There are many benefits to having your application running on the latest version of Rails.

Some of the benefits available to you from upgrading to Rails 6.1 include:

1. Rails 6.1 has the latest updates in it for the most performant and secure site.
2. Rails versions of 5.1 and lower are not covered by security patches or any further bug-fixes. As new versions of rails are released, the earlier versions are at risk.
3. Keeping up-to-date saves you from a re-write. By keeping your code upgraded you keep down technical debt, which, if it gets too great, may require a re-write of the codebase.
4. If you don't keep your codebase current, the Gem set can introduce challenging problems. When you upgrade, Gem version updates become available. This equals increased security, refactored code.
5. Current rails versions are more performant, better optimised and responsive.
6. Developers like working on current code bases / cleaner code bases.
7. It is easier to find developers to work on the current versions of rails apps.
8. By keeping code current, you can continue to upgrade in small steps vs having a much larger project later on.
9. The benefits for our Ops team for working with upgraded rails apps include:
   1. Easier to debug if problems arise.
   2. Cleaner, simpler code base
   3. Better Gems and less problems with gems - by using the latest versions.

For more information on the benefits of upgrading your Rails application, see the article written by our CEO.

First we get an overview of your application, this is done by inspecting the following:

• Gemfile
• Gemfile.lock
• Output of rake stats

Then, if needed, we'll also schedule a quick look at your application's code.

Once our initial review is complete, we identify any key areas that we feel should be handled before diving into a full framework upgrade, and then we give you an estimate on the time and cost it would take for us to handle it. At this point, you are free to engage reinteractive to provide development services to solve the identified issues, or handle it in-house, or even continue working with your existing team of consultants.

Once any major issues are handled, reinteractive will start upgrading your application to the latest version of Rails and Ruby.

Once the upgrade process is complete and running on our development systems, we'll test run it with you in a staging environment to ensure all is well before helping you roll it out into production.

Once live, you can take advantage of our reinteractive Ruby on Rails OpsCare^® service for 24/7 fixed price operations support or Ruby on Rails CodeCare^® for fixed price ongoing code maintenance to handle future updates and tweaks.

To find out more or discuss your requirements, please get in touch with us.