Rails

Rails 7 introduces ActiveModel::API

ActiveModel::API allows adding more functionality to ActiveModel::Model and makes itself a minimum API to interact with Action Pack and Action View.

Rails 7 supports NullsFirst for all databases

Developers can now access Arel methods for null column ordering.

Rails 7 PostgreSQL SSL in dbconsole

Rails 7 adds PGSSLMODE, PGSSLCERT, PGSSLKEY, and PGSSLROOTCERT support for dbconsole with PostgreSQL.

Rails 7 Adds in_order_of Query Method

Starting with Rails 7, we can return ActiveRecord::Relation results in provided series using the in_order_of method.

Rails 7 replaced byebug with ruby/debug

Rails 7 removed byebug from their default debugger and replaced it with ruby/debug.

Rails 7 Adds weekday_select Helper

Rails 7 adds the `weekday_select` and `weekday_options_for_select` form helpers.

Rails 7 Audio Metadata for Videos

With the addition of `audio` metadata to video blobs, it will now be possible to check the presence of an audio channel in a video file.

Rails 7 adds Marginalia to Query Logs

With this update, Marginalia SQL comments are added to Rails as a native feature!

Rails 7 ActiveStorage Expiring URLs

Rails 7 adds the `expires_in` option in the ActiveStorage URL helper for generating expiring URLs.

Rails 7 Adds structurally_compatible?

Rails 7 adds structurally_compatible? to check if two relations can be combined with or/and queries.