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Ruby on Rails 2.0 has been released on 6th of December.

If you already use Ruby on Rails, please update by typing the following command in a Terminal Window on Leopard:

gem update rails

This new release includes new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish.

Improvements in ActionPack Multiview  : after the already existing respond_to, improvements have been done to separate the format for the template from the rendering engine. And Mime::IPHONE is supported with facilities.

example:

 # should go in config/initializers/mime_types.rb
  Mime.register_alias "text/html", :iphone

  class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
    before_filter :adjust_format_for_iphone

    private
      def adjust_format_for_iphone
        if request.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] && request.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"][/(iPhone|iPod)/]
          request.format = :iphone
        end
      end
  end

  class PostsController < ApplicationController
    def index
      respond_to do |format|
        format.html   # renders index.html.erb
        format.iphone # renders index.iphone.erb
      end
    end 
  end

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