--- title: "Rails 6.0, Pong in 160 lines of Ruby, and a new Sinatra release" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 464 published_at: "2019-08-22" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/464" --- This week's Ruby news. #464 — August 22, 2019 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/464) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1566472304/qbcjcmjllfewqbgr2szc.jpg)](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/8/15/Rails-6-0-final-release/) [Rails 6.0: Yes, It's a Big One!](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/8/15/Rails-6-0-final-release/) — Rails 6 is out! At this point, you’ve probably heard of all the big, new features so just take it out for a spin and thank the core team. Alternatively, if you need a quick reminder: - **[Action Mailbox](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/12/13/introducing-action-mailbox-for-rails-6/)** makes routing incoming emails as easy as routing HTTP requests. - **[Action Text](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/10/3/introducing-action-text-for-rails-6/)** brings the tried and tested [Trix](https://trix-editor.org/) rich text editor into Rails. - **[Multiple database support](https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2019/05/23/rails-6-multiple-databases/)** will make a lot of previously [tricky data patterns](https://prathamesh.tech/2019/08/13/rails-6-multi-database-part-two/) a lot easier to set up. - **[Parallel testing](https://blog.bigbinary.com/2019/04/29/rails-6-adds-parallel-testing.html)** will help you get the most out of all those CPU cores and make testing faster. - **Webpacker** is now the default JavaScript bundler. - **[Zeitwerk](https://medium.com/@fxn/zeitwerk-a-new-code-loader-for-ruby-ae7895977e73)** is the new automatic code loader used in Rails. - And [a](https://blog.bigbinary.com/2019/07/15/rails-6-adds-annotate-to-activerecord-relation-queries.html), [lot](https://blog.bigbinary.com/2019/07/09/rails-6-adds-hooks-to-activejob-around-retries-and-discards.html), [more](https://blog.bigbinary.com/2019/07/03/rails-6-adds-support-for-multi-environment-credentials.html), [besides.](https://blog.bigbinary.com/2019/06/24/rails-6-adds-array-extract.html) Official Rails Blog [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/682b9756.png)](https://www.strongdm.com/ruby-weekly/) [strongDM Makes Managing DB Access a Breeze](https://www.strongdm.com/ruby-weekly/) — See why Splunk's CISO says "strongDM gives you what you can’t get any other way - the ability to see what happens, replay and analyze incidents, discriminate customer access from user access." strongDM sponsor [`rest-client` and Other Gems Yanked Due to Malicious Code](https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713) — The problem is now resolved, but the `rest-client` maintainer’s Rubygems.org account was hacked and versions 1.6.10-1.6.13 contained a malicious backdoor. Ensure you are not using it, and set up [multi-factor authentication](https://guides.rubygems.org/setting-up-multifactor-authentication/) on your own Rubygems.org account to help avoid similar issues. A variety of other, less popular gems have [also been affected](https://www.zdnet.com/article/backdoor-code-found-in-11-ruby-libraries/), all with relatively (thankfully) fewer downloads. REST-Client Maintainers [Jekyll 4.0.0 Released](https://jekyllrb.com/news/2019/08/20/jekyll-4-0-0-released/) — Breaking changes (dropping support for things like RedCarpet), Ruby 2.4.0 or higher required, and some new caching optimizations are all in this release of the popular Ruby-based static site generator. Matt Rogers [Sinatra 2.0.6 Released](http://sinatrarb.com/2019/08/21/sinatra-2.0.6.html) — It’s not a big release ([changelog](https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/blob/v2.0.6/CHANGELOG.md)) but _any_ release for the popular web development library/DSL is worth checking out. Jordan Owens has also joined the core team and is focusing on v3.0 work. Kunpei Sakai [Highlights from Git 2.23: New Alternatives for `git checkout`](https://github.blog/2019-08-16-highlights-from-git-2-23/) — Yes, there’s a new version of `git`. The biggest tweak comes via two new commands, `git switch` and `git restore` which aim to break down the `git checkout` experience into something more controllable. The GitHub Blog 💻 Jobs [Backend Ruby Developer in