#25 Rails 6.1 RC1 released, Rails Shims, Remote Ruby ep. 100, Migrating JS assets, Dual Boot

Happy Wednesday!

Here is issue #025 of our newsletter, where we collect news and tools that we find interesting for your Rails project.

1. Rails 6.1 RC1 has been released: The much anticipated first release candidate for Rails 6.1 is here. 🎉

2. The Complete Guide to Rails Shims: A list of some of the functionality of past versions of Rails that was extracted into gems. 💎

3. Remote Ruby Podcast episode 100: Upgrading Rails with Ernesto Tagwerker. 🎧

4. How to Migrate from Sprockets to Webpacker: This article explains the necessary steps to migrate to Webpack to handle your JavaScript assets. 👌

5. How to Dual Boot Rails Versions: Great video tutorial on how to run two versions of Rails in your app. ▶️

We hope you find these links useful. Feel free to forward it to your friends! ;)

Have a nice week!

The FastRuby.io team.

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