--- title: "This week's Ruby news, issue 328" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 328 published_at: "2016-12-15" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/328" --- This week's Ruby news, issue 328 This week's Ruby and Rails news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://rubyweekly.com/issues/328) Ruby WeeklyIssue 328 — December 15, 2016 Yui Naruse[Ruby 2.4 Release Candidate 1 Released](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2016/12/12/ruby-2-4-0-rc1-released/)Things are looking good for the traditional Christmas release and 2.4 has quite a few [new developer-facing features.](http://www.blackbytes.info/2016/12/new-ruby-features/) Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski[Common Rails Security Pitfalls and Their Solutions](https://www.sitepoint.com/common-rails-security-pitfalls-and-their-solutions/)A walkthrough of 10 common security issues when using Rails and how to avoid and manage each one. Avdi Grimm[How to Make Ruby Code Work on Windows](https://www.rubytapas.com/2016/12/14/ruby-code-on-windows/)Avdi Grimm presents a thorough look at many of the issues facing writing Ruby for Windows, from line endings to forking processes. SemaphoreSponsored[Seamless Continuous Delivery for Docker](https://semaphoreci.com/product/docker?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161214&utm_campaign=docker)Looking for the easiest way to ship your dockerized apps to production? Try cloud's fastest CI/CD solution that takes less than a minute to set up and has full layer caching for Docker images. Start a 30-day free trial today. 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Josh Cheek[Seeing Is Believing: Displays Results of Each Code Line](https://github.com/JoshCheek/seeing_is_believing)Evaluates Ruby code as you write it and shows what every line evaluates to. Can’t imagine it? Check out [this animated GIF.](http://no.gd/seeing.gif) Jobs - [(Senior) Full Stack Developer](http://jobs.roadtrippers.com/apply/pChjf0/Full-Stack-Developer?source=RubyWeekly)Roadtrippers is looking for creative problem solvers to help us write code that simplifies travel planning and discovery. Join us to empower the world’s travelers and travel companies! Roadtrippers - [Looking for a Ruby developer to join our team... (Remote, UK-based)](https://www.yourtradebase.com/jobs?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email)You: passionate, experienced, want to do work that makes a difference. Us: would love to speak to you about joining our small team. Working remotely with Ruby, Rails and React in an agile team. 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Abhishek Jain - [Command Strings vs. Ruby Blocks When Unit Testing Chef](http://davidpell.net/String-Commands-vs.-Ruby-Blocks-When-Unit-Testing-Chef-Guard-Clauses/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial David Pell - [Have You Heard of the Rails Schema Cache?](http://blog.iempire.ru/2016/12/13/schema-cache/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Kir Shatrov - [A Step-By-Step Guide to Debugging SJR Templates in Rails](http://www.carlosramireziii.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-debugging-sjr-templates.html?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial SJR = Server Generated JavaScript Response. Complete with PDF cheat sheet. Carlos Ramirez III - [Build Sleek Rails Components With Plain Old Ruby Objects](https://www.toptal.com/ruby-on-rails/decoupling-rails-components?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Know why and when to refactoring to Service Objects, Query Objects, and Form Objects. 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