---
title: "This week's Ruby news, issue 295"
publication: "Ruby Weekly"
issue: 295
published_at: "2016-04-28"
canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/295"
---

This week's Ruby news, issue 295

This week's Ruby and Rails news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://rubyweekly.com/issues/295)

Ruby WeeklyIssue 295 — April 28, 2016

nagachika[Ruby 2.3.1 Released: A Bugfix Release](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/26/ruby-2-3-1-released/)A [very wide variety](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v2_3_1/ChangeLog) of minor bugfixes - no security issues, however.


Ross Kaffenberger[How to (Better) Specify Local Ruby Gems in Your Gemfile](https://rossta.net/blog/how-to-specify-local-ruby-gems-in-your-gemfile.html)A look at using the `bundle config` command to develop against local gems instead of specifying a :path option in your Gemfile.


Tony Arcieri[HTTP (The Gem) 2.0: A Fast, Elegant HTTP Client](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/httprb/tKczjTkPNrY/NRFAPQGFAgAJ)“Unlike most Ruby HTTP clients which aim to provide a good API, it’s not built on top of Net::HTTP, but instead natively implements the HTTP protocol _[..]_ This makes http.rb one of the fastest Ruby HTTP clients available.”


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Thredded[Thredded: A Rails 4.2+ Forum / Message Board Engine](https://github.com/thredded/thredded)Sports a clean design and includes full-text search, email notifications, Markdown post formatting, a permissions system, and more.


Brandon Hilkert[A Guide to Ruby Gem Post-Install Messages](http://brandonhilkert.com/blog/ruby-gem-post-install-message/)An exploration of post-install messages, including what they are, how to set them up, when to use them, etc.


Daniel P. Clark[Unobtrusive JavaScript via AJAX in Rails](https://blog.codeship.com/unobtrusive-javascript-via-ajax-rails/)Updating a dynamic webpage using AJAX from Rails without using a JavaScript front-end framework.


Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski[Speed Things up by Learning about Caching in Rails](http://www.sitepoint.com/speed-things-up-by-learning-about-caching-in-rails/)Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski shows you how to speed up your app’s performance with various Rails-based caching techniques.


Jobs

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In brief

- [Ruby for Good: A Practical Ruby Event in Washington DC, June 16-19](http://rubyforgood.org/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news 
The goal is to build projects that help local communities.
- [Goruco 2016: A One Day Ruby Conference in NYC, June 25th](http://goruco.com/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news
- [Rails 5 Officially Supports MariaDB](http://blog.bigbinary.com/2016/04/21/rails-5-official-supports-mariadb.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news Vipul
- [Ruby 2.2.5 Released: Many Minor Bugfixes for the 2.x Branch](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/04/26/ruby-2-2-5-released/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news Ruby News
- [Rails 5.0.0.beta4 Released](https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v5.0.0.beta4?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) news
- [Improving Large Rails Apps with Service Objects](http://aaronlasseigne.com/2016/04/27/improving-large-rails-apps-with-service-objects/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Aaron Lasseigne
- [Row Level Security with PostgreSQL 9.5](https://www.compose.io/articles/row-level-security-with-postgresql-95/?utm_source=cooper&utm_medium=ruby-weekly&utm_campaign=postgres-row-security) tutorial 
Here's what you need to know about the new row-level security feature in the latest version of PostgreSQL. ComposeSponsored
- [How to Test A Function That Yields A Block with Minitest and RSpec](http://mixandgo.com/blog/how-to-test-a-function-that-yields-a-block-with-minitest-and-rspec?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Cezar Halmagean
- [Rails Image Upload: Using CarrierWave and Devise](http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/rails-image-upload-using-carrierwave-and-devise--cms-25681?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Kingsley Silas Chijioke
- [Rails 5: What's in It for Me?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECDX1NH7yWE#t=1m10s) video 
An hour long presentation. YouTube
- [Why I Won't Leave Ruby for Elixir (Yet)](http://insights.workshop14.io/2016/04/18/why-i-cant-leave-ruby-for-elixir.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Peter Saxton
- [Lessons Learned From Some of The Best Ruby Codebases](http://blacklane.github.io/2016/04/23/lessons-learned-from-some-of-the-best-ruby-codebases-part-1/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion 
The first in a series of exploratory code walks. Blacklane Developers
- [Grub: Adds Comments to Your Gemfile with Each Dependency's Description](https://github.com/ivantsepp/grub?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tools 
This is a great idea. Ivan Tse
- [Using Bumbler to Reduce Runtime Dependencies](http://www.ombulabs.com/blog/ruby/performance/using-bumbler-to-reduce-runtime-dependencies.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Mauro Otonelli
- [Automated Security and Dependency Updates](https://www.deppbot.com?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tools 
When was the last time you checked your Ruby apps for security risks or did a `bundle update`? Leave it to deppbot, and update early, update often. deppbotSponsored
- [Ruru: Write Native Ruby Extensions in Rust](https://github.com/d-unseductable/ruru?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code 
“Just replace your Ruby application with Rust, method by method, class by class.” Dmitry Gritsay
- [facebook-messenger: A Ruby Client for Bots on FB Messenger](https://github.com/hyperoslo/facebook-messenger/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code Hyper
- [A Dummy Puma + Sinatra Docker App](https://github.com/equivalent/dummy-sinatra-puma-socket-docker-app?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code Tomas Valent
- [Refinery CMS 3.0.3 Released](http://www.refinerycms.com/blog/refinery-cms-3-0-3-released?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code
- [Apnotic: Gem for Sending Apple Push Notifications using HTTP-2](https://github.com/ostinelli/apnotic?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) code Roberto Ostinelli

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