We??™ll talk about each
of these in just a minute.
?– Note The latest Ruby on Rails??“related libraries, such as Active Record, are referred to as ???edge,??? because
they are considered to be on the cutting edge of development. You can obtain edge versions of various libraries
with a Subversion client directly from rubyforge.org.
To be completely honest, though, Active Record does not necessarily have a roadmap of
new features that are slated to be included from one release to another. Active Record development
is more organic than that. It??™s hand pruned by a small group of core developers and
contributed to by hundreds (if not thousands) of others from around the world who use it
for their day-to-day work. As such, like many open source applications, the future of Active
Record truly will be determined by the needs of its users like you.
The Keys to the Enterprise
As Active Record, Ruby, and the Ruby on Rails framework see more adoption in the marketplace,
it is clear that the direction of Active Record will tend toward more enterprise-level functionality.
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