We missed updating this blog but we're still very excited to announce version 5.0.0 of the neo4j and neo4j-core gems. In fact we're up to 5.0.1 already! Set your Gemfiles to ">~ 5.0.0" for the latest!

We've been working hard to maintain good CHANGELOG habits according to keepachangelog.com so you can check out the CHANGELOGS for neo4j and neo4j-core for the latest. To summarize the big points:

• Eager loading!
• Lots of speed improvements (thanks to Chris)!
• ActiveNode associations now require a relationship type (via type, origin, or rel_class)
• Associations and query chain objects now show a simpler, cleaner object in the console (including the query which will be executed)
• Neo4j rake tasks now show more complete output and fail when an exit code is non-zero
• Lots of code refactoring (via rubocop) and other improvements!

There are other exciting (if technical) notes in the CHANGELOGs. Check them out and try the gems!

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