Nu Shell Development Update: Release 0.5.0 and Transition to Stable Rust

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# This week in Nu #11

The 0.5.0 release. Leaked screenshots. Nu on Rust stable!!

- jonathandturner moved Nu onto stable Rust! 🎉 🎉 (huge thanks to est31 for doing a bunch of work to make this possible) ([#936](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/936))
- jonathandturner also shipped the [Nu 0.5.0 release](http://www.jonathanturner.org/2019/11/nushell-0_5_0.html) ([#925](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/925))
- andrasio continued to work on improving column-paths ([#914](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/914))
- JesterOrNot, thegedge, andrasio, and jonathandturner fixed issues and generally tightened up the code ([#924](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/924), [#917](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/917), [#913](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/913), [#908](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/908))
- wycats [leaked some screenshots](https://twitter.com/wycats/status/1192307117044035589?s=20) of what's coming
- We've now closed the survey and are working on publishing the results. Big thanks to the 160 people who responded!

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Title: Nu Shell Development Update: Release 0.5.0 and Transition to Stable Rust

Summary

This week's Nu development update highlights the release of Nu 0.5.0, the successful transition to stable Rust, and ongoing improvements to column paths. The team also addressed various issues and teased upcoming features with leaked screenshots. Additionally, the survey regarding Nu has been closed and the team is now processing the results.