making a new project, should I choose rails 2.3.5 or 3.0 .0 beta?

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hey, I am making a new project, and I've been having trouble deciding between rails and 3.5 and rails 3.0.0 beta one. I realize that rails 3.0.0 should be out of beta sometime mid-summer, which is around the time I expect to launch a project. I try to think ahead, and in many ways it makes sense to program and 3.0 .0. Yet the language is full of bugs still. So should I launch with 2.3.5 instead?I could really use your feedback and appreciate any opinions and comments.

Thank you, Ryan

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hey,

I am making a new project, and I’ve been having trouble deciding

between rails and 3.5 and rails 3.0.0 beta one. I realize that rails

3.0.0 should be out of beta sometime mid-summer, which is around the

time I expect to launch a project. I try to think ahead, and in many

ways it makes sense to program and 3.0 .0. Yet the language is full

of bugs still. So should I launch with 2.3.5 instead?I could really

use your feedback and appreciate any opinions and comments.

Thank you,

Ryan

Ryan, you can start development now using Rails 2.3.5 and Ruby 1.9.1 today. Then

when you’re ready to make the leap to Rails 3.0, you can simply make a Rails

3.0 branch of your web application. However, in the meantime, I would recommend

following the Rails 3.0 threads, release notes, and blogs posts to remain current.

Good luck,

-Conrad

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I just had to make a similar decision. In order to get something going quickly I stuck with 2.3.5. Rails 3 seems great, but most of the plugins I tried had issues so I decided to wait.

-ben

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I just had to make a similar decision. In order to get something going quickly I stuck with 2.3.5. Rails 3 seems great, but most of the plugins I tried had issues so I decided to wait.

-ben

Ben, did you file tickets against each of the plugins and gems that didn’t work with Rails 3.0? Also, I would recommend updating the following site:

http://www.railsplugins.org

-Conrad

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No - I didn’t. I didn’t realize we were supposed to do that but I’ll start. Sorry about that. I just figured that was a “plugins need to be updated” issue and not a Rails 3 issue.

-ben

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No - I didn’t. I didn’t realize we were supposed to do that but I’ll start. Sorry about that. I just figured that was a “plugins need to be updated” issue and not a Rails 3 issue.

-ben

Ben, it’s simply recommendation so that things can get resolved sooner rather than later.

-Conrad