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New Ruby 1.9 Features, Tips & Tricks

Created at: 03.02.2011 19:27, source: igvita.com , tagged: ruby ruby1.9 tips

Ruby 1.9 packs in a lot of new and improved features at all levels: it introduces a few new syntax constructs, the built-in libraries have been updated with hundreds of new methods and classes, it adds language level support for characters encodings, it ships with an entirely new virtual machine, and the list goes on. If you haven't already, you should seriously consider upgrading to Ruby 1.9 as it is a definite step up from the previous versions in all respects.

For the most part, you could upgrade from Ruby 1.8.x and remain blissfully unaware of the many updates and improvements within the language - but what fun would that be? For the curious, Ruby 1.9 Pickaxe is probably the single best resource to get yourself up to speed. To give you a flavor, below is a list of my favorite 30 tips, tricks and features - feel free to clone the gist and add your own!