I'm happy to announce the arrival of the Map Rails Kit -- a full Rails application that implements the Google Maps API. Now you don't have to worry about cobbling together various out-dated javascript examples, or even reading the Google docs for geocoding. :) Now you can just take this Kit, create markers in the database with whatever addresses you want to map, and all the hard work will be done for you. It's cool stuff!

If you are looking to create a content side with a paid membership component, you're in luck -- the new CMS Rails Kit has you covered. An extension to the popular Radiant Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails, the CMS Rails Kit makes it easy for you to charge users on a recurring basis for access to your content-based web site.

I am delighted to announce that the SaaS Rails Kit now supports the Authorize.net payment gateway with their CIM offering. Supporting this gateway has been a much-requested feature, and now it is that much easier to get your new subscription-based web application up and running.

The SaaS Rails Kit now supports PayPal as a payment method. This has been a much-requested feature, so I'm delighted to be able to have it available.

I just released an update to the SaaS Rails Kit that includes support for Rails 2.1 and two new gateways: Payment Express and TrustCommerce. With the addition of the Payment Express gateway, you can now use the Kit to build your subscription-based web application using a bank in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Singapore, South Africa, or the United Kingdom. Braintree supports merchants in the US.

A number of people have asked me about using Braintree as the supported gateway for the SaaS Rails Kit, since they aren't as well known as, say, Authorize.net. Some people are nervous about going with a gateway / merchant account provider who hasn't been around as long as some of the others, so I wanted to write a quick blog post to help answer that concern.

Welcome to Rails Kits, a new source of quality Rails code for you to use in your projects. More than just plugins, these starter kits can act as the foundation of your new Rails application. You can save hours of time using these kits, skipping the boring stuff and diving right into the code that makes your application different from all the rest.