Portland, OR](https://the-dyrt.breezy.hr/p/13b46b771968-backend-developer) — 🏕 Campground review and bookings site seeks a talented Ruby developer to work on our core API and data integrations. The Dyrt [Ruby developers are in demand on Vettery](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=cooper-rubyweekly&utm_term=tech&utm_content=grouped&utm_campaign=ad-77583) — Make a free profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers. Vettery 📘 Articles & Tutorials [A Ruby Gem Debugging Strategy](https://supergood.software/a-ruby-gem-debugging-strategy/) — The subtitle for this post could be “using Pry to debug gems” as it’s a nice recap of the utility of [Pry](https://github.com/pry/pry), the powerful Ruby REPL. Jared Norman ▶[A Quick Look At ActiveRecord Connection Pool Debugging](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpXXm8O4-iI) — _“A few weeks ago I ran into a Rails bug that caused our database pool setting to be ignored (fixed in Rails 6). In this video I step through the debugging process I used to find the cause.”_ Adam McCrea [Getting Started with the InfluxDB Ruby Client](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-influxdb-ruby-client/?utm_campaign=ruby&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=cooperpress) InfluxData sponsor [Fail Fast and Fail Often: Handling API Errors at Scale](https://monolist.co/blog/2019/08/fail-fast-and-fail-often/) Akshay Nathan [Active Storage File Upload Behind The Scenes](https://medium.com/rubyinside/active-storage-file-upload-behind-the-scenes-59a660c43781) — Active Storage is a framework, now built into Rails 6, that makes it easy to upload, process and reference files within your apps. Liroy Leshed [Methods vs Constants for Static Values](https://kirshatrov.com/2019/08/20/methods-vs-constants/) — The takeaway is that how you define static values depends on who (or where) your callers live. Do you agree? Kir Shatrov 🛠 Code and Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/worxoxsfab2dru2kcnlq.jpg)](http://fiddle.dragonruby.org/?share=https://gist.github.com/amirrajan/08ae7c9800ff56895c5ea242e2a3317f) [Pong Written in 160 Lines of Ruby](http://fiddle.dragonruby.org/?share=https://gist.github.com/amirrajan/08ae7c9800ff56895c5ea242e2a3317f) — An example of using the DragonRuby Game Toolkit, as well as the online code playground for it. Other examples include [this Ruby port of GORILLA.BAS](https://dragonruby.itch.io/basicgorillas) and [a Flappy Bird clone](https://dragonruby.itch.io/flappydragon). Amir Rajan [RailsAdmin 2.0: An Engine That Provides a Backend Admin Interface](https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin) — A Rails engine that gives you an easy interface for basic CRUD manipulation of data of your choice. Check out [the live demo](http://rails-admin-tb.herokuapp.com/). Erik Berlin [Monitor and Analyze Ruby App Performance in Real-Time. Try Datadog APM Free](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/ruby-tracing/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-RubyWeeklyB) Datadog APM sponsor [minitest-rails 6.0: Minitest Integration for Rails](https://github.com/blowmage/minitest-rails) — Now updated with support for Rails 6.0. Mike Moore [Rocketman: Event-Based/Pub-Sub Code in Ruby](https://github.com/edisonywh/rocketman) — Rocketman aims to be a lighter ‘stepping stone’ on the event-driven architecture continuum. Edison Yap [nonschema_migrations: Separate Schema From Data Migrations in Your Rails Apps](https://github.com/jasonfb/nonschema_migrations) — _"Splitting your data migrations from your schema migrations has a particular benefit of achieving the most consistent zero-downtime deploys you can."_ Jason Fleetwood-Boldt ⚡️ Quick Releases - [Devise 4.7.0](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise) — the popular Rails authentication system. - [rest-client 2.1.0](https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client) — a simple DSL for working with REST resources. - [Helpy 2.6](https://github.com/helpyio/helpy) — a Rails-based helpdesk app. - [Thinking Sphinx 4.4.0](https://github.com/pat/thinking-sphinx/releases/tag/v4.4.0) — integrate Sphinx text search with Active Record. Now with Rails 6 support. - [Textacular 5.2](https://github.com/textacular/textacular) — exposes PostgreSQL's full text search capabilities to Active Record. 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