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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:22:14+00:00

I’m doing a course on Rails that focuses on version 1.1.6 so I’m trying

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I’m doing a course on Rails that focuses on version 1.1.6 so I’m trying to figure out which of the numerous changes between 1.x and 2.x are the most critical to be aware of for practical use. At the moment I don’t need to know all the little nitty gritty changes – just the big ones.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s nothing that’s can’t-live-without critical, but there’s a heap of wouldn’t-want-to-live-without-it stuff.

    OTTOMH:

    • The built-in RESTfulness.
    • named_scope
    • improved finders
    • no more t.column in migrations (t.[typename] is so much DRYer)
    • the little improvements to test syntax in ActiveSupport::TestCase
    • way better caching
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