# Rails 5

**URL:** <https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448>\
**Category:** Rails Forum\
**Created:** [February 24, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448 "2016-02-24T11:40:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/astonj/32/8_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/1 "2016-02-24T11:40:07Z")

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Anyone using this yet?

I’m creating a small app in Rails and wondering whether to use 5 or not. I need it up fast, so am leaning towards 4.

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**Author:** ![tak1n](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/tak1n/32/862_2.png) [@tak1n](https://metaruby.com/u/tak1n)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/2 "2016-02-24T23:43:01Z")

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We are actually using a rails 5 beta3 app in production 😃  
It’s just a little component of our whole app, but still until now it runs smoothly.

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/astonj/32/8_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/3 "2016-02-24T23:45:57Z")

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That’s encouraging - I think once this app is done, I might create a Rails 5 version and see how it goes. It’s only small so I don’t envisage many problems.

How are you liking Rails 5? Does it feel any different?

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**Author:** ![tak1n](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/tak1n/32/862_2.png) [@tak1n](https://metaruby.com/u/tak1n)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/4 "2016-02-24T23:52:50Z")

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We are using rails 5 with --api option. So it’s kinda like an rails-api app.  
So far I feel not too much difference (hadn’t yet the oppurtinity to use actioncable, and other cool stuff like attribute api)

The thing I liked the most so far was the rake / rails command router (You can now invoke every rake command through rails → rails db:migrate)

Here are some awesome posts about rails 5: [http://blog.bigbinary.com/categories/Rails%205](http://blog.bigbinary.com/categories/Rails%205)

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/astonj/32/8_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://metaruby.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/5 "2016-02-24T23:59:06Z")

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Nice. I think rails db alone is going to cut a lot of head scratching, esp for newbies :lol:

Your link reminds me actually, do you all think we should start putting together some [wikis](http://elixirforum.com/tags/wiki), and [news](http://elixirforum.com/tags/news) threads like we have on the [Elixir Forum](http://elixirforum.com)?

When we add the new design, we are going to ditch the current categories too, and go for something more like EF. It will be quite a big change I think.

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**Author:** ![NullVoxPopuli](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/nullvoxpopuli/32/530_2.png) [@NullVoxPopuli](https://metaruby.com/u/NullVoxPopuli)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/rails-5/448/6 "2016-03-04T19:08:59Z")

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for rails 5 as an api, is it much faster than rails 4?

what are the biggest advantages of upgrading from a rails 4 project (as an API) to a rails 5 api project?