Re: [ANN] Rails 3.1.0 has been released!

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Aaron Patterson
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi everybody!
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> It's been 3 Months since RailsConf, so I think it's time we released Rails 3.1.0. o, here it is! 've released Rails 3.1.0!
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> ## CHANGES
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> For a much more attractive and easy to read list of changes, please check out the awesome [Rails 3.1.0 Release Notes on the Rails Guides site](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/3_1_release_notes.html). or a less attractive list of changes, please continue to read!
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> In order to help you make the most of your time in understanding changes for Rails 3.1.0, I've made a handy guide. imply answer the following question, and I'll tell you where to get info about changes in Rails 3.1:
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> How much time do you have on your hands?
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> a) Not that much.
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> b) I have time to click some links and browse around for a bit.
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> c) I have *way* too much time on my hands.
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> If you answered a, then you should read the rest of this announcement.
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> If you answered b, then check out each of the CHANGELOG files checked in to the [Rails repository on github](http://github.com/rails/rails).
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> If you answered c, then please check out the [commit list between Rails 3.0.10 and 3.1.0](https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v3.0.10...v3.1.0).
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> Here are some highlights of the major changes in Rails 3.1.0:
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> ## [ActionPack](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3-1-stable/actionpack/CHANGELOG)
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> * ActionPack has been updated to include the new asset pipeline. lease see the [rails guides on the asset pipeline](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/asset_pipeline.html).
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> * Streaming response support has been added. his feature allows you to stream templates to the user before processing has actually finished. ee the Rails Guides, or documentation in `ActionController::Metal::Streaming` for more information. iddleware have been refactored to support this feature.
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> * RJS has been extracted to a gem.
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> ## [ActiveModel](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3-1-stable/activemodel/CHANGELOG)
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> * `attr_accessible` and friends now accepts :as as option to specify a role
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> * Added `ActiveModel::SecurePassword` to encapsulate dead-simple password usage with BCrypt encryption and salting.
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> [ActiveRecord]
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> * Prepared statement caches have been integrated. ActiveRecord::Base#create` and simple finders will use a prepared statement and cache for more performant inserts and selects.
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> * Associations have been refactored for greater simplicity and maintainability.
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> * `default_scope` can take any object that responds to `call`.
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> * PostgreSQL adapter only supports PostgreSQL version 8.2 and higher.
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> * Migrations use instance methods rather than class methods. ather than defining a `self.up` method, you should define an instance method `up`.
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> * Migrations are reversible. hen a new migration is generated, the migration will contain one method called `change`. atabase changes made in this method will automatically know how to reverse themselves. or more information, see the documentation for `ActiveRecord::Migration` and `ActiveRecord::Migration::CommandRecorder`.
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> * When a model is generated, `add_index` is added by default for `belongs_to` or `references` columns.
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> ## [ActiveResource](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3-1-stable/activeresource/CHANGELOG)
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> * The default format has been changed to JSON for all requests. If you want to continue to use XML you will need to set `self.format = :xml` in the class.
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> ## [ActiveSupport](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3-1-stable/activesupport/CHANGELOG)
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> * ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger set log encoding to BINARY, but still use text mode to output portable newlines.
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> * Add Object#in? to test if an object is included in another object.
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> * ActiveSupport::Dependencies::ClassCache class has been introduced for holding references to reloadable classes.
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> * Added `weeks_ago` and `prev_week` to Date/DateTime/Time.
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> * JSON decoding now uses the `multi_json` gem which also vendors a json engine called OkJson. The yaml backend has been removed in favor of OkJson as a default engine for 1.8.x, while the built in 1.9.x json implementation will be used by default.
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> ## [Railties](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/3-1-stable/railties/CHANGELOG)
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> * The default database schema file is written as UTF-8.
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> * Rack::Sendfile middleware is used only if `x_sendfile_header` is present.
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> * Add alias `r` for rails runner.
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> * jQuery is the new default JavaScript library.
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> * Added `config.force_ssl` configuration which loads Rack::SSL middleware and force all requests to be under HTTPS protocol
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> ### SHA-1
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> * b68f74ced662145a4139409edf3c51db1159ead8 ctionmailer-3.1.0.gem
> * 136474f270677ae75ad0f9599d26e89cf1d4bc7b ctionpack-3.1.0.gem
> * e6b68453c08bb0da52ed1d422ba2f87a5e3aa794 ctivemodel-3.1.0.gem
> * dfbae15c0d395304812c22fbf18aa9daadbe20b4 ctiverecord-3.1.0.gem
> * 3f1f547e500d1ffc1f7c3ee4ab9eb1526157a870 ctiveresource-3.1.0.gem
> * f21627c2f429abfa8685d2147fadab6704c13869 ctivesupport-3.1.0.gem
> * 21c6592189fb358a066846754a8f7ce7a238fca6 ails-3.1.0.gem
> * 79cfa1eca232de9a45453829287e4438089b7955 ailties-3.1.0.gem
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> Aaron Patterson
> http://tenderlovemaking.com/
>

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