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Ben Orenstein is joined by Prem Sichanugrist, a developer at thoughtbot and the #31 top Rails contributor. Ben and Prem walk through the major changes that will be introduced in Rails 4, including strong parameters, the new built in queue, cache_digest, changes in ActiveRecord::Relation, and ActiveResource. The also discuss what people can do to ease contribution and issue submission to Rails, how can people get their first commit into Rails, and much more. Prems Boston.rb talk and video: What to Expect in Rails 4.0 strong_parameters Queue cache_digests Russian (Matryoshka) doll Basecamp next Basecamp next RAM and caching hardware ActiveRecord::Relation Null Object pattern Tell Don't Ask ActiveResource Prem's first commit to Rails docrails Ruby on Rails Guides Follow @thoughtbot, @sikachu on twitter.