--- title: "Rails 7.0 released" publication: "Ruby Weekly" issue: 583 published_at: "2021-12-16" canonical_url: "https://rubyweekly.com/issues/583" --- Plus a Minesweeper clone written in Ruby. | #​583 — December 16, 2021 [Read on the Web](https://rubyweekly.com/issues/583) Ruby Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/x9sy6tf5hzorymk0srxq.jpg)](https://rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-7-fulfilling-a-vision) [Rails 7.0 Released: Fulfilling a Vision](https://rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-7-fulfilling-a-vision) — Following on more than two years after the release of Rails 6.0, **7.0 is here** and it’s a big one. The [release notes](https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/7_0_release_notes.html) tell the feature story in a dry way, but in this post DHH outlines the significant changes to areas like the [JavaScript story](https://world.hey.com/dhh/rails-7-will-have-three-great-answers-to-javascript-in-2021-8d68191b), encrypted attributes, and autoloading, in a more exciting way. Plus, as an added bonus, Rails has [a shiny new homepage](https://rubyonrails.org/) boasting that Rails _“scales from HELLO WORLD to IPO.”_ 🎉 DHH and Rails Core Team 📺 ▶️ [Rails 7: The Demo – Watch DHH Build a Blog (Again)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWFrUwAN88) — It’s time to party like it’s early 2005 when DHH almost seemingly invented the screencast genre with a video showing how easy it was to spin up a simple app with Rails. Over 16 years later, we get a similar video for Rails 7. If you’re not already experienced with Rails 7 and if you learn best though visual experience, it’s well worth a watch. 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Sharon Rosner [Rails 6.0.4.4 and 6.1.4.4 Released](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/12/15/Rails-6-0-4-4-and-6-1-4-4-have-been-released/) — Rails 6.0 and 6.1 have seen a few releases this week culminating in these... though [6.0.4.2 and 6.1.4.2](https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/12/14/Rails-6-0-4-2-6-1-4-2-and-7-0-0-rc2-have-been-released/) were security releases to tackle [an open redirect vulnerability](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-open-redirect-in-host-authorization-middleware/79505) triggered by maliciously crafted `X-Forwarded-Host` headers. Aaron 'tenderlove' Patterson **IN BRIEF:** - Google has unveiled general availability for its [Active Record adapter for Google Cloud Spanner](https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/scale-your-ruby-applications-active-record-support-cloud-spanner) – the post includes a tutorial, too. - Some thoughts on [what it was like to attend RubyConf virtually](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/attending-rubyconf-virtually). - A developer shares [their experience with Ruby for Good](https://blog.planetargon.com/entries/my-experience-with-ruby-for-good). Jobs [Rails Engineering Manager @ Nebulab (Remote)](https://nebulab.com/careers?gh_src=359acc02teu) — Join our distributed team and build high-volume eCommerce applications in a workplace made by developers for developers. Nebulab [Ruby on Rails Engineer at Apple (Vancouver, Canada)](https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200282543/ruby-on-rails-engineer-apple-media-products?team=SFTWR) — The Apple Media Products Engineering team is looking for a proven software engineer to build and enhance algorithmic quality evaluation tools. Apple [Find Ruby Jobs Through Hired](https://hired.com/join/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=%28b2c%29%28l-all%29%28r-all%29%28cooper-rubyweekly%29&utm_content=find-your-next-job) — Create a profile on Hired to connect with hiring managers at growing startups and Fortune 500 companies. It's free for job-seekers. Hired 📕 Articles & Tutorials ▶[How to Use Kredis with Rails](https://gorails.com/episodes/how-to-use-kredis-with-rails) — [Kredis](https://github.com/rails/kredis) is a library that offers a more Rubyish object oriented way to work with data stored in Ruby. This 14-minute screencast covers its use for creating a ‘recent searches’ feature in an app. Chris Oliver (GoRails) [The Fastest Way to Load Data Into Postgres from Rails](https://pganalyze.com/blog/fastest-way-importing-data-into-postgres-with-ruby-rails) — A look at four approaches from inserting one record at a time (not fast, unsurprisingly) through to custom copy approaches (faster), or using a background job (a lot faster). Eze Sunday Eze [`rb_gc_force_recycle` is Deprecated in Ruby 3.1](https://blog.peterzhu.ca/rb_gc_force_recycle-deprecation/) — This will only affect anyone maintaining a native extension, which is probably a tiny minority of you, but if so... Peter Zhu [Want to Transfer a Domain with No Downtime? 👀 Our Handy Checklist 👉](https://dnsimple.link/ruby-weekly/16Dec2021) DNSimple sponsor ▶[Why Ruby2JS is a Game Changer](https://www.fullstackruby.dev/podcast/1/) — [Ruby2JS](https://www.ruby2js.com/) is a Ruby to JavaScript transpiler, and Jared argues its main value is in being able to write as if JavaScript had Ruby’s rich syntax and standard library. Jared White podcast ▶[Discussing the Use of Ractors with Ivo Anjo](https://rubyrogues.com/ractors-ft-ivo-anjo-ruby-527) — The Actor-model-esque parallel execution mechanism turned up in Ruby 3.0 and while you can [hit the docs](https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.0.0/Ractor.html) for examples, this podcast episode gives you another angle to come from. Ruby Rogues Podcast podcast [Dynamic Filters with Rails and Hotwire](https://bhserna.com/dynamic-filters-with-rails-and-hotwire.html) Benito Serna [Four Tips on How to Make More Out of Sidekiq](https://frontdeveloper.pl/2021/12/4-tips-on-how-to-make-more-out-of-sidekiq/) Igor Springer [Making a Single Page Search with Turbo](https://sourcediving.com/making-a-single-page-search-with-turbo-ff96160362a8) Tony Rowan 🛠 Code & Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/ngk8epwaxgnypoy0ztb3.jpg)](https://github.com/piotrmurach/minehunter) [Minehunter: Terminal Mine Hunting Game](https://github.com/piotrmurach/minehunter) — Tis the season to play some games, perhaps? A fun little _Minesweeper_-influenced game written in Ruby that you can play on the terminal. Could be fun to tweak too if you have some spare time. Piotr Murach [Pay: A Payments Engine for Rails Apps](https://github.com/pay-rails/pay/) — Wraps around other payment APIs (from Stripe, Paddle, and Braintree) and because it was created by Chris Oliver of GoRails fame, there’s [an introductory screencast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlOmqyJIgc), of course. Chris Oliver and Contributors [Application Performance Monitoring Built for Developers, by Developers](https://ter.li/sk526c) — Scout APM uses tracing logic that ties bottlenecks to source code so you know the exact line of code causing performance issues. Scout sponsor [Rails.new: New Mac to Rails Development in 11 Minutes?](https://rails.new/) — The folks at Bullet Train decided to do something about the setup required to get started with Rails on macOS. They plan on growing the tool and adding a Windows version. 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