#40 Upgrade Rails from 6.0 to 6.1; Upgrading from Sprockets to Webpacker

Happy Wednesday!

Here is issue #040 of our newsletter, where we collect news and tools that we find interesting for your Rails project.

1. Upgrade Rails from 6.0 to 6.1: This article covers the most important aspects that you need to know to get your Ruby on Rails application from version 6.0 to 6.1. 🚀

2. Upgrading from Sprockets to Webpacker: In this podcast, Ariel Juodziukynas from OmbuLabs joins the Ruby Rogues to talk about how to upgrade your Ruby on Rails application from Sprockets to Webpacker. 🎧

3. Latest Updates from Ruby on Rails: Active Record Encryption, several performance optimizations, and much more!

4. Matz's keynote from Euruko 2021: Check out Matz's keynote talk from Euruko 2021 - Beyond Ruby 3.0. ▶️

5. Ruby 3 JIT can make Rails faster: An answer to why Rails is slow with JIT and how Ruby 3 JIT can make Rails faster. 💎

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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