# Upgrading code base from dm-rails
**URL:** https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414
**Category:** Architecture Design
**Created:** [January 16, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414 "2021-01-16T00:38:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@IBLoud](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/u/IBLoud)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414/1 "2021-01-16T00:38:08Z")
I am working on getting this code up and running - [UrbanAlienAdventures/gamesprout: A gift from Jesse Schell (github.com)](https://github.com/UrbanAlienAdventures/gamesprout)
I’ve traced dm-rails to [datamapper/dm-rails: Integrate DataMapper with Rails 3 (github.com)](https://github.com/datamapper/dm-rails) and then to your site.
is there documentation on how I should approach your newest iteration?
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### Author:  [@solnic](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/u/solnic)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414/2 "2021-01-25T05:41:37Z")
DM was discontinued years ago and rom-rb is a different beast so your best choice is to actually rewrite the app. It’d be a really fun and educational exercise!
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### Author:  [@IBLoud](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/u/IBLoud)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414/3 "2021-01-25T18:54:30Z")
Understood, if you would be open to sharing an approach on my open-source project that would be great!
[Projects · UrbanAlienAdventures/gamesprout (github.com)](https://github.com/UrbanAlienAdventures/gamesprout/projects)
I’m making this jr dev friendly for any Ruby developers who need experience with performing this type of work on a living production project. It’s easy for devs to say this advice. Learners need a bit of a point in the right directions.
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### Author:  [@solnic](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/u/solnic)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.rom-rb.org/t/upgrading-code-base-from-dm-rails/414/4 "2021-01-26T05:36:40Z")
> [@IBLoud](#):
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> Understood, if you would be open to sharing an approach on my open-source project that would be great!
I’m happy to reply to any questions you may have. This thread is a good place for this.