Ask HN: Rails 2.3 or Rails 3.0?

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by yekmer • 16 years ago

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I will start a new project, I am new to rails, which one should I prefer? I want to try rails 3.0 but I am afraid of lacking useful plug-ins.

madhouse• 16 years ago

I would definitely go with rails 3.0. Most of the plugins you will want for a new project, while being new to rails, will be available in rails 3.0.

There's quite a few of good stuff in 3.0 that makes it a lot easier for new people to get started, lots of improvements to ease usage.

acconrad• 16 years ago

Rails just released 3 today as a final release, which means its the new official release supported by the Rails team, so you won't have to worry about lacking useful plugins. In fact, rails 3 has MORE plugins built-in to the ecosystem than its predecessors.

jpcx01• 16 years ago

3.0, no reservations.

LeBlanc• 16 years ago

Also, if it helps, rails tutorial ( http://railstutorial.org/book ) is updated for version 3. This is a pretty good resource when you are just starting out with rails.

yekmer2• 16 years ago

Thanks, I read book for version 2, and I will skim for version 3.

xentronium• 16 years ago

3.0 only. Most plugins are more or less compliant already.

trebor• 16 years ago

I'm still working with Rails 3.b4, but I've found Rails 3 to be awesome. Very stable for beta code, even. ;) I hope to update to the release version in a few days, and update some older projects too.

yekmer2• 16 years ago

Thanks a lot, I will go with 3.0

Ask HN: Rails 2.3 or Rails 3.0?

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