Feb 26, 2021

Rails 7 introduces new syntax for enum

 Rails 7 introduces new syntax for enum and few other changes

Feb 25, 2021

Rails 7 allows benchmark method to be called from anywhere

 Rails 7 allows benchmark method to be called from anywhere with Rails.benchmark("test") { ... }

Feb 15, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds query method associated to check for the association presence

 Rails 6.1 adds ActiveRecord::Relation#associated query method to check for the associated record presence

Feb 5, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds support for validating numeric values fall in a range using `in:` option

 The `numericality` validation helper now accepts `in:` as an option for which the value must be a range.

Jan 25, 2021

Rails 6.1.1 allows `where` to reference associations via joined table alias names.

 Rails 6.1 allows where clause queries to reference associations used in `join` or `includes` clause via alias names.

Jan 21, 2021

Running a Rails Consultancy- experiments on profit sharing

 We announced our first yearly profit share this year for our Rails Consultancy. Here are some highlights from the process

Jan 18, 2021

Rails form_with now defaults to non-remote forms

 Rails form generation helper, "form_with" defaulted to remote forms previously. This would confuse beginners who would expect an HTML response to be rendered. Now, you can configure the default response type.

Jan 8, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds support for check constraints to database migrations

 With Rails adding support for check constraints to database migrations, check constraints can easily now be added and removed from tables with simple migration DSL. Earlier, the only way to add check constraints to tables was through raw SQL queries.

Jan 8, 2021

Rails 6.1 adds support for role switching and sharding in database

 Rails 6.1 has added support for switching connections for one database instead of all databases

Nov 18, 2020

Rails 6.1 adds support for destroying dependent associations in the background

 Destroying multiple layered hierarchy of associated objects can be time consuming and might result in a server timeout error. With Rails adding support for dependent associations to be deleted in the background, this issue is addressed.