Rails 6 Features: What's New and Why It Matters

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As most Ruby on Rails fans might be aware, Rails 6 was released this April at RailsConf 2019 and brought a number of eagerly awaited features and changes. The aim of this article is to familiarize you with the key features that were added to Rails 6 and outline how they can help make your applications better, thus saving valuable development time.

For starters, remember that Rails 6 requires Ruby 2.5+ and upgraded databases. So, make sure you have a plan to upgrade your systems accordingly, in case you have not done so already.

So what are these new features? Here is a quick recap of the key Rails 6 features you are likely to be using moving forward:

Testing in Rails 6

As professional Ruby on Rails developers, we aim to ensure maximum coverage for our code. However, testing becomes a tedious activity when our test cases become “heavy”

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