A "beta" book, in PDF form, with typographical and technical errors, will probably be the "definitive book" about a brand-new framework? What a statement...
This sure seems a little shortsided
The book is pretty much all together. It is missing a few diagrams and some of the formatting is a little strange but on the whole it looks like a finished book. The beta book is now in its second release and has been edited a significant amount. There have been hundreds(maybe even thousands) of changes made by the authors in response to feedback given by the community. Lots of typos and oddities in the code have been fixed. At this point it is more polished than a lot of programming books I have read.
I fully agree with the review, this will be the definitive book.
This is of couse ignoring all the private rails apps used internally by some pretty decent sized companies.
Rails scales amazingly well on lighttpd with fcgi Apache with fcgi does a pretty good job as well. You can run it on Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server 2003 and just about any other respected(I use the term loosely with WS2003 on the list) server operating system.
Basecamp(http://www.basecamphq.com/): tens of thousands of users, designed by the creator of RoR 43Things(http://www.43things.com/): thousands of users, now working with Amazon.com TadaList(http://tadalist.com/): an online todo list app with thousands of users
Snowdevil(http://www.snowdevil.ca/): an online store that is powered by rails. It was deployed very rapidly using rails.
If you can get through to the onlamp article there is a more complete listing of real world RoR applications at the end
Basecamp(http://www.basecamphq.com/): tens of thousands of users, designed by the creator of RoR
43Things(http://www.43things.com/): thousands of users, now working with Amazon.com
TadaList(http://tadalist.com/): an online todo list app with thousands of users
Snowdevil(http://www.snowdevil.ca/): an online store that is powered by rails. It was deployed very rapidly using rails.
If you can get through to the onlamp article there is a more complete listing of real world RoR applications at the end.
-Programming Ruby the second edition.
An excellent book for an excellent language. The second edition is packed full of useful advice and has a huge number of pages devoted to the standard library. I have both the PDF and the actual book. I like the PDF a bit more because it is easily searchable and has some color to it.
-The updated Code Complete. All around good update of a great book.
As long as I need to run different apps on my PDA and desktop and need to worry about replacing batteries to not lose my data I will not buy another PDA.
I own a visor delux but do not use it anymore. It was cool at first but quickly became more of a hastle to upkeep(data and batteries) than it was worth.
Give me an ipod mini type hd, wifi/bluetooth, voice recognition and well designed syncing software and I may reconsider my PDA boycott.
One of the major arguments against the life harboring theory for the meteorite found in Antarctica in 1984 by Roberta Score was that the signs of life it contained were an order of magnatude smaller than anything known to man.
Perhaps these signs of nanobacteria merit reopening the mars rock investigation?
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A "beta" book, in PDF form, with typographical and technical errors, will probably be the "definitive book" about a brand-new framework? What a statement...
This sure seems a little shortsided
The book is pretty much all together. It is missing a few diagrams and some of the formatting is a little strange but on the whole it looks like a finished book. The beta book is now in its second release and has been edited a significant amount. There have been hundreds(maybe even thousands) of changes made by the authors in response to feedback given by the community. Lots of typos and oddities in the code have been fixed. At this point it is more polished than a lot of programming books I have read.
I fully agree with the review, this will be the definitive book.
It was 1000 sold the week of memorial day. It is fair to assume that way more people use rails than bought the book during that week.
One of the authors blogging about the success
To name just a few really busy rails driven sites:
http://www.basecamphq.com/ Tens or thousands of users
http://www.backpackit.com/ Thousands of users
http://www.43things.com/ Big enough for Amazon to care
This is of couse ignoring all the private rails apps used internally by some pretty decent sized companies.
Rails scales amazingly well on lighttpd with fcgi Apache with fcgi does a pretty good job as well.
You can run it on Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server 2003 and just about any other respected(I use the term loosely with WS2003 on the list) server operating system.
Basecamp(http://www.basecamphq.com/): tens of thousands of users, designed by the creator of RoR
43Things(http://www.43things.com/): thousands of users, now working with Amazon.com
TadaList(http://tadalist.com/): an online todo list app with thousands of users
Snowdevil(http://www.snowdevil.ca/): an online store that is powered by rails. It was deployed very rapidly using rails.
If you can get through to the onlamp article there is a more complete listing of real world RoR applications at the end
Basecamp(http://www.basecamphq.com/): tens of thousands of users, designed by the creator of RoR 43Things(http://www.43things.com/): thousands of users, now working with Amazon.com TadaList(http://tadalist.com/): an online todo list app with thousands of users Snowdevil(http://www.snowdevil.ca/): an online store that is powered by rails. It was deployed very rapidly using rails. If you can get through to the onlamp article there is a more complete listing of real world RoR applications at the end.
My school was planning on doing the same thing. I received an email this morning which said the broadcast was canceled.
-Programming Ruby the second edition. An excellent book for an excellent language. The second edition is packed full of useful advice and has a huge number of pages devoted to the standard library. I have both the PDF and the actual book. I like the PDF a bit more because it is easily searchable and has some color to it.
-The updated Code Complete. All around good update of a great book.
I am not Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt or Mr. McConnell
I have had great success with teaching ruby as a first language.
As long as I need to run different apps on my PDA and desktop and need to worry about replacing batteries to not lose my data I will not buy another PDA. I own a visor delux but do not use it anymore. It was cool at first but quickly became more of a hastle to upkeep(data and batteries) than it was worth. Give me an ipod mini type hd, wifi/bluetooth, voice recognition and well designed syncing software and I may reconsider my PDA boycott.
One of the major arguments against the life harboring theory for the meteorite found in Antarctica in 1984 by Roberta Score was that the signs of life it contained were an order of magnatude smaller than anything known to man. Perhaps these signs of nanobacteria merit reopening the mars rock investigation?