Which Ruby version do you suggest using with Middleman? I’m using RVM and Bundler, so it’s not a problem to choose several versions for projects and frameworks. Some people tend to stick with 1.9.3, but I see some gems / Middleman extensions start to drop support for 1.9.3. Currently I’m usually using 2.0.0-p598 and migrating older 1.9.3 Middleman projects to this version. But there is already 2.1.5 and even latest/greatest 2.2.0, so should we move on too?
What’s your opinion?
Check the CHANGELOG.md (search for “Ruby”). There you can see when a ruby version is added or dropped.
While you should be able to use any of the versions that Middleman is tested against, I personally try to follow the recommendations made in the Ruby news announcements, e.g.:
Don’t use 1.9.3:
Support for Ruby 1.9.3 has ended… We highly recommend that you upgrade to Ruby 2.0.0 or above as soon as possible.
Don’t use 2.0.0 in new projects:
Ruby 2.0.0 goes into the state of the security maintenance… We recommend to start planning to migrate to newer versions of Ruby, such as 2.1 or 2.2.
Do use 2.2.0 unless you have a specific reason not to:
Try and enjoy programming with Ruby 2.2.0, and report us your findings!
I have checked the latest Travis.yml and it seems that now we can go up to Ruby 2.4.0 and even play around with ruby-head.
This is as far as today 28/04/2017