Rails 3 Upgrade
Handbook

“If you want an upgrade guide without any hassle, the Rails 3 Upgrade Handbook is a must buy.”

— Peter Cooper, RubyInside.com

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Rails 3 has arrived...now what?

Rails debuted in late 2004 and changed the way a lot of people think about web development. Today in early 2010, we're looking at a totally new, more mature framework in Rails 3.0 that (I believe) will change the way a lot of Rails developers think about how they use it. The new features, performance improvements, and API changes aren't incredibly drastic, but they do present great opportunities (and challenges) to those looking to upgrade existing code to the newest version.

This book is a look at how to go about upgrading your existing Rails app to Rails 3, how to convert common patterns to new ones, and how to improve your existing code in light of the new Rails 3 features. Inside you'll find everything you need to upgrade your application to Rails 3 and then apply many of the improvements in Rails 3 to your existing code.

About the author

Jeremy McAnally (blog) has been a Ruby and Rails developer for almost 6 years, currently at Intridea. In that time, he's worked on a lot of successful products with some of the top minds in the Ruby community. Jeremy is the author of Ruby in Practice and Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book. He's contributed a ton of documentation and code to Rails (including application templates), and more recently, he created the Rails Core Team sanctioned Rails 3 upgrade tool, rails_upgrade.

About Intridea

Intridea (website) is a web products & services company specializing in agile application development, user interface design, and custom mobile app solutions. Deeply involved in the Rails community, Intridea contributes to the open-source ecosystem in addition to sponsoring events such as Ruby Midwest and the Ruby Summer of Code.

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