What's New in Edge Rails #64

Week of April 1 - April 7, 2013

• 274a3aa6 removes a lot of user-facing complexity from cookies. Now Rails will automatically pick the best cookie jar, and upgrade legacy signed cookies to encrypted cookies.
• A bunch of work in speeding up tests and a switch back from 'rails test' to 'rake test' are merged at 91efe395.

Double Shot #1102

• TheComments 1.0.0 - Threaded comment system implemented for Rails 4.
• Using rbenv to manage rubies and gems - Together with instructions for switching from rvm.
• unicorn-formatter - "A majestic unicorn will leap across your screen when your specs pass."
• bootstrap-wysiwyg - Rich content editor for jQuery and Bootstrap.

Double Shot #1101

• Why Rackspace is Suing the Most Notorious Patent Troll In America - It's good to see someone standing up to the trolls. Makes me happy to have stuff hosted at Rackspace.
• Introducing Mac, iOS and RubyMotion Testing on Travis CI - More fun for your CI needs.
• The No Nonsense Guide to Ember.js on Rails - Detailed step by step for getting set up.
• GemLou.pe - Browser bookmarket to show the dependencies of any gem.
• geo-bootstrap - Bootstrap theme for a GeoCities look.
• PostgreSQL 9.2.4, 9.1.9, 9.0.13 and 8.4.17 released - Updated your PostgreSQL installs to fix a major security issue.
• Interesting navigator.mozPay() For Web Payments - Interesting bit of experimental plumbing from Mozilla.
• Instacode - Instant hipster code screenshots.

Double Shot #1100

• happy-plan - Static site generator using jekyll, compass, fontcustom, and grunt, among other tooling.
• Coveralls - Code coverage as a service.
• Stop working (so hard) - I agree that you need to know when to take a break. I'm less convinced that 35 hours is the magic maximum for everyone.
• Codepen - Nice-looking HTML/CSS/JS playground.
• Shoulda Matchers 2.0 - Changes consist mostly of removing things to keep it light.
• Routing and Performance on Heroku: a FAQ: Extensive discussion from Heroku of recent poerformance issues and what they're doing about it.

Double Shot #1099

• AeroFS - File sharing and sync with end-to-end encryption. Sounds similar to Wuala.
• Mosaic - "Turn multiple iPhones into one big screen."
• Helios - Open source mobile backend framework to handle things like push notifications and in-app purchases.