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      <h1>Imagine what you could build if you learned Ruby on Rails&#8230;</h1>
      <p>Learning to build a modern web application is daunting. Ruby on Rails makes it much easier and more fun. It includes <a href="everything-you-need">everything you need</a> to build fantastic applications, and <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html">you can learn it</a> with the support of <a href="community">our large, friendly community</a>.</p>
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      <p><a href="https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/8/19/Rails-6-0-4-1-and-6-1-4-1-have-been-released/">Latest version &mdash; Rails 6.1.4.1<span class="hide-mobile">released August 19, 2021</span></a></p>
      <p class="show-mobile"><small>Released August 19, 2021</small></p>
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      <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OaDhY_y8WTo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen class="video" title="Rails 5: The Tour"></iframe>
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      <p><strong>You’ve probably already used many of the applications that were built with Ruby on Rails:</strong> <a href="https://basecamp.com">Basecamp</a>, <a href="https://hey.com">HEY</a>, <a href="https://github.com">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://shopify.com">Shopify</a>, <a href="https://airbnb.com">Airbnb</a>, <a href="https://twitch.tv">Twitch</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com">SoundCloud</a>, <a href="https://hulu.com">Hulu</a>, <a href="https://zendesk.com">Zendesk</a>, <a href="https://square.com">Square</a>, <a href="https://cookpad.com">Cookpad</a>. Those are just some of the big names, but there are literally hundreds of thousands of applications built with the framework since its release in 2004.</p>

      <p><strong>Ruby on Rails is open source software</strong>, so not only is it free to use, you can also help make it better. <a href="http://contributors.rubyonrails.org">More than 5,000 people</a> already have contributed code to Rails. It’s easier than you think to become one of them.</p>

      <p><strong>Optimizing for programmer happiness with Convention over Configuration</strong> is how we roll. Ruby on Rails has been popularizing both concepts along with a variety of other controversial points since the beginning. To learn more about why Rails is so different from many other web-application frameworks and paradigms, examine <a href="doctrine">The Rails Doctrine</a>.</p>
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