Get to Green on Ruby 1.9
These projects have passing test suites on Ruby 1.9. Come and see how your code fares.
Ruby 1.9 is a terrific step forward from 1.8, and it is high time to start looking at moving your code there. (If you’re a Rails developer, you’ve probably heard that Rails 3 won’t just work on Ruby 1.9; it will prefer Ruby 1.9.) Of course, it isn’t just about your own code. What about all those gems and plugins you depend on? Will they work on 1.9? Community feedback, such as that organized at isitruby19.com, is one great way to see what’s working on 1.9.
Another great way is a passing test suite. To that end, we are launching Green on Ruby 1.9: a select listing of projects whose test suites are passing CI builds on Ruby 1.9. If you have a Ruby library that you want to see featured as green on Ruby 1.9, drop us an email.
Behind the scenes of our Green on Ruby 1.9 is a new RunCodeRun enhancement: selectable target platforms for your Ruby builds. When you add a project to RunCodeRun, you can request that the project build on either Ruby 1.8.x, Ruby 1.9.x, or both! Simply edit your project, and check which Ruby runtimes should be used to run your tests.
Building on multiple platforms demonstrates advantages both of continuous integration and of a hosted solution:
- CI takes the pain out of configuration management for testing. It is a Good Idea to run your tests locally before committing, but there are diminishing returns to having a whole development team keep multiple platforms running on their own boxes. Continuous integration provides an easy way to detect regressions on secondary platforms, without headaches@localhost.
- Hosted solutions get better over time by adding new featuers. Homegrown solutions, meanwhile, either bitrot in place or require regular infusions of sysadmin time just to keep them current. Spend your precious time on your passion: writing code, not administering tools.
Remember, RunCodeRun is free for open source projects. Get your code green on Ruby 1.9 today. It has never been easier.
