta Computer has been awarded the contract to develop the world's first $100 laptop, a brainchild of MIT Media Lab Director Nicholas Negroponte that is inten... (more